J. S. Bach: BWV 177 "I call to you, Lord Jesus Christ"
Cantata for the 4th Sunday after Trinity, for soprano, alto and tenor, vocal ensemble, oboe I+II also oboe da caccia, bassoon, strings and basso continuo.
When Bach subsequently added cantata BWV 177 to his 1724/25 chorale cycle in the summer of 1732, Johann Agricola's early Reformation verse had inspired him to compose one of his most concentrated and musically sophisticated chorale cantatas. Thanks to his refined art of orchestration and impressive appropriation of the text, Bach succeeded in presenting a setting of this original Lutheran life compass that was astonishingly modern for its time and still touching today, and which is entirely characterized by the plea for the right faith.
With a reflection on the cantata text by Mercedes Bunz.
Performers:
Julia Doyle, soprano
Margot Oitzinger, alto
Jakob Pilgram, tenor
Choir & Orchestra of the J. S. Bach Foundation
Rudolf Lutz, conductor
Program:
5.30 pm
Musical-theological introduction to the work with Rudolf Lutz and Rev. Niklaus Peter
19.00 - approx. 20.30 hrs
1st concert performance
Reflection
2nd concert performance
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
19:00 - 20:30
21 August 2026