Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
Break with hungry men thy bread BWV 39
Cantata for the first sunday after Trinity Bärenreiter Urtext
3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
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Details
- For
- 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
- Product Type
- Harpsichord [organ] (orchestral part)
- Author / Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Editor
- Alfred Dürr
- Product number
- 625533
- Release Year
- 2011
Description
This cantata for the First Sunday after Trinity, first performed in 1726, is one of the most musically attractive compositions composed by Bach during his time as cantor at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig. In its alternating scoring for oboes, recorders and strings, the opulently-structured opening chorus describes the gesture of the breaking of bread.
The arias and recitatives for the two soloists, alto and tenor show Bach at the peak of his compositional powers. The two-part cantata concludes w...