"J. S. Bach: Christ Unser Herr, BWV 684" genre: Baroque
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	A transcription of the organ chorale setting (from the Large German Organ Mass) for Cello, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and English Horn.
	Credits: James Pressler
	Story Behind the Song The phrasing is lifted exactly from the keyboard version of this piece, with very slight (terrace) adjustments to the dynamics. Lyrics 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

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