god heartbreak church composed dialogue leipzig sunday new year day text attributed bach leipzig combined topics readings gospel flight egypt teaching suffering christians structure unusual symmetry duet movements dialogues soul represented soprano jesus sung bass voice christ set combining stanza hymn sung soprano original poetry set sung melody come different hymns christ poet wrote fit music bach composed contrast changing meter tune fit different mood heartbreak beginning comfort end bach scored work small baroque instrumental ensemble originally strings probably intended ease workload musicians christmas season later version added trio outer movements bach counted work cycle begun presumably performed january history text bach composed dialogue sunday new year day probably occasion happens years sunday new year day january prescribed readings day suffering christians peter gospel matthew flight egypt matthew year director church music leipzig bach composed occasion text recently attributed theologian student bach bach leipzig topic gospel expands journey suffering contemporary christian focus contrast suffering earth joy heaven outer movements unusually similar soul jesus hymn stanza free text movements includes stanza published movement includes second stanza christ published second volume collection melody hymns appeared poet verse movements similar author expected composer repeat music bach set differently contrasting bach performed presumably january performed january january later version survived bach added orchestra wrote new movement surviving original aria suggests significantly different character version central aria movement survived unknown text changed bach counted work cycle begun year christmas season sunday fell christmas new year different occasion different prescribed readings similar early works cycle focus lutheran hymn hymn composed second sunday according bach scholar numbered successors seventeenth century dialogue compositions dialogue god scoring structure bach structured movements symmetrical arrangement framing surrounding central aria bach scored work vocal soprano bass baroque instrumental ensemble originally violins viola conducted notes scoring voices strings probably intended ease workload musicians busy time christmas season later version bach added trio duration given minutes following table movements scoring follows bach later version keys time signatures taken book bach scholar symbols common time playing shown music structure piece unusually opens closes duet including text piece begins ends major central movement minor second movement minor major fourth movement mirrors motion movement god soprano representing soul singing reinforced bass voice christ delivers original verse melody melody movement marked begins strings doubled rhythm figure characteristic french dominates music figure lament appears upper voices midway movement bass die angry world sections describes history persecution related flight egypt angular phrases second section emphasizes presence god melodic line movement cheerful sorrow soprano aria solo violin movement describes spirit confidence god section includes motto theme transitioning violin melody middle section characterized muscular soprano line oddly bizarre solo violin section returns modified soprano die world cease begins persecution quickly walking final movement difficult journey opens fanfare bass voice sings words similar motif bach violin minor soprano melody original triple time responding line bass voice phrases plays measures voices enter complete selected recordings bach vol advent christmas bach die bach vol sacred vol ensemble vocal holland boys choir netherlands bach vol brilliant classics english berlin complete vol
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