Utwory na płycie:

• BWV 76_1 Choeur
• BWV 76_2 Recit
• BWV 76_3 Aria
• BWV 76_4 Recit
• BWV 76_5 Aria
• BWV 76_6 Recit
• BWV 76_7 Choral
• BWV 76_8 Sinfonia
• BWV 76_9 Recit
• BWV 76_10 Aria
• BWV 76_11 Recit
• BWV 76_12 Aria
• BWV 76_13 Recit
• BWV 76_14 Choral
• BWV 79_1 Choeur
• BWV 79_2 Aria
• BWV 79_3 Choral
• BWV 79_4 Recit
• BWV 79_5 Duo
• BWV 79_6 Choral
• BWV 80_1 Choeur
• BWV 80_2 Aria
• BWV 80_3 Recit
• BWV 80_4 Aria
• BWV 80_5 Choral
• BWV 80_6 Recit
• BWV 80_7 Duo
• BWV 80_8 Choral

Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76
Gott, der Herr, ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79
Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80

Scandalized by the abuses of the Catholic clergy, on October 31 1517, the Augustinian monk Martin Luther posted his Ninety-Five Theses on the door of All Saints’ Church in Wittenberg. The document condemned the selling of indulgences, advocated radical reforms, and set out his doctrine of justification by faith alone.

Every October 31 since the early 16th century, Lutheran communities have celebrated the Feast of the Reformation. In his role as cantor at the Saint Thomas church in Leipzig, Bach wrote two cantatas to be sung for the occasion: the first version of BWV 80, likely composed in 1723, and two years later BWV 79. Cantata BWV 76 was written for the second Sunday after Trinity, and the second part was offered to the church of Saint Paul for its Reformation celebrations in 1724, 1729, 1740, and 1745.