Bach - Cantata Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder BWV 135 - Sato | Netherlands Bach Society

The six strophes of Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder from 1597 – on the theme of Psalm 6: a fearful plea for God’s forgiveness – are interpreted in Bach's cantata of the same name in an equal number of movements; cited literally for the opening and the ending, and paraphrased for the rest. The melody will be familiar to many, mainly from 'O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden' from the St Matthew Passion. Bach restricted his chorale tricks to the first movement, as follows: the melody is first heard in the violin/viola unison, and to this wonderful base in the middle register lines are added – first by the oboes and later by the soprano, alto and tenor – which are reminiscent of the start of the chorale melody. The bass voices (singers, strings and trombone) lay a foundation of longer lines below this. Recorded for the project All of Bach on 22 April 2021 at TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating http://bit.ly/2uZuMj5. For more information on BWV 135 and this production go to http://allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-135/ All of Bach is a project of the Netherlands Bach Society / Nederlandse Bachvereniging, offering high-quality film recordings of the works by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by the Netherlands Bach Society and its guest musicians. Visit our free online treasury for more videos and background material https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/allo.... For concert dates and further information go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/nederla.... Netherlands Bach Society Shunske Sato, violin and direction Ulrike Malotta, alto Guy Cutting, tenor Felix Schwandtke, bass 0:00 Ach Herr, mich , armen Sünder (Chor) 7:18 Ach heile mich (Rezitativ) 8:30 Tröste mir, Jesu, mein Gemüte (Arie) 11:56 Ich bin von Seufzen müde (Rezitativ) 13:09 Weicht, all ihr Übeltäter (Arie) 16:02 Ehr sei ins Himmels Throne (Choral)