Premature Curmudgeon
BWV 3 — Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid
Ach Gott indeed. The last few weeks have been intensely busy for a variety of reasons, not the least of which was the first visit of my mother to the Madison…
Herr Clarke is off gallivanting across the country and I’m not sure if he’ll get to post this week, so it’s up to me to hold down the fort for BWV 2 — Ach Gott, von Himmel sieh darein.
Danny stole my thunder by tackling the first—hrm, is movement really what we want to call the sections of a cantata? I guess that will work for now. I’m mostly going to talk about the aria and let’s be honest, about the…
