Johann Sebastian Bach

Cantata “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme”, BWV 140

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Movements:
1. Chorus: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
2. Recitative (tenor): Er kommt, er kommt, der Bräutgam kommt!
3. Duet (soprano, bass): Wenn kömmst du, mein Heil?
4. Chorale...Read more
Movements:
1. Chorus: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
2. Recitative (tenor): Er kommt, er kommt, der Bräutgam kommt!
3. Duet (soprano, bass): Wenn kömmst du, mein Heil?
4. Chorale (tenor): Zion hört die Wächter singen
5. Recitative (bass): So geh herein zu mir, du mir erwählte Braut
6. Duet (soprano, bass): Mein Freund ist mein!
7. Chorale: Gloria sei dir gesungen

Chorale cantata for the twenty-seventh Sunday after Trinity, first performed in Leipzig on 25 November 1731. It draws on Philipp Nicolai's hymn of 1599 and the parable of the ten virgins.
Scored for soprano, tenor and bass soloists, four-part choir, horn, two oboes, taille (tenor oboe), violino piccolo, strings and basso continuo. Bach arranged the fourth movement for organ as BWV 645.

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Vienna State Chamber Choir. Recorded: May 1959, Vienna.Read moreCollapse
Vienna State Chamber Choir. Recorded: May 1959, Vienna.

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