Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147. (Ton Koopman) Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life), BWV 147, is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was written originally …More
Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147. (Ton Koopman)
Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life), BWV 147, is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was written originally in Weimar in 1716 (BWV 147a) for Advent and expanded in 1723 for the feast of the Visitation in Leipzig, where it was first performed on 2 July 1723.
Weimar
The cantata is based on a cantata text written by Salomo Franck for the fourth Sunday of Advent. The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the Epistle to the Philippians, "Rejoice in the Lord always" (Philippians 4:4–7), and from the Gospel of John, the testimony of John the Baptist (John 1:19–28).The lyrics contained only movements 1, 3, 7, 5, 9 and a different closing chorale, Bach composed the music, BWV 147a, in 1716 in Weimar but possibly did not finish nor perform it then.
Leipzig
As Leipzig observed tempus clausum (time of silence) from Advent II to Advent IV, Bach could not perform the cantata there in Advent and rewrote …More
Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life), BWV 147, is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was written originally in Weimar in 1716 (BWV 147a) for Advent and expanded in 1723 for the feast of the Visitation in Leipzig, where it was first performed on 2 July 1723.
Weimar
The cantata is based on a cantata text written by Salomo Franck for the fourth Sunday of Advent. The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the Epistle to the Philippians, "Rejoice in the Lord always" (Philippians 4:4–7), and from the Gospel of John, the testimony of John the Baptist (John 1:19–28).The lyrics contained only movements 1, 3, 7, 5, 9 and a different closing chorale, Bach composed the music, BWV 147a, in 1716 in Weimar but possibly did not finish nor perform it then.
Leipzig
As Leipzig observed tempus clausum (time of silence) from Advent II to Advent IV, Bach could not perform the cantata there in Advent and rewrote …More
