Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein, BWV 2 (Study score) series__O admirabile mysterium (Ristori) In particular

In particular

was completed on 5 August 1793

Bach's supreme mastery of contrapuntal writing

Präludium (1902)

” was to touch and move audiences

Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein, BWV 2 (Study score) series__O admirabile mysterium (Ristori) In particularBach composed the cantata O God, from heaven look on us BWV 2 for the 2nd Trinity Sunday 1724 as the second cantata of the annual cycle of chorale cantatas. It is based on Martin Luthers rewriting of Psalm 112. The opening movement is one of a group of cantata opening movements which are not concertante but kept entirely in the motet style, with the instruments serving only to reinforce the singers. The archaic character of this movement is heightened