Johann Michael Bach - Nun hab ich überwunden (Vox Luminis)

Описание: Johann Michael Bach (1648 - 1694):
NUN HAB ICH ÜBERWUNDEN -
Now I have overcome

Johann Michael Bach was a German composer of the Baroque period. He was the brother of Johann Christoph Bach, as well as father of Johann Sebastian Bach's first wife Maria Barbara.

A pamphlet issued by the council in Gehren refers to Johann Michael as a "quiet, withdrawn and artistically well-versed subject"; within the family he was considered a "capable composer". As a composer, in fact, he is on almost the same level as his brother Johann Christoph. Especially in the chorale motet, the vocal form to which he almost exclusively devoted himself, he composed works of real significance. His convincing treatment of spoken declamation is particularly notable. As in his brother's music, the older, strongly homophonic style predominates, but in such works as "Sei lieber Tag willkommen" (written for New Year) and "Nun hab ich überwunden", he turned to the new, freer style with melismatic passages.

This motet for double choir (the manuscript is now lost) was included in the so-called "Altbachisches Archiv" (old-Bachian archive), a collection of 17th-century vocal music, most of which was written by members of the Bach family. The collection was founded by the father of Johann Sebastian Bach. After the death of Johann Sebastian the collection was passed on to his son Carl Philipp Emanuel, who named it "Altbachisches Archiv". The original manuscripts were lost during the Second World War, only to be rediscovered in Ukraine in 1999 (through the efforts of musicologist Christoff Wolff), after which they in 2001 were returned to the Sing-Akademie in Berlin.
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Nun hab ich überwunden
Kreutz, Leiden, Angst und Noth.
Durch sein heilig fünf Wunden
bin ich versöhnt mit Gott.

Now I have overcome
Cross, suffering, fear and distress.
Through his five holy wounds
I have been reconciled with God.

Vox Luminis (2015)
Conducted by Lionel Meunier

If you wish to listen to other motets by Johann Michael Bach:

"Das Blut Jesu Christi":
   • Johann Michael Bach - Das Blut Jesu Christ...  

"Sei lieber Tag willkommen":
   • Johann Michael Bach - Sei lieber Tag willk...