Bach - Cantata Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben BWV 8 - Sato | Netherlands Bach Society

Although the words of this cantata - recorded here for All of Bach with Shunske Sato on the occasion of his farewell as artistic director of the Netherlands Bach Society - never literally refer to a bell, the music is still permeated with the ringing of bells. For Bach, there was nothing unusual about this in texts about death and dying. The clocks, bells and clockwork in this cantata portray the certainties and uncertainties of death: “When shall I die?” versus “Time always goes on”. For more information on BWV 8 and credits of this production go to Recorded for the project All of Bach on May 30th 2023 at Grote Kerk Naarden. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel and consider donating In loving memory of Wendy Wallace. All of Bach is a project of the Netherlands Bach Society, with the aim to perform and record all of Bach’s works and share them online with the world for free. Visit our online treasury for more videos and background material on For concert dates and tickets go to Netherlands Bach Society Shunske Sato, violin and direction Griet De Geyter, soprano Franz Vitzthum, alto Guy Cutting, tenor Felix Schwandtke, bass 0:00 Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben? (Chor) 6:20 Was willst du dich, mein Geist (Arie) 10:13 Zwar fühlt mein schwaches Herz (Rezitativ) 11:18 Doch weichet, ihr tollen (Arie) 16:04 Behalte nur, o Welt (Rezitativ) 17:19 Herrscher über Tod und Leben (Choral)