Bach, Johann Sebastian : Lord my God, my heart and soul were sore distrest

The cantata ì Ich hatte viel Bek¸mmernis î dates from around 1713 and was probably performed for the first time that year in the Liebfrauenkirche in Halle . Its assigning to the third Sunday after Trinity probably only occurred the following year. With its large-scale structure and strong emphasis on biblical texts, it was extremely popular in the 19th century and remains one of Bachís best-known cantatas today. The cantata is published here in a vocal score based on the New Bach Edition with an idiomatic, straightforward piano reduction by Martin Focke .
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– One of Bachís best-known cantatas
– Urtext based on the ì New Bach Editionî
– Clear straightforward piano reduction