Festival Repertoire: Cantata 78, Jesu, Thou Who My Soul
Cantata 78 was composed for the 14th Sunday after Trinity, and first performed on September 10, 1724. The text of this cantata is somewhat dark, charting the depth of sin and shame, wrapping it in the sacrifice of Christ, and finding redemption an peace in “sweet eternity.” If the text, written in the theological… Continue Reading »