Straight away, the beautiful instrumental introduction creates a sense that Bach is doing something special here. Indeed, this solo cantata for alto, performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach, is indeed very festive and unusually long. The text is about the healing of a deaf-mute man by Jesus, and about the joy that ensues.
Recorded for the project All of Bach on September 26th 2015 at St Martin’s Church, Groningen. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB or consider donating http://bit.ly/2uZuMj5.
For the complete interview with countertenor Maarten Engeltjes on ‘Geist und Seele wird verwirret’ go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjFexqXS-90
For more information on BWV 25 and this production go to http://allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-35/
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Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven, conductor
Maarten Engeltjes, alto