- Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 684
[4:55]
The rolling bass line in the left hand (Rygpositiv: Gedakt 8' + Gedaktfløjte 4' + Gemshorn 2') supports the right hand (Huvudvaerk:
Rørfløjte 8' + Oktav 4, coupled to Brystvaerk: Traegedakt 8' + -Rørfløjte + Principal 2), which artfully combines two
voices in a sublime dialogue, while the chorale is sounded on the Pedal Trumpet 8'
Midi File available.
Instrument:
Marcussen & Son Organ / St. Stefanuschurch / Moerdijk (Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands) (1965) - Samples by Ariaan Hoogendijk
- 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
Audio track was created with Hauptwerk v. 1 software
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