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Johann Sebastian Bach
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Wenn wir in höchsten nöthen sein, BWV 641 Click to Listen [1:36]
Highly ornamented chorale over subdued background. Another depressing Lenten text describing a place some of us find ourselves in from time to time. Instrument: Marcussen & Son Organ / St. Stefanuschurch / Moerdijk (Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands) (1965) - Samples by Ariaan Hoogendijk

Chorale Text
German:
Wenn wir in höchsten Nöthen sein
und wissen nicht, wo aus und ein,
und finden weder Hilf' noch Rath,
ob wir gleich sorgen früh und spat.

English:
When in the hour of utmost need
We know not where to look for aid,
When days and nights of anxious thought
Nor help nor counsel yet have brought.
--Tr. C. Winkworth


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