Description
The text of Liebster Herr Jesu, BWV 484 – recorded here for All of Bach with mezzo-soprano Michaela Riener and organist Menno van Delft – is pervaded by an awareness of finiteness. You could easily imagine the text with all its repetitions in a richly orchestrated aria. Bach takes a different approach, however, and the voice is supported only by a bass part. He does the same for all the songs he wrote for Schemelli’s Songbook. The songs were intended for domestic devotion.
For more information on BWV 484 and credits of this production go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-484/
Recorded for the project All of Bach on April 2nd, 2025 at Kasteel Amerongen, Amerongen. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel https://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating https://bit.ly/3J5uprM.
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Netherlands Bach Society
Michaela Riener, mezzo-soprano
Menno van Delft, organ
0:00 Liebster Herr Jesu, wo bleibst du so lange?
1:29 Denn mit der Welt hat man immer zur Rechten
2:30 Alles ist eitel, was unter der Sonne
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