- Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 684
[5:7] (A=465)
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
in the pedal. Registration: To begin, left hand on Hauptwerk (Bordun 16' + Principal 8' + Spitzflöte 4'), right hand on Oberwerk (Gedackt 8' +
Rohrflöte 4' + Quinta 1 1/2); for the repeat the Hauptwerk Principal 8 replaced by the Rohrflöte 8 and the Oberwerk is supplemented by the Quintadena
8' and Principal 4'. The original sounds are resumed after the repeat. The Trommete 8' in the pedal sounds the chorale throughout.
Midi File available.
Instrument:
Gottfried Silbermann Organ, St. Georgenkirche - Rötha, Germany (1721) -
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
Audio track was created with Hauptwerk v. 1 software
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