Johann Sebastian Bach - Es ist und bleibt der Christen Trost, BWV 44 No. 6 (Arr. for Wind Quintet)

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This aria is the final movement of Bach's cantata BWV 44 "Sie werden euch in den Bann tun," composed for Exaudi (the Sunday after Ascension). It features a dance-like character with strings and oboes providing consoling accompaniment. The text "Es ist und bleibt der Christen Trost" (It is and remains the comfort of Christians) offers spiritual reassurance after the earlier movements depict persecution and suffering.

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