Cantata BWV 61, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland - Johann Sebastian Bach 'Karl Richter'

Composition Year: 1714 in Weimar
First Performance: 1714-12-02 in Weimar
~
Performers: Edith Mathis - Sopran • Peter Schreier - Tenor • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Bass • Münchener Bach-Chor • Münchener Bach-Orchester • Karl Richter - Dirigent
Recorded: München, Herkulessaal, 6&7/1970; 7/1971
~
00:01 1. Chorale fantasia: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (A minor)
03:57 2. Recitativo (tenor): Der Heiland ist gekommen (C major)
05:23 3. Aria (tenor): Komm, Jesu, komm zu deiner Kirche (C major)
10:55 4. Recitativo (bass): Siehe, ich stehe vor der Tür (E minor-G major)
12:12 5. Aria (soprano): Öffne dich, mein ganzes Herze (G major)
17:35 6. Chorale: Amen, Amen, komm du schöne Freudenkrone (G major)
~
Work:
Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (Now come, Savior of the heathens), BWV 62, in Leipzig for the first Sunday in Advent and first performed it on 3 December 1724. The chorale cantata is based on Martin Luther's Advent hymn "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland". It is part of his chorale cantata cycle.
~
History and words:
Bach wrote the cantata in 1724, his second year as Thomaskantor in Leipzig, for the First Sunday of Advent. The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the Epistle to the Romans, night is advanced, day will come (Romans 13:11–14), and from the Gospel of Matthew, the Entry into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1–9). The cantata is based on Martin Luther's Advent hymn in eight stanzas "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland", the number one hymn to begin the Liturgical year in all Lutheran hymnals. The unknown poet retained the first and last stanza, paraphrased stanzas 2 and 3 to an aria, stanzas 4 and 5 to a recitative, the remaining stanzas to an aria and a duet recitative.
~
Bach first performed the cantata on 3 December 1724, and he performed it again in 1736, adding a part for violone in all movements, after the Thomasschule had bought an instrument at an auction in 1735. Bach's successor Johann Friedrich Doles performed the cantata after Bach's death.
~
Bach Website: https://www.bach-cantatas.com/
~
My YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ClassicalMusicPublicDomain
~
***
If you have the means and desire to contribute to this channel, you can Buy Me a Tea - https://ko-fi.com/classicalmusicpd
***
~
ATTRIBUTION
Music contained in this video is licensed by Archiv Produktion, 1969.