The promise of Paradise
“Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit”, BWV 106, reigns supreme among the handful of early (pre-Weimar) Bach cantatas that have come down to us. While we don’t have any original materials dating from the time of its composition (or from any time during Bach’s lifetime, for that matter), a copy of the score made in […]
The nourishing apples
“Meine Freundin, du bist schön” (“My beloved, you are beautiful”) is a wedding cantata composed by Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703), probably in 1679. The piece appears in the “Altbachisches Archiv” (“ABA”), a collection of works by the older (i.e., pre-JSB) members of the Bach family. It was likely first compiled by Johann Sebastian’s first cousin, […]