Bach: Flute Solos from Sacred & Secular Vocal Works - Volume 1

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Instrumentation (this edition): Flute Originally for: SATB Choir, Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra Binding: ISMN: 9790006499540 Size: 9.6 x 12.2 inches Pages: 78 Urtext / Critical Edition Description This volume presents, for the first time, all those arias from the oratorios, Passions, Masses and sacred and secular cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach that contain obbligato parts for one or two flutes. The musical text has been adopted from the New Bach Edition. Music and words are inseparable in Bach's works. Therefore, as an aid to the interpretation of these flute solos, our richly annotated collection offers not only flute part but also the complete vocal part for each movement. in this way, the edition not only represents a novel form of orchestral studies, it also opens up an important area of the flute repertoire. Works: No. 5 from Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist (Cantata for Trinity VIII), BWV 45 Nos. 2 & 3 from Gott, der Herr, ist Sonn and Schild (Cantata for Reformation), BWV 79 No. 2 from Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (for the 20th Sunday after Trinity), BWV 180 No. 5 from Was frag ich nach der Welt (Cantata for Trinity IX), BWV 94 No. 2 from Unser Mund sei voll Lachens (Cantata for Christmas), BWV 110 No. 4 from Jesu, der du meine Seele (Cantata for 14th Sunday after Trinity), BWV 78 No. 3 from Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgaten, BWV 100 No. 3 from Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn, BWV 96