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Kantate, BWV 127 "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr’ Mensch und Gott"

BWV 127

Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott (Lord Jesus Christ, true Man and God), BWV 127, is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for use in a Lutheran service. He composed the chorale cantata in 1725 in Leipzig for the Sunday Estomihi, the Sunday before Lent, and first performed it on 11 February 1725. It is based on Paul Eber's 1582 hymn in eight stanzas "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr Mensch und Gott".

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Movements

  1. Kantate, BWV 127 "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott": I. Coro "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott"
  2. Kantate, BWV 127 "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott": II. Recitativo (Tenor) "Wenn alles sich zur letzten Zeit entsetzt"
  3. Kantate, BWV 127 "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott": III. Aria (Sopran) "Die Seelen ruht in Jesu Händen"
  4. Kantate, BWV 127 "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott": IV. Recitativo ed Aria (Bass) "Wenn einst die Posaunen schallen"
  5. Kantate, BWV 127 "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott": V. Choral "Ach, Herr, vergib all unser Schuld"
  6. Kantate, BWV 127 "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott": App. Coro "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott"

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