From Sorrow to Joy: J.S. Bach's BWV 12 "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen" Explained | Bach Factory

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Johann Sebastian Bach's cantata BWV 12 "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen" (Weeping, Wailing, Grieving, Fearing) is a musical contemplation on a powerful Christian theme - the promise that suffering and sorrow will ultimately give way to joy. But how does the cantata trace the arc from despair to hope? Rudolf Lutz and Xoán Elías Castiñeira guide viewers through the cantata, providing insights into its compositional structure and development.
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Hosts: Xoán Elías Castiñeira, Rudolf Lutz
Video: Samuel Lutz

[@jontreffert]

Thank you again for this gift to English-speaking Bach-loving believers!

[@christinebranaumbrosius6686]

Yes, thank you! I am very grateful for these videos as well! I've watched all of the Bach Factory videos multiple times and many of the workshops with English subtitles! I am slowly making my way through the workshops.

[@Bachstiftung]

You are very welcome. Glad you enjoy our work.

[@larrydean4433]

Now I want to hear the entire cantata about 5 or 6 times.

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Thats why we make such an effort to put it on youtoube :)

[@miriamuna]

Such a sensitive and beautiful analysis you present! Thank you - vom Herzen

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[@tjittemuizelaar]

Thank you!

[@sappclobyt1331]

Danke!!!

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[@tejasnair3399]

Ah, many thanks once again. Would you point me to a source that contains the rhetorical figures which Maestro Lutz refers to in the various workshops?

[@Bachstiftung]

Thank you for your interesting question. We could recommend consulting the entry "Rhetoric and Music" in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (www.oxfordmusiconline.com/) and reading the seminal book by Nikolaus Harnoncourt "Musik als Klangrede" (English version: www.residenzverlag.com/en/buch/music-as-speech-ways-to-a-new-understanding-of-music). Relevant direct sources would be the writings by the influential Baroque composer and theorist Johann Mattheson (1681-1764). Check also the liner notes written by Philippe Herreweghe "Bach et la rhétorique musicale" on the Harmonia Mundi recording of the Matthew Passion (1985).