Cantata no. 147: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben
Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and mouth and deed and life), BWV 147.1, BWV 147a, is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Weimar in 1716 for the fourth Sunday in Advent, 20 December. It is uncertain if the work was performed then. He later expanded the work in 1723 as Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147.
Movements
- Chorus: Herz und Mund und That und Leben · C major
- Aria · A minor
- Aria · F major
- Aria
- Aria · C major
- Chorale: Dein Wort laß mich bekennen
Recommended recordings
- Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists · John Eliot Gardiner YouTubeSpotify (subscription)
- Munich Bach Choir & Orchestra · Karl Richter YouTubeSpotify (subscription)
Most recent recordings
- Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben - Bach: Cantatas BWV 6-99-147 — Johann Sebastian Bach, Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe (2023) Spotify
- J.S. Bach: Herz Und Mund Und Tat Und Leben, BWV 147 — Johann Sebastian Bach, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink (2021) Spotify
- J.S. Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Cantata BWV 147: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Transcr. Hess for Piano) — Johann Sebastian Bach, Daniil Trifonov (2021) Spotify
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