Johann Seb Bach - Lasset uns nun gehen gen Bethlehem

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750):
LASSET UNS NUN GEHEN GEN BETHLEHEM

From Part Three of the Christmas
Oratorio, in Bachs own hand writing.

Evangelist:
Und da die Engel von ihnen gen Himmel fuhren, sprachen die Hirten untereinander:

Die Hirten:
Lasset uns nun gehen gen Bethlehem und die Geschichte sehen, die da geschehen ist, die uns der Herr kundgetan hat.

Rezitativ (bass):
Er hat sein Volk getröst',
Er hat sein Israel erlöst,
Die Hülf aus Zion hergesendet
Und unser Leid geendet.
Seht, Hirten, dies hat er getan;
Geht, dieses trefft ihr an!

Chorale:
Dies hat er alles uns getan,
Sein groß Lieb zu zeigen an;
Des freu sich alle Christenheit
Und dank ihm des in Ewigkeit.
Kyrieleis!

Evangelist:
And when the angel went away from them up to heaven, said the shepherds one to another:

The Shepherds:
Let us now go quickly to Bethlehem and this event now witness which hath here taken place, that which the Lord made known to us.

Recitative (bass):
He brought his people hope,
He hath his Israel redeemed,
His help from Zion he hath sent us
And all our suff'ring ended.
See, shepherds, this thing hath he done;
Go, this thing go and see!

Chorale:
This hath he all for us brought forth,
His great love to manifest;
Rejoice thus all Christianity
And thank him in eternity.
Kyrieleis!

The autograph score by Bach can be found here (Satz 25-28):
http://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalSource_source_00000850

Olaf Bär (bass)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (evangelist)
The Monteverdi Choir
The English Baroque Soloists
Directed by John Eliot Gardiner

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[russedav5]

Bach was the only composer the world has ever known. All the others tried, but how could they compete when for example even his transcriptions of their works were better than the originals! It frightens me to think of the glorious worship music he's been writing with a glorified mind these 262 years for Christ's Church to sing to the Lord when the Church Militant and Triumphant are one!

[camposi]

Einfach nur geilllll! Just Bach!!!