Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 (BGA, Rust)

Description

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme is one of Bach’s most widely performed choral works. It was premiered in Leipzig at the Thomaskirche on November 25, 1731 under the composer’s direction. This is an unabridged digitally enhanced reprint of the vocal score originally issued ca.1925 by G. Schirmer in New York, with an English translation by Henry S. Drinker. The piano reduction is the work of the English composer Ebenezer Prout, most famous today for his edition of Handel’s Messiah. The Schirmer vocal score is a re-engraving of the one issued by Novello around 1900, itself based on the Bach Gesellschaft edtion of Wilhelm Rust. Matching full score and orchestral parts are also available from Serenissima Music.

Contents

1. Coro: Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme
2. Recitativo: Er kommt, er kommt, der Braut’gam kommt! (tenor)
3. Duetto: Wann kommst du, mein Heil? (soprano, bass)
4. Chorale: Zion hort die Wachter singen (tenor)
5. Recitativo: So geh herein zu mir (bass)
6. Duetto: Mein Freund ist mein! und ich bin dein! (soprano, bass)
7. Chorale: Vater! Gloria sei dirgesungen mit Menschen