Cantata BWV 35: Sinfonia

Composer: BACH, Johann Sebastian
  • This is one of the two sinfonias from Bach’s solo cantata for alto, Geist und Seele sind verwirret BWV 35 (“Soul and spirit become confused,” composed 1726).1
  • Listen for: There is an obbligato organ part (organ solo) in this cantata. The organ usually stays in the background of Bach cantatas, as part of continuo.2
  • Style: This movement is styled as an organ concerto movement.3 Bach adapted it from his (now lost) oboe concerto BWV 1059.4

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. “Cantata BWV 35 Geist und Seele wird verwirret,” Bach Cantatas Website, accessed July 15, 2019, https://www.bach-cantatas.com/BWV35.htm.
  3. Craig Smith, “Bach Cantata Notes: BWV 35,” Emmanuel Music, accessed July 15, 2019, http://www.emmanuelmusic.org/notes_translations/notes_cantata/n_bwv035.htm.
  4. 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.

Cut IDs

10922