Bringing Bach Back

Prepare the Road, Prepare the Pathway - A Cantata prepared for The Fourth Sunday of Advent.  A production of KNNA the Cross Radio.

Bringing Bach Back examines the theology and music of Bach Cantatas.

This cantata tackles baptism, confession, absolution and more in an effort to prepare us for the coming of Christ at Christmas.

Cover art - John the Baptist - Leonardo Da Vinci

Savior of the Nations Come - A Cantata prepared for The First Sunday of Advent.  A production of KNNA the Cross Radio.

Bringing Bach Back examines the theology and music of Bach Cantatas.

This cantata is Bach's take on the Luther Hymn Savior of the Nations Come, which was a translation of St. Ambrose of Milan's hymn Veni Redemptor Gentium.  

Cover art - The Triumphal Entry - Giotto De Bonde

From Depths of Woe, I Cry to Thee - A Cantata prepared for The Twenty-First Sunday After Trinity.  A production of KNNA the Cross Radio.

Bringing Bach Back examines the theology and music of Bach Cantatas.

This cantata is Bach's take on the Luther Hymn based on Psalm 130.  

Cover art - Hope - George Frederic Watts

A Mighty Fortress - A Cantata prepared for The Festival of the Reformation.  A production of KNNA the Cross Radio.

Bringing Bach Back examines the theology and music of Bach Cantatas.

This Cantata examines the Martin Luther Hymn and how it was treated by Bach, including the amazing counterpoint contained within the first movement.  

Cover art - Photo of the Wartburg Castle in Germany

Ah Dear Christians Be Comforted - A Cantata prepared for The Seventeenth Sunday After Trinity.  A production of KNNA the Cross Radio.

Bringing Bach Back examines the theology and music of Bach Cantatas.

This Cantata deals with the comfort of a Christian - found in the death and resurrection of Jesus, and delivered to us in Holy Baptism.  

Cover art - Wedding at Cana - Paolo Veronese

Why Are You Troubled, My Heart - A Cantata prepared for The Fifteenth Sunday After Trinity.  A production of KNNA the Cross Radio.

Bringing Bach Back examines the theology and music of Bach Cantatas.

This Cantata is a great work, prepared for the fifteenth Sunday after Trinity, and was first performed on 5 September 1723. It is based off an anonymous Lutheran hymn of the same name, using the first three of its 14 verses as source material which is supplemented by additional poetry.

Cover art - Claude Monet - Poppy Fields Near Argenteuil

They Sing With the Joy of Victory- A Cantata prepared for The Feast of St. Michael and All Angels (Michaelmas).  A production of KNNA the Cross Radio.

Bringing Bach Back examines the theology and music of Bach Cantatas.

This Cantata is written to examine the theology of angels but begins with the atonement by Jesus Christ, who dies and sheds his blood to forgive all sinners.  Only after understanding that, can we see that God uses angels to care and provide for us here in this world.  This cantata ends with the promise that God will, at last, let his angels come and bear us to Abram's bosom.  

Cover art - Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino - The Victory of St. Michael

To You Alone Lord Jesus Christ - A Cantata prepared for The Thirteenth Sunday After Trinity.  A production of KNNA the Cross Radio.

Bringing Bach Back examines the theology and music of Bach Cantatas.

This Cantata is written to examine the theology of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, and finds God's grace given freely to sinners.  It declares, "God has done enough."  

Cover art - Vincent Van Gogh - the Good Samaritan

Lord Jesus Christ, You Highest Good - A Cantata prepared for The Eleventh Sunday After Trinity.  A production of KNNA the Cross Radio.

Bringing Bach Back examines the theology and music of Bach Cantatas.

This Cantata finds God's salvation earned by Christ on the cross delivered to us through God's Holy Word.  The Gospel of this particular cantata is clear and sweet.  

Cover art - Icon of the Publican and the Pharisee 

 What is the World to me?  - A Cantata prepared for The Ninth Sunday After Trinity.  A production of KNNA the Cross Radio.  

Bringing Bach Back examines the theology and music of Bach Cantatas.

This Cantata compares the value of the world, its riches, its prestige against the love of God, and finds the love of God in Christ to be more valuable than all other things.  

Cover art - Betrayal of Christ by  Michelangelo Caravaggio  - Judas loved 40 pieces of silver more than the Lord.