Bach - Cantata Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben BWV 8 - Sato | Netherlands Bach Society
Although the words of this cantata - recorded here for All of Bach with Shunske Sato on the occasion of his farewell as artistic director of the Netherlands Bach Society - never literally refer to a bell, the music is still permeated with the ringing of bells. For Bach, there was nothing unusual about this in texts about death and dying. The clocks, bells and clockwork in this cantata portray the certainties and uncertainties of death: “When shall I die?” versus “Time always goes on”.
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Recorded for the project All of Bach on May 30th 2023 at Grote Kerk Naarden. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel and consider donating
In loving memory of Wendy Wallace.
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Shunske Sato, violin and direction
Griet De Geyter, soprano
Franz Vitzthum, alto
Guy Cutting, tenor
Felix Schwandtke, bass
0:00 Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben? (Chor)
6:20 Was willst du dich, mein Geist (Arie)
10:13 Zwar fühlt mein schwaches Herz (Rezitativ)
11:18 Doch weichet, ihr tollen (Arie)
16:04 Behalte nur, o Welt (Rezitativ)
17:19 Herrscher über Tod und Leben (Choral)
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