Rudolf Lutz - Bachkantate, BWV 147 - Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Live) (2019)

The text goes back to a Weimar cantata by Solomon Franck for the 4th of Advent. It included only the numbers 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 and another final chorus. Since no cantatas were performed in Leipzig between the 1st of Advent and the Christmas day, they could no longer be used there. With inserted recitatives and by recasting the chorale, an unknown poet gave her the new destiny for the feast of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary on July 2, 1723. This refers to Mary's visit to Elizabeth and her praise (Magnificat) according to the Gospel reading, Luke 1, 39-56. The addition of recitatives and the transformation into a two-part sermon cantata reveals the demand profile of Bach's Leipzig church works, which has changed greatly in comparison with the Weimar conditions. On the other hand, the through-composed arias, which are provided with widely varied repetitions, reveal the origin of Bach's more intimate Weimar court church music with their delicate and solistic timbres.