- Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 684
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The rolling bass line in the left hand supports the right hand, which artfully combines two voices in a sublime dialogue, while the chorale is sounded
on the pedal Trumpet.
Midi File available.
Instrument:
Casavant, Opus 3246 (1975) at Grace Lutheran Church, Champaign, Illinois - Samples by Brett Milan
- Chorale Text
GERMAN:
Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam
Nach seines Vaters Willen,
Von Sankt Johanns die Taufe nahm,
Sein Werk und Amt zu erfüllen;
Da wollt er stiften uns ein Bad,
Zu waschen uns von Sünden,
Ersäufen auch den bittern Tod
Durch sein selbst Blut und Wunden;
Es galt ein neues Leben.
ENGLISH:
Christ did our Lord to Jordan come,
His Father's will fulfilling,
And from Saint John baptism took,
His work and charge to accomplish;
Here would he found for us a bath
To wash us clean from error,
To drown as well our bitter death
In his own blood and anguish;
A life restored it gave us.
--Tr. Z. Philip Ambrose
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