He showeth to thee, man, what right is Cantata for the 8th Sunday after Trinity by Johann Sebastian Bach ATB - Sheet Music

ATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 flutes, oboe I, oboe II (oboe d'amore), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo (Soli ATB, Coro SATB, 2 Fl, 2 Ob (Ob, Obda), 2 Vl, Va, Bc)

SKU: CA.3104505

Cantata for the 8th Sunday after Trinity. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Daniela Wissemann-Garbe. Arranged by Paul Horn. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. German title: Es Ist Dir Gesagt, Mensch, Was Gut Ist. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Trinity. Choral score. Composed 1726. BWV 45. 12 pages. Duration 23 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.045/05. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3104505).

ISBN 9790007128937. 8.27 x 11.69 inches. Key: E major. Language: German/English.

Bach's cantata "Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist" (He showeth to thee, man, what right is) BWV 45 belongs to a group of cantatas from 1726, but the texts were drawn from a cantata cycle Bach had composed for Meiningen a good twenty years earlier. The work links the profound words from the liturgical calendar reading Matthew 7:15-23 and the Old Testament prophet Micah with Bach's unique musical language. Alongside the magnificent opening chorus and the alternating recitatives and arias, the Vox Christi (Voice of Christ) is heard in a long arioso at the beginning of the second part. The final chorale focusses on the questions of human action and the consequences of obedience or transgression.