Bach: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227 (Mvt. I, II, III)
Johann Sebastian Bach Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227 (Motet No. 3 in E minor) (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) "Jesu, meine Freude" is a motet composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. The full title of the work is Motet No. 3 in E minor, BWV 227. The Work There are six authenticated funeral motets (BWV 225-230) written for St Thomas's Church, Leipzig between 1723-1727. A seventh has only recently been subjected to some scholarly doubt as to its authorship. This third is the earliest, longest, most musically complex and justifiably the most popular of the six, and was written in Leipzig in 1723 for the funeral (on 18 July 1723) of Johanna Maria Käsin, the wife of that city's postmaster. The 5th voice of the chorus is a second soprano part of harmonic richness, adding considerably to the tonal palette of the work as a whole. The chorale melody on which it is based, was by Johann Crüger (1653), and first appeared in his Praxis pietatis melica. The German text is by Johann Franck, and dates from c. 1650. The words of the movement nos. 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 are based on the Epistle to the Romans 8:1-2, 9-11. The scriptures here speak of Jesus Christ freeing man from sin and death. The chorale text is from the believer's point of view and praises the gifts of Jesus Christ as well as longing for his comforting spirit. It also abounds with stark contrasts between images of heaven and hell, often within a single section. Bach's vivid setting of the words heightens these dramatic <b>...</b>
Johann Sebastian Bach Jesu Meine Freude BWV 227 Motet Ton Koopman Netherlands Chamber Choir Baroque Chorale Chorus
