- Das Alte Jahr Vergangen Ist, BWV 614
[1:43] (French baroque tuning at a1=415 Hz [- 3Cents] )
This is a sad and expressive farewell to the secular old year. Ornamented Chorale on the Récit Cornet, accompanied by G.O. Montre 8' + Flute 4'
coupled permanently to Subbass 16'.
Midi File available.
Instrument:
Extended version of
L'Orgue des Frères Jullien de Marseille, Roquemaure/Gard, Languedoc, France (1690--historic monument) -
Samples by Prof. Helmut Maier
- Chorale Text
German:
Das alte Jahr vergangen ist,
das alle Jahr vergangen ist,
wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ,
dass du uns in so grosser G'fahr
so gnädiglich behüt dies Jahr,
so gnädiglich behüt dies Jahr,
English:
The old year now hath passed away,
The old year now hath passed away,
We thank Thee, O our God today
That Thou hast kept us through the year,
When danger and distress were near,
When danger and distress were near.
--Tr. C. Winkworth
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