Bach is always working outward from the harmonic tonal skeleton; he always elaborates, almost never simplifies. - Ralph Kirkpatrick

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2010, January 06

BWV 248.6

For the Feast of the Epiphany

BWV 248.56 57
Tölzer Knabenchor et le Collegium Aureum
Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden Director
56 Du Falscher, suche nur den Hern zu fällen
57 Nur ein Wink von seinen Händen

BWV 248.62 Nun mögt ihr stolzen Feinde schrecken
Conductor: René Jacobs
Tenor: Werner Güra

Listen for the bassoon in the basso continuo.

BWV 248.64
"Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen"
Münchener Bach Chor and Orchestra
Director: Karl Richter
Trumpets I-III: Maurice André, Bernhard Gediga, Wilhelm Oppermann
Recording: 1965

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2010, January 03

BWV 248.5

For the Sunday after New Years

BWV 248.43
Gächinger Kantorei
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling
Chorus: Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen

BWV 248.47
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Bass (baritone): Hermann Prey
Eugen Jochum
Recorded Munich, February 1973
Aria (bass): Erleucht auch meine finstre Sinnen

BWV 248.51
Tölzer Knabenchor et le Collegium Aureum
Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Ach, wann wird die Zeit erscheinen
Soprano : Hans Buchhierl
Alto : Andreas Stein
Tenor: Theo Altmeyer

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2010, January 01

BWV 248.4

For New Years Day

BWV 248.38
Immanuel, o süsses Wort! Jesu, du mein liebstes Leben
Bass: Klaus Häger Rezitativ
Soprano: Dorothea Röschmann Chorale
Conductor: René Jacobs

BWV 248.41
Aria: Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben
Werner Güra, Tenor
Akademie für alte Musik Berlin
dir. René Jacobs
Gemälde: Caravaggio, Christi Geburt, 1609

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2009, December 27

BWV 248.3

For the Third Day of Christmas

BWV 248.24
Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen
Dresdner Kreuzchor
Dresdner Philharmonie
Director: Kreuzkantor Martin Flämig

BWV 248.31
Schließe, mein Herze, dies selige Wunder
Orchestre du Collegium Vocale, Ghent
Alto: Michael Chance
Director: Phillippe Herreweghe (1989)

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