Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
Ah, how fleeting, ah, how futile BWV 26
Cantata for 24th Sunday after Trinity Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
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- For
- 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
- Product Type
- Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
- Author / Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Editor
- Till Reininghaus
- Product number
- 463886
- Languages
- german, english
Description
Scoring: Soli SATB, Coro SATB, Fl, 3 Ob, Cor, 2 Vl, Va, Bc
Bach’s cantata BWV 26 belongs to the Leipzig cycle of chorale cantatas, 1724/25, and it was first performed on 19 November 1724. The underlying 13-vers hymn by Michael Franck provided Bach and his unidentified librettist with an abundance of metaphors and comparisons which, from verse to verse and movement to movement, illustrate the fleeting and transitory nature of earthly life: an impressive musical-poetic exposition of potent bar...