Performed by soprano Amelia Berry, The Graduate Choir NZ, and the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Hamish McKeich at the APO's Celebrate Christmas concert, Holy Trinity Cathedral, 12 December 2020.
The Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra's Celebrate Christmas concert in Holy Trinity Cathedral. Photo: Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra
Three excerpts: the opening chorus, the aria 'Bereite dir, Jesu', and the chorus 'Jesus bleibet meine Freude'.
Bach wrote his Cantata No 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben', “Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life” for the Marian feast of the Visitation in July.
But it’s an expanded version of an earlier cantata of the same name written for Advent. So it's inclusion in a Christmas concert is not inappropriate.
The final chorus was arranged for piano solo and made famous by Myra Hess in her 'Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring'.
Recorded by RNZ Concert in Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland, 12 December 2020
Sound Engineer: Adrian Hollay; Producer: Tim Dodd
