This cantata – recorded for All of Bach with conductor René Jacobs – is one of the most popular works today by Bach. The cantata was written for the 3rd Sunday after Easter, Sunday Jubilate, and glorifies the pain of earthly life. Tears, worries, suffering and fear are an inevitable part of life for all those baptised in Christ’s name. After all, Jesus paid for eternal life for his followers with his death. So redemption awaits those who are patient.
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Recorded for the project All of Bach on November 5th 2023 at Grote Kerk Naarden. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel https://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating https://bit.ly/3J5uprM.
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Netherlands Bach Society
René Jacobs, conductor
Isabel Schicketanz, soprano
Alexander Chance, alto
Thomas Hobbs, tenor
Edward Grint, bass
0:00 Sinfonia
2:15 Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (Chor)
8:05 Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal (Rezitativ)
8:42 Kreuz und Kronen sind verbunden (Arie)
14:24 Ich folge Christo nach (Arie)
16:24 Sei getreu (Arie)
19:58 Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (Choral)