- Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BuxWV 180
[3:47] (A=465)
Very spontaneously ornamented chorale treatment (played on Hauptwerk: Principal 8' + Octave 4 + Octave 2' + Cornet III) with amusing sequences near
the end in the accompaniment (Oberwerk: Gedackt 8' + Rohrflöte 4' + Octave 2' + Quinta 1 1/2'; Pedal: Prinzipal Bass 16').
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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