In the cantata ‘Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich’, performed by the Netherlands Bach Society conducted by Shunske Sato, the atmosphere changes countless times. This kind of variation in tempo and character is typical of Bach’s early cantatas. It is even referred to sometimes as his earliest cantata. This appears, among other things, from the acrostic that is incorporated in the odd parts of the cantata: the initial letters of the lines of these parts together form the name of the municipal councilor of Mühlhausen (Doktor Conrad Meckbach) who had an important vote in the appointment of Bach as organist there in the year 1707.
Recorded for the project All of Bach on September 21th 2019 at the Groote Kerk, Maassluis. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating http://bit.ly/2uZuMj5.
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Netherlands Bach Society
Shunske Sato, violin and direction
Griet de Geyter, sopran
Bernadett Nagy, alto
Guy Cutting, tenor
Drew Santini, bass