The Freiburg Bach Cantata Series - Of weeping, lamenting and wailing

Johann Sebastian Bach

Weinen Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen (BWV 12)
Ihr werdet weinen und heulen (BWV 103)

The cantata "Weinen Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen" is about the suffering that Christians have to endure and which will ultimately turn into joy.

The libretto of the cantata "You will weep and howl, but the world will rejoice" vividly reminds us that the church, which was all-powerful in Bach's time, was once a persecuted sect.

Ensemble Context sings and plays!


Meinrad Walter explains what the cantatas are all about in more detail.

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