Bach wrote two cantatas for the fourth Sunday after epiphany - a beautiful solo cantata for alto, BWV 81, Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen; and a chorale cantata, BWV 14, Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit. Enjoy!
Walking through the Dykeman Spring Nature Park this morning on the way to the grocery store, I found a few things to capture - some birds, raindrops, and a mighty hunter stalking its prey on the upland meadow. Take a look!
A male Cardinal high up in a tree
Raindrops in the Dykeman Spring wetland
A male Belted Kingfisher in a tree over the north duck pond
Behold the mighty hunter, stalking prey on the upland meadow!
Today we have three Bach cantatas for the third Sunday after Epiphany - two chorale cantatas, BWV 111 Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit, and BWV 73 Herr, wie du willt, so schick's mit mir; and a little gem of a solo cantata with a beautiful opening sinfonia, BWV 156 Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe!
Bach composed three cantatas for the second Sunday after Epiphany: a short solo cantata - BWV 155, Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange; a regular cantata - BWV 13, Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen; and a magnificent chorale cantata, BWV 3 - Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid.
Do not fear the night. Instead, summon the wolf inside you and welcome the darkness like it is home. – Nikita Gill "Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!" – Bram Stoker, Dracula
The highlight of any Paul Winter concert - howling with the wolves!
Earth - Rock, stone, dirt, sand, wood, bone, shell, feather. The understructure of the world, bridging Air and Water, forged by Fire. Feel the heartbeat of the world and dance the dance of Earth.
I'm starting a new weekly feature for this blog today. For the past several years I've been posting one of Bach's liturgical cantatas on my Facebook timeline every Sunday. The idea comes from the late, great WGBH radio host Robert J. Lurtsema, who played a cantata every Sunday morning on his Morning Pro Musica show. Robert J played them in numerical order according to BWV number; after he passed away his successor, Brian McCreath, continued the tradition but played them according to which Sunday in the Lutheran liturgical calendar it was. This order has always made more sense to me, and that's how I've been posting the cantatas on Facebook. And now I've decided to expand that tradition to this blog. Each Sunday I'll post the correct cantata for that day, along with something from my photos.
Today is the first Sunday after the Feast of the Epiphany, and Bach composed three cantatas for that day. I chose BWV 124, "Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht". I'm partial to Bach's chorale cantatas, and this is one of his best.
There was something formless and perfect before the universe was born. It is serene. Empty. Solitary. Unchanging. Infinite. Eternally present. It is the mother of the universe. For lack of a better name, I call it the Tao.
It flows through all things, inside and outside, and returns to the origin of all things.
The Tao is great. The universe is great. Earth is great. Man is great. These are the four great powers.
Man follows the earth. Earth follows the universe. The universe follows the Tao. The Tao follows only itself.
Tao Te Ching, Chapter 25 Translation by Stephen Mitchell
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