- Vom Himmel Kam Der Engel Schaar, BWV 607
[2:26]
Brisk chorale followed by a rather mystical depiction of angels descending and ascending at the time of Christ's birth.
Midi File available.
Instrument:
Vermeulen Brothers Organ at Congregation "Vloedschuur," Heteren, Holland (1959) -
Samples by Hauptwerk.nl
- Chorale Text
German:
Vom Himmel kam der Engel Schaar,
Erschien den Hirten offenbar,
Sie sagten ihn'n: ein Kindlein zart
das liegt dort in der Krippen hart.
English:
To shepherds, as they watched by night,
Appeared a troop of Angels bright;
Behold the tender babe, they said,
In yonder lowly manger laid.
--Tr. R. Massie
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