Pentecost Cantata

SKU: CA.3118449

ISBN 9790007240608. Key: G major / e minor. Language: German/English.

The Pentecost cantata Desired ray of light BWV 184 is based on a Kothen composition, probably a congratulatory cantata, whose instrumental parts (only these have survived) Bach reused in the Leipzig Pentecost cantata. Only the chorale setting was evidently newly composed. Despite the narrow leeway that the already finished composition left for the librettist, he nevertheless succeeded in crafting a coherent Pentecost text. The fact that the cantata begins with a long tenor accompagnato with two flutes followed by a pastoral duet is surprising. The placing of the chorale not at the end of the work but before the concluding chorus is unusual. Bach was evidently aware of the effect that the ending of this lively movement would have and wanted to retain this in its sacred form as well. The sacred version was first performed on the third day of Pentecost in 1724, probably after a parody version of another Kothen cantata (BWV 173) had already been performed on the second day of Pentecost. Score and part available separately - see item CA.3118400.

SKU: CA.3914100

ISBN 9790007253295. German.

Special instrumentations inspired Telemann's imagination. In the cantata Herr, lehre uns bedenken from 1720, he linked the opening chorus and the two arias with concertante parts for a viola d'amore. Well aware, however, that the rare string instrument would not be available everywhere, he considered a substitute solution from the outset and assigned the parts alternatively to the recorder.

This edition allows performance using either viola d'amore (or viola) and recorder. It thus expands the cantata repertoire by a work of exquisite instrumental scoring. Recorder players will find it especially welcome as a representative sister composition to Telemann's similarly conceived Pentecost cantata Daran ist erschienen die Liebe Gottes (Carus 39.130).

SKU: CA.3914114

ISBN 9790007296469. German.

Special instrumentations inspired Telemann's imagination. In the cantata Herr, lehre uns bedenken from 1720, he linked the opening chorus and the two arias with concertante parts for a viola d'amore. Well aware, however, that the rare string instrument would not be available everywhere, he considered a substitute solution from the outset and assigned the parts alternatively to the recorder.

This edition allows performance using either viola d'amore (or viola) and recorder. It thus expands the cantata repertoire by a work of exquisite instrumental scoring. Recorder players will find it especially welcome as a representative sister composition to Telemann's similarly conceived Pentecost cantata Daran ist erschienen die Liebe Gottes (Carus 39.130).

SKU: CA.3914103

ISBN 9790007253301. German.

Special instrumentations inspired Telemann's imagination. In the cantata Herr, lehre uns bedenken from 1720, he linked the opening chorus and the two arias with concertante parts for a viola d'amore. Well aware, however, that the rare string instrument would not be available everywhere, he considered a substitute solution from the outset and assigned the parts alternatively to the recorder.

This edition allows performance using either viola d'amore (or viola) and recorder. It thus expands the cantata repertoire by a work of exquisite instrumental scoring. Recorder players will find it especially welcome as a representative sister composition to Telemann's similarly conceived Pentecost cantata Daran ist erschienen die Liebe Gottes (Carus 39.130).

SKU: CA.3914113

ISBN 9790007296452. German.

Special instrumentations inspired Telemann's imagination. In the cantata Herr, lehre uns bedenken from 1720, he linked the opening chorus and the two arias with concertante parts for a viola d'amore. Well aware, however, that the rare string instrument would not be available everywhere, he considered a substitute solution from the outset and assigned the parts alternatively to the recorder.

This edition allows performance using either viola d'amore (or viola) and recorder. It thus expands the cantata repertoire by a work of exquisite instrumental scoring. Recorder players will find it especially welcome as a representative sister composition to Telemann's similarly conceived Pentecost cantata Daran ist erschienen die Liebe Gottes (Carus 39.130).

SKU: CA.3914112

ISBN 9790007296445. German.

Special instrumentations inspired Telemann's imagination. In the cantata Herr, lehre uns bedenken from 1720, he linked the opening chorus and the two arias with concertante parts for a viola d'amore. Well aware, however, that the rare string instrument would not be available everywhere, he considered a substitute solution from the outset and assigned the parts alternatively to the recorder.

This edition allows performance using either viola d'amore (or viola) and recorder. It thus expands the cantata repertoire by a work of exquisite instrumental scoring. Recorder players will find it especially welcome as a representative sister composition to Telemann's similarly conceived Pentecost cantata Daran ist erschienen die Liebe Gottes (Carus 39.130).