J. S. Bach: BWV 177 "I call to you, Lord Jesus Christ"

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When Bach subsequently added cantata BWV 177 to his 1724/25 chorale cycle in the summer of 1732, Johann Agricola's early Reformation verse had inspired him to compose one of his most concentrated and musically sophisticated chorale cantatas. Thanks to his refined art of orchestration and impressive appropriation of the text, Bach succeeded in presenting a setting of this original Lutheran life compass that was astonishingly modern for its time and still touching today, and which is entirely characterized by the plea for the right faith. With a reflection on the cantata text by Mercedes Bunz. Performers: Julia Doyle, soprano Margot Oitzinger, alto Jakob Pilgram, tenor Choir & Orchestra of the J. S. Bach Foundation Rudolf Lutz, conductor Program: 5.30 pm Musical-theological introduction to the work with Rudolf Lutz and Rev. Niklaus Peter 19.00 - approx. 20.30 hrs 1st concert performance Reflection 2nd concert performance Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.

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