J.S. Bach: Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe, BWV 167 {Score video}

#TheOneAndOnlyZeno #score #video #JSBach #cantata #BWV167 J.S. Bach - Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe, BWV 167 {Score video} I. Aria (tenor): Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe - 00:00 II. Recitative (alto): Gelobet sei der Herr Gott Israel - 4:14 III. Duet aria (soprano, alto): Gottes Wort, das trüget nicht - 5:47 IV. Recitative (bass): Des Weibes Samen kam - 13:33 V. Chorale: Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren - 14:51 Performers/Recording:    • "Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe" BWV 167   Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe (You people, glorify God's love), BWV 167 in Leipzig for the Feast of St. John the Baptist (German: Fest Johannes des Täufers, also Johannistag) and first performed it on 24 June 1723, soon after he had taken up his position as Thomaskantor. It is part of his first cantata cycle in Leipzig. The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the Book of Isaiah, "the voice of a preacher in the desert" (Isaiah 40:1-5), and from the Gospel of Luke, the birth of John the Baptist and the Benedictus of Zechariah (Luke 1:57-80). The unknown poet took some phrases from the Gospel, such as the beginning of movement 2, "Gelobet sei der Herr Gott Israel" (Praise be to the Lord God of Israel), as in the canticle. The poetry follows the thought that Jesus, born of a woman (des Weibes Samen), is predicted to redeem sins, which are represented by the image of the serpent. The poetry concludes with the request to sing praises like Zechariah, fulfilled in the closing chorale, the fifth stanza of Johann Gramann's "Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren" (1549). The cantata in five movements is scored like chamber music for four vocal soloists (soprano, alto, tenor and bass), a four-part choir only in the closing chorale, clarino, oboe da caccia, oboe, two violins, viola, and basso continuo. The clarino only doubles the melody of the chorale. Part of a J.S. Bach score video series in collaboration with TheOneAndOnlyZeno