In cantata 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme', performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach, everything revolves around the parable of the wise and foolish virgins. They wait throughout the night with burning lamps for the arrival of the bridegroom. Five of them have brought along extra oil to keep their lamp burning. The others run out of oil and go off to buy some more. The bridegroom arrives while they are away.

Recorded for the project All of Bach on February 11th 2018 at the Walloon Church, Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating http://bit.ly/2uZuMj5.

This recording was made with support of the Miller Family Charitable Foundation.
The English subtitling for this cantata was sponsored by the American Bach Society. The translation was made by Daniel R. Melamed and Michael Marissen. For an annotated version of the text and translation, see http://bachcantatatexts.org/BWV140.htm.

For the interview with Jos van Veldhoven on 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme' go to    • Van Veldhoven on Bach Cantata BWV 140...  
For more information on BWV 140 and this production go to http://allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv140/

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Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven, conductor
Maria Keohane, soprano
Tim Mead, alto
Daniel Johannsen, tenor
Matthew Brook, bass

0:00 Wachet auf (Choral)
7:51 Er kommt (Rezitativ)
9:00 Wenn kömmst du (Duett)
15:19 Zion hört (Choral)
19:43 So geht herein (Rezitativ)
21:15 Mein Freund (Duett)
26:43 Gloria sei dir gesungen (Choral)