A Christmas cantata featuring Luther's hymn with archaic choral textures contrasted against Baroque fugal techniques, notable for its unusual tonal progression and symbolic enharmonic shifts.
This Christmas cantata features archaic church modes combined with Baroque counterpoint, including a striking enharmonic modulation symbolizing theological transformation.
A rare example of Bach's chromatic experimentation where the work begins in E minor but concludes a whole tone higher in F-sharp minor, symbolizing the elevation of Christ's praise.
This bass aria from Bach's Christmas cantata BWV 121 depicts John the Baptist's leap in his mother's womb during the Visitation. Bach uses dance-like rhythms and playful harmonic "jumps" to illustrate the biblical moment, structured as a da capo aria with a recurring string ritornello.
