Bach : Cantata BWV 147

Johann Sebastian Bach's Cantata BWV 147 is intended for the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Its original instrumentation is : SATB choir and soloists, trumpet, 2 oboes, oboe d'amore, 2 oboes da caccia, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, violone and continuo.

Epistle: Isaah XI : 1-5 (A rod shall come out of Jesse)

Gospel: Luke I : 39-56 (Magnificat)

Words :

Salomo Franck (ca 1659-1725) : movements 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9
Martin Jahn (ca 1620-ca 1682) : movements 6 and 10
Anonymous : movements 2, 4 and 8

Movements :

Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben : Chorus in C Major (Choir, trumpet, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings and continuo)
Gebenedeiter Mund! Maria macht ihr Innerstes der Seele : Recitative in F Major and A minor (Tenor, strings and continuo)
Schme dich, o Seele, nicht : Aria in A minor (Alto, oboe d'amore and continuo)
Verstockung kaun Gewaltige verblenden : Recitative in D minor and A minor (Basse and continuo)
Bereite dir, Jesu, noch itzo die Bahn : Aria in D minor (Soprano, solo violin and continuo)
Wohl mir, dass ich Jesum habe : Chorale in G Major (Choir, trumpet, 2 oboes, strings and continuo)
Hilf, Jesu, hilf dass ich auch dich bekenne : Aria in F Major (Tenor, violone and continuo)
Der h?chsten Allmacht Wunderhand : Recitative in C Major (Alto, 2 oboes da caccia and continuo)
Ich will von Jesu Wundern singen : Aria in C Major (Basse, trumpet, 2 oboes, strings and continuo)
Jesu bleibet meine Freude : Chorale in G Major (Choir, trumpet, 2 oboes, strings and continuo)

Details about Bach : Cantata BWV 147

Title : Cantata BWV 147
Subtitle : Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben - Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life
Composer : Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)
Catalog : BWV 147
Style : Baroque
Composed/published : First performed 1723
Original instrumentation : Choir SATB & orchestra

Sources : Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata BWV 147 : Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben [Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life].
Composed in Leipzig in 1723.
First performance : July 2, 1723.

Catalogue	Title	Key	Instrumentation
BWV 147	Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring ♥	G Major	Piano

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