Bach: Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 | Emmanuel Music Boston

New to cantatas? Learn more about the cantata experience https://shorturl.at/UF2rN The twenty-seventh Sunday after Trinity appears only every eleven years in the liturgical calendar, when Easter is celebrated very early in the season. During the 2nd Jahrgang the liturgical year only went through the 25th Sunday after Trinity. No cantata based upon a chorale melody has been found for the Twenty-sixth Sunday after Trinity. But in 1731, when the Sunday occurred, Bach wrote Cantata BWV 140, which is of the genre we have been considering here. This is the last parable considered in the liturgical year. It is a difficult one, again of a strong eschatological slant. Bach chooses to ignore that side of the parable and instead introduces passages from the Song of Songs. They are treated as love duets between Christ and the Soul. In addition the main chorale melody is set as the night watchman’s song in between the two duets, again a reference to Song of Songs… (more in the link below) ©Craig Smith, adapted by Ryan Turner Cantata Notes: https://www.emmanuelmusic.org/bach-no... Text and Translations: https://www.emmanuelmusic.org/bach-tr... Emmanuel Music Orchestra and Choir Ryan Turner, conductor Corrine Byrne, soprano Eric Christopher Perry, tenor Dana Whiteside, bass Catherine Weinfeld-Zell, oboe Heidi Braun-Hill, Violin Emmanuel Music Livestream & Production Brad Dumont, Artistic Projects Manager Nate Bryant, Student Assistant to the Artistic Team Aysha Luzia Penha, Student Assistant to the Artistic Team Seth Torres, Live Recording & Mix Engineer Recorded live at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Boston. December 1, 2024. Learn more at https://www.emmanuelmusic.org/ Consider supporting Emmanuel Music https://shorturl.at/UVT5J