• Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 61) aria: "Öffne dich"

  • Mar 17 2025
  • Length: 24 mins
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Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 61) aria: "Öffne dich"

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  • At the beginning of our podcast seasons, we always look at a new part of BWV 61. This week Christian chooses what may be the most pure, unassuming aria of total soul transcendence. The aria "Öffne dich" is the 'heart' of this regal Advent cantata, and offers an opposite effect of the other parts while we hear a plead (from us) to our own heart: "Open yourself, my whole heart; Jesus comes and enters."

    A simple cello bass line and organ accompaniment frame a floating, unpinned rhythm and subtle, elegant soprano ornamentation. But the music opens and shines from the heavens in transcendent peace at "O wie selig werd ich sein!" -- the cello enters a blissful flow as "O how blessed will I be!"

    This episode's featured aria as performed by the Netherlands Bach Society Zsuzsi Tóth, soprano

    BachCantataTexts.org annotated translation of BWV 61

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