Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 61) recit.: ”Der Heiland ist gekommen”

At the beginning of our podcast seasons, we always look at a new part of BWV 61. This week Christian chooses an unusual bass trill from the sparkling tenor recitative. For this moment Bach opens up the narrating voice and enters a half-aria section so that the singer can repeat the words "You come and let your light shine with full blessing." The lilting cello and bright harpsichord offer repeated "shines" in this section, which concludes with our surprising trill in the basso continuo.

This episode's featured recitative as performed by the Netherlands Bach Society
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor

BachCantataTexts.org annotated translation of BWV 61