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Dialogue Cantata

12/31/2016

 
by Rebecca Cochran
 
Bach’s Cantata 152, Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn (Step upon the path of faith), was composed in Weimar in 1714 for the Sunday after Christmas. It is one of his earliest examples of a dialogue cantata, or Concerto in Dialogo (concerto in dialogue). The dialogue, often between Jesus and the soul (bass and soprano), resembles a miniature opera.
 
This cantata is unique in that it is the only one in which Bach used viola d’amore, a 6- or 7-stringed instrument with sympathetic (or resonance) strings.
 
Enjoy this recording featuring the American Bach Soloists with Jeffrey Thomas, conductor, Christine Brandes, soprano and William Sharp, bass.
Marius Coomans link
1/1/2017 02:55:30 pm

Rebecca, congratulations keeping this up for a full year. Entertaining, educational and well done! Bravo!

Rebecca Cochran
1/1/2017 04:11:14 pm

Thank you for your support and encouragement all year! I could not have done this without my fellow Bach-lovers out there.

Best of 2017 to you, Marius!


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