- Wir Christenleut, BWV 1090
[1:51]
Flowing scales accompany the first part of this setting, then a softer and lilting texture, followed by a strong rhythm pattern neatly finished by a
slightly plaintive cadence. The Phantom Organist has ad libbed the chorale melody on the pedal
Instrument:
Casavant, Opus 3246 (1975) at Grace Lutheran Church, Champaign, Illinois - Samples by Brett Milan
- Chorale Text
German:
Wir christen leut' wir christen leut' ,
Hab'n jetzund Freud,
Weil uns zu Trost ist Christus Mensch geboren,
Hat uns erlöst.
Wer sich dess tröst
Und glaubet fest, soll nicht werden verloren.
English:
Come Christian folk, come Christian folk,
Your joy be spoke,
For Christ is born ad man salvation bringeth.
Who to Him cleaves,
In faith believes,
Shall never die, but life in heaven receiveth.
--Tr. C. S. Terry
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