The cantata Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam (Our saviour Christ to Jordan came) (BWV 7 for the feast of John the Baptist (24 June) in 1724 is the third cantata of the annual cycle of choral cantatas beginning on the 1st Sunday after Trinity (11 June 1724). It is based on Martin Luther’s song of the same name, which deals with baptism rather than the Gospel text (the birth of St. John and the Song of Zechariah). The powerful opening movement combines a cantus firmus motet with an effervescent violin concerto. The violin concerto – now with two violins – returns in the second aria, while the first continuo aria features repeated 32nd-note downward scales in the accompaniment, certainly intended to represent the pouring of the baptismal water. A two-part recitative (narrator: secco, Jesus’s words: accompagnato) and alto aria with string tutti lead to the four-part concluding chorale.
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Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
| 1685-1750Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most important composers of Western music history. He came from a widely ramified musical dynasty, which produced numerous musicians and organists in the Thuringian-Saxon area.
Bach vocal
Ever since Carus-Verlag was founded in 1972, publishing the music of Johann Sebastian Bach has been a special focus for us. In the 2017 Reformation anniversary year we completed the Bach vocal project. Bach's complete sacred vocal works are now available in modern Urtext editions, together with performance material. A complete edition of all the full scores is also available in a high quality box set. Personal details
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Editor
Reinhold Kubik
| 1942
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Songwriter / Librettist
Martin Luther
| 1483-1546
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Continuo realization
Paul Horn
| 1922-2016Paul Horn war ein deutscher Kirchenmusiker, Organist, Komponist und Musikwissenschaftler. Er studierte Kirchenmusik und Orgel an der Evangelischen Kirchenmusikschule Esslingen am Neckar bei Hans-Arnold Metzger und Musikwissenschaft, Theologie und Geschichte an der Universität Tübingen. Seine berufliche Laufbahn begann als Kantor an der Evangelischen Michaelskirche in Stuttgart-Degerloch. 1954 wurde er Kantor an der Evangelischen Stadtkirche Ravensburg, eine Position, die er bis zu seiner Pensionierung innehatte. Als Musikwissenschaftler arbeitete Horn bis ins hohe Alter eng mit Carus zusammen. So stammen zahlreiche Carus-Klavierauszüge aus seiner Feder. Personal details
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Translator
Jean Lunn
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