Chorale Cantatas

No 88 Chorale cantatas 13

J. S. Bach: Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, BWV 3 • J. S. Bach: Was mein Gott will, das gscheh allzeit, BWV 111 • J. S. Bach: Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit, BWV 14 • J. S. Bach: In allen meinen Taten, BWV 97

Artists: Nikolaikantor Markus Kaufmann (organ), Robin Johannsen (soprano), Maarten Engeltjes (altus), Tilman Lichdi (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass), Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, direction: Ton Koopman (organ)

Taking part in the series of chorale cantata performances by Bach choirs from all over the world is the world-famous conductor and president of the Leipzig Bach Archive, Ton Koopman. With his Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, he will present eight selected cantatas portraying the master chorale writer Bach at different periods in his career. The programme includes Bach’s earliest chorale cantata, »Christ lag in Todesbanden« (»Christ lay in the snares of death«), written in Mühlhausen around 1707, as well as the moving »Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid« (»Ah God, how much heartbreak«) from 1725 and the magnificent nine-verse chorale »In allen meinen Taten« (»In all my deeds«), which Bach composed in 1734.