http://lutherankantor.com/2008/02/17/hymn-of-the-day-the-chorale/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hymn-of-the-day-the-chorale Where Music & Theology Intersect Thu, 30 Jun 2011 05:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://lutherankantor.com/2008/02/17/hymn-of-the-day-the-chorale/#comment-20 Susan Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:30:47 +0000 http://lutherankantor.wordpress.com/?p=70#comment-20 I played the same, Chris, yesterday as an offertory. then there's a bright and brilliant Krebs rendering of it, , full of motion and exciting cadences that made a nice postlude. This was my first hymn, in a sense, as a new Christian (or a recovering atheist?). It's a prayer, and I have made sure every choir I've led since then has learned it. Before LSB, we sang it from LBW--the harmonization was superior to LW, and the translation as well. Thank God LSB also offers it in 2 keys! Didn't know J.G. Walther was Bach's cousin. I learn something every day. I played the same, Chris, yesterday as an offertory.
then there’s a bright and brilliant Krebs rendering of it, , full of motion and exciting cadences that made a nice postlude.
This was my first hymn, in a sense, as a new Christian (or a recovering atheist?). It’s a prayer, and I have made sure every choir I’ve led since then has learned it.
Before LSB, we sang it from LBW–the harmonization was superior to LW, and the translation as well. Thank God LSB also offers it in 2 keys!
Didn’t know J.G. Walther was Bach’s cousin. I learn something every day.

]]> http://lutherankantor.com/2008/02/17/hymn-of-the-day-the-chorale/#comment-22 Chris Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:59:05 +0000 http://lutherankantor.wordpress.com/?p=70#comment-22 Thanks Susan. This hymn is one of my favorites. Besides a great text, there are lots of preludes on the tune. Besides the 4-part harmonization by Bach, I decided to play a prelude on this hymn by J.G. Walther (Bach's cousin). Thanks Susan. This hymn is one of my favorites. Besides a great text, there are lots of preludes on the tune. Besides the 4-part harmonization by Bach, I decided to play a prelude on this hymn by J.G. Walther (Bach’s cousin).

]]> http://lutherankantor.com/2008/02/17/hymn-of-the-day-the-chorale/#comment-21 Susan Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:32:27 +0000 http://lutherankantor.wordpress.com/?p=70#comment-21 Isn't that hymn an absolute gem? It was gratifying today, hearing our small congregation singing it with such strength. Isn’t that hymn an absolute gem?
It was gratifying today, hearing our small congregation singing it with such strength.

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