Kantate, BWV 143 "Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele"
Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele (Praise the Lord, my soul), BWV 143, is an early cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He appears to have composed the cantata for New Year's Day, probably when he was in his 20s, but whether it was first performed in Mühlhausen or Weimar is not known: the date of composition is unclear. Bach's authorship has been doubted because the cantata has several unusual features; one of these is the scoring, it is the only Bach cantata to combine three corni da caccia with timpani.
Movements
- Coro "Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele"
- Choral (Sopran) "Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ"
- Recitativo (Tenor) "Wohl dem, des Hülfe der Gott Jakob ist"
- Aria "Tausendfaches Unglück, Schrecken"
- Aria (Bass) "Der Herr ist König ewiglich"
- Aria (Tenor) "Jesu, Retter deiner Herde"
- Coro "Alleluja. Gedenk Herr, jetzund an dein Amt"