The words of the opening chorus of this cantata – recorded here for All of Bach with HansChristoph Rademann are imbued with Old Testament strictness. God has decreed what he demands of you: keeping to his word, being humble and practising love. To Bach's music, this enumeration takes on a cheerful and lighthearted character.

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Recorded for the project All of Bach on March 9th 2023 at the Grote Kerk, Veere. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel https://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating https://bit.ly/3J5uprM.

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Netherlands Bach Society
HansChristoph Rademann, conductor
Franz Vitzthum, alto
Guy Cutting, tenor
Tobias Berndt, bass

0:00 Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist (Chor)
5:39 Der Höchste läßt (Rezitativ)
6:31 Weiß ich Gottes Rechte (Arie)
9:55 Es werden viele zu mir sagen (Arioso)
12:43 Wer Gott bekennt (Arie)
16:00 So wird denn Herz und Mund (Rezitativ)
17:02 Gib, daß ich tu mit Fleiß (Choral)