Bach Cantata Series at Emmanuel Church
Sundays at 10 am
September 16, 2012 through May 19, 2013
Continuing our 42-year old tradition, the Orchestra and Chorus of Emmanuel Music presents Bach’s astounding human document, in the liturgical setting for which it was intended, as well as other sacred works.
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Cantata Schedule
| 9/16 | BWV 21 | Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis | notes | translation |
| Motet: Schütz - Die Himmel erzählen | notes | translation | ||
| 9/23 | BWV 166 | Wo gehest du hin? | notes | translation |
| Motet: Harbison - My little children | notes | translation | ||
| 9/30 | BWV 73 | Herr, wie du willt, so schicks mit mir | notes | translation |
| Motet: Josquin - Tu solus qui facis mirabilia | notes | translation | ||
| 10/7 |
BWV 163 |
Nur jedem das Seine! Michael Beattie, conductor |
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| Motet: Schütz - Zweierlei bitte ich | notes | translation | ||
| 10/14 | Z 7 | Purcell: Blessed is he that considereth the poor | notes | text |
| Motet: Attwood - Turn Thee Again | notes | text | ||
| 10/21 | BWV 99 | Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan II | notes | translation |
| Motet: Brahms - Warum ist Licht gegeben | notes | translation | ||
| 10/28 | BWV 23 | Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn | notes | translation |
| Motet: Schütz - Die mit Tränen säen | notes | translation | ||
| 11/4 | BWV 77 | Du sollst Gott, deinen Herren, lieben | notes | translation |
| Motet: Harbison - Wherefore I put thee in Remembrance | notes | text | ||
| 11/11 | Z 196 | Purcell: The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation Susan Consoli, Soprano |
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| Motet: Da Viadana - Exultate Justi | notes | translation | ||
| 11/18 | BWV 26 | Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig | notes | translation |
| Motet: Tallis - O salutaris hostia | notes | translation | ||
| 11/25 | BWV 117 | Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut | notes | translation |
| Motet: Schein - Ich bin der Wurzel | notes | translation | ||
| 12/2 | BWV 70a | Wachet! betet! betet! wachet! | notes | translation |
| Motet: Praetorius - Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern | notes | translation | ||
| 12/9 |
BWV 167 |
Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe Michael Beattie, conductor |
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| Motet: Schütz - Tröstet mein Volk | notes | translation | ||
| 12/16 | BWV 136 | Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz | notes | translation |
| Motet: Primosch - Gaudete in Domino | notes | translation | ||
| 12/21 | Blue Christmas: Johnson - When you said | notes | text | |
| Communion Motet: Byrd - O magnum mysterium | notes | translation | ||
| Motet: Duruflè - Ubi caritas | notes | translation | ||
| 12/23 | BWV 90 | Es reißet euch ein schrecklich Ende | notes | translation |
| Motet: Hassler - Dixit Maria | notes | translation | ||
| 12/24 |
BWV 40 |
Dazu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes Christmas Eve, 7 PM |
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| Motet: Poulenc - Hodie Christus natus est | notes | translation | ||
| Communion motet: Harbison - O Magnum Mysterium | notes | translation | ||
| Introit: Praetorius - Es ist ein Ros entsprungen | notes | translation | ||
| 1/6 | BWV 65 | Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen | notes | translation |
| Motet: Poulenc - Videntes stellam | notes | translation | ||
| 1/13 |
BWV 37 |
Wer da gläubet und getauft wird John Harbison, conductor |
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| Motet: Schein - O Herr Jesu Christe | notes | translation | ||
| 1/20 | BWV 196 | Der Herr denkt an uns | notes | translation |
| Motet: Schütz - Das ist je gewisslich wahr | notes | translation | ||
| 1/27 | Harbison: But Mary Stood | notes | text | |
| Motet: Verbum patris umanatur | notes | translation | ||
| 2/3 | BWV 181 | Leichtgesinnte Flattergeister | notes | translation |
| Motet: Schütz - In te, Domine, speravi | notes | translation | ||
| 2/10 | BWV 130 | Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir Boston Children's Chorus |
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| Motet: Schütz - Lobet den Herrn | notes | translation | ||
| 2/17 |
BWV 199 |
Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut Kendra Colton, soprano |
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| Motet: Palestrina - Sicut cervus | notes | translation | ||
| 2/24 | BuxWV 60 | Buxtehude: Jesu meine Freude | notes | translation |
| Motet: Schütz - Unser Wandel ist im Himmel | notes | translation | ||
| 3/3 |
BWV 124 |
Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht Michael Beattie, conductor |
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| Motet: Cazzati - Dulcis amor | notes | translation | ||
| 3/10 | Z 27 | Purcell: Funeral Sentences | notes | text |
| Motet: Schütz - Erhöre mich | notes | translation | ||
| 3/17 | BWV 227 | Jesu meine Freude | notes | translation |
| 3/24 | R 621 | Vivaldi: Stabat Mater Thea Lobo, mezzo-soprano |
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| Motet: Victoria - O vos omnes | notes | translation | ||
| 3/29 | SWV 479 | Good Friday Service at noon Schütz: St. Matthew Passion |
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| 3/31 | BWV 4 | Christ lag in Todesbanden | notes | translation |
| Motet: Byrd - Haec dies | notes | translation | ||
| 4/7 | SWV 346-347, 363 | Schütz: Ich werde nicht sterben - Ich danke dir, Herr, SWV 346-347; Lobet den Herrn, SWV 363 | notes | translation |
| Motet: Tye - Laudate nomen Domini | notes | translation | ||
| 4/14 | BWV 93 | Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten | notes | translation |
| Motet: Brahms - Es ist das Heil | notes | translation | ||
| 4/21 | BWV 112 | Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt | notes | translation |
| Motet: Schütz - Herr, auf dich traue ich | notes | translation | ||
| 4/28 | BWV 95 | Christus, der ist mein Leben | notes | translation |
| Motet: Tallis - If ye love Me | notes | translation | ||
| 5/5 | Z 19 | Purcell: I was glad | notes | text |
| Motet: Schütz - Deus misereatur nobis Jim Olesen, conductor |
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| 5/12 | BWV 125 | Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin John Harbison, conductor |
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| Motet: Schütz - Heu mihi | notes | translation | ||
| 5/19 | BWV 74 | Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten II | notes | translation |
| Motet: Bruckner - Locus iste | notes | translation |