According to the hymnary web site, the hymn appears in 68 hymnals in english. Stokowski for orchestra by jose serebrier on amazon music. Cantata bwv 140 is a perfect example of this type of compositional approach. Nicolai wrote the hymn in 1598, a time when the plague had hit unnawhere he lived as a preacher after studies in theology at the university of wittenberg, for six months. Five wise virgins and five foolish virgins are waiting for their bridegrooms. Emmanuel music continues to perform cycles of largescale and chamber works by bach, handel, mozart, schubert, brahms, debussy, haydn, schoenberg, weill, wolf, medelssohn, and schumann under artistic director ryan turner. The final movement, the gloria sei dir gesungen, characterized by bachs harmonization, has achieved the greatest popularity. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. When night falls with not a fiance in sight, the wise virgins extinguish. Bwv 140, on the hymn and derived one of the schubler chorales, bwv 645, from. Written for solo instrument piano with a duration of 4 mins. Bachcantatas site, with links to libretto and translations. Bach wrote hundreds of pieces for organ, choir, as well as many other instruments. Emmanuel music is a bostonbased ensemble of singers and instrumentalists founded in 1970 by craig smith to perform the complete sacred cantatas of j.
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