Iain Ledingham director

JS Bach Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 190; Wer da gläubet und getauft wird, BWV 37; Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!, BWV 70

New Year, Ascension and Advent are combined in this afternoon’s celebratory concert. Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, composed for New Year’s Day, is full of the joy of the motet of the same name. Wer dagläubet und getauft wird, however, is more restrained. Unlike Bach’s other Ascensiontide works, including the Ascension Oratorio, its scoring is comparatively spare. Rather than wonderment at Christ’s Ascension, this cantata explores the steadfastness of faith. Although originally written in Weimar for the Second Sunday of Advent, Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!in its Leipzig version retains its watchful character, but was liturgically performed earlier on in the year

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