'O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort', performed by Charles Daniels, Menno van Delft, Mieneke van der Velden and Fred Jacobs for All of Bach, forms the musical ending to the second Notenbüchlein. This song is a two-part transcription of Johann Sebastian’s four-part chorale O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 397, in the handwriting of Anna Magdalena. The awe-inspiring hymn itself had been sung since 1653. The lyricist Johann Rist wrote no fewer than 16 verses about the finite earth versus the infinite heaven. The moral was that captivity and torment will pass, so make sure you are awake when your eternity begins.
Recorded for the project All of Bach on May 12th 2018 at the Bartolotti House, Amsterdam. This recording was made possible by the support of Stichting Elise Mathilde Fonds. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel [ Ссылка ] and consider donating [ Ссылка ].
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Charles Daniels, tenor
Menno van Delft, organ
Mieneke van der Velden, viola da gamba
Fred Jacobs, theorbo
