The chorale 'Christus der ist mein Leben', performed by musicians of the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach, starts off like a ‘normal’ chorale: the melody in the upper voice, with the other voices below in more or less the same rhythm. But on reaching the word ‘sterben’, the voices suddenly become individual in a series of expressive chords. It seems as if Bach’s interpretation of the words makes the simple chorale form burst at the seams. This creates an extremely expressive effect.
Recorded for the project All of Bach on 7 March 2020 at the Grote Kerk, Naarden. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating bit.ly/2uZuMj5.
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Netherlands Bach Society
Marta Paklar, soprano
Sofia Gvirts, alto
João Moreira, tenor
Matthew Baker, bass
Mike Fentross, theorbo
9 дек 2020