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The three verses of the partita on Ach, was ist doch unser Leben, BWV743, employ the techniques of decorated cantus firmus – harmonisation with interludes and pedal cantus firmus. The many descending arpeggios, particularly at the end of the first and third sections, suggest the musical equivalent of a shrug, mirroring the resignation of the opening line of the chorale – ‘What then is our life?’

from notes by Stephen Westrop © 1999

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Recording details: April 1999
Pfarrkirche St Michael, Kaisten, Switzerland
Produced by Paul Spicer
Engineered by Paul Niederberger
Release date: July 1999
Total duration: 3 minutes 22 seconds

Ach, was ist doch unser Leben, BWV743
composer
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Copyright holder as reported by MCPS: Public Domain

Christopher Herrick (organ)
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