Cantata BWV 6, Bleib bei uns: Chorale (arr. Palliard)

Composer: BACH, Johann Sebastian
  • Bach’s Cantata BWV 6 Bleib bei uns, den es will Abend werden (“Stay with us, for the evening is approaching”) was composed in 1725 for the day after Easter.1
  • This piece is based on the cantata’s 3rd movement, in the which chorale melody is sung by soprano solo over an obbligato part for violoncello piccolo (a string instrument with a range between viola and cello).2
  • Bach also arranged this movement for organ as one of the Schübler Chorales3 (a set of 6 chorale preludes by Bach based on movements from his cantatas, published c. 1748).4
  • This arrangement features a solo trumpet in place of the soprano part. It was arranged by Jean-François Paillard, conductor of this recording. 5

Sources

  1. Christoph Wolff and Walter Emery, “Bach, Johann Sebastian,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed July 15, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-6002278195.
  2. Brian Robins, “Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata No. 6, ‘Bleib bei uns, den es will Abend werden,’ BWV 6 (BC A57),” All Music, accessed July 17, 2019, https://www.allmusic.com/composition/cantata-no-6-bleib-bei-uns-denn-es-will-abend-werden-bwv-6-bc-a57-mc0002356378.
  3. Ibid.
  4. Liner notes to Pachelbel/Canon, Albinoni/Adagio, Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard, Jean-François Paillard, Erato 69701, CD, 1984.
  5. Ibid.

Cut IDs

21638