Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 177 (Score) 40.802/50 The ambitious late work of

The ambitious late work of Georg Philipp Telemann

An agreeable and easily performable “little sacred concerto” for soprano or mezzo-soprano (e1–e2)

inasmuch as they help us better understand the works

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It also owes its tonal splendour partly to the richness of its compositional process

Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 177 (Score) 40.802/50 The ambitious late work ofThe cantata Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ begins with an expansive chorale arrangement, for which Bach reverted to a proven model: The four voices of the solo ensemble take over the chorale, in which the melody lies in the soprano. For stanzas 24 Bach chooses the aria form with a highly differentiated scoring from movement to movement, ranging from a continuo Aria (1st movement), up to an aria accompanied by the violin, with obbligato bassoon and