(A mighty fortress is our God) for soprano, alto, tenor and bass, vocal ensemble, oboe I\u2013III, oboe d\u2019amore I\u2013II, oboe da caccia, taille, trumpet, timpani, organ, strings and basso continuo<\/p>\n
Bach\u2019s cantata BWV 80, \u201cA mighty fortress is our God\u201d, is set to Luther\u2019s spirited hymn from 1529 that first entered the Protestant canon after the reformer\u2019s death. The cantata is based on a Weimar composition written in 1715 for Oculi (the Third Sunday in Lent), whose opening bass solo \u201cAll that which of God is fathered\u201d quotes the chorale melody \u201cA mighty fortress\u201d as an additional commentary layer. It was perhaps this loose relationship to the chorale that led Bach to reuse the Weimar composition in Leipzig for Reformation Sunday; initially, he added a distinguished chorale setting at the beginning of the work, which he replaced in the 1730s with an extended chorale motet. Bach\u2019s son, Wilhelm Friedemann, later borrowed the first and fifth tutti movements for his own church music in Halle, adding Latin libretti and a choir of trumpets and timpani \u2013 instruments that are occasionally used in his father\u2019s version to this day. Despite the compositional mastery of the cantata, a distinct tension is evident between the compositional layers of the Reformation and Oculi settings. While the heroised image of Bach in the 19th century led to performances emphasising the large choral movements, today the intimate nature of the solo Weimar movements does not go unappreciated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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