Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750):
EHRE SEI GOTT IN DER HÖHE
Choir of Angels from Part Two of the Christmas
Oratorio, in Bachs own hand writing.
Evangelist:
Und alsobald war da bei dem Engel die Menge der himmlischen Heerscharen, die lobten Gott und sprachen:
Die Engeln:
Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe und Friede auf Erden und den Menschen ein Wohlgefallen.
(Lukas 2, 13-14)
Evangelist:
And suddenly there was with the angel the multitude of the host of heaven, there praising God and saying:
Choir of Angels:
Glory to God in the highest and peace on the earth now and to mankind a sign of favor.
(Luke 2, 13-14)
The autograph score by Bach can be found here (Satz 20-21):
http://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalSource_source_00000850
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (evangelist)
The Monteverdi Choir
The English Baroque Soloists
Directed by John Eliot Gardiner
Mr. Gardiner, much too fast, you are a bad musician!
artois54 3 months ago
@artois54
Well, tempos are a very subjective thing, but with respect to Gardiners musicianship I can tell, that had you attended the same concerts with him and the Monteverdi Choir as I have, you would eat those words again...
stigekalder 3 months ago in playlist Christmas Oratorio - by Bach