Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147

Sunday, May 9, 2027—6:15pm

🎵The Cantata Insight Series is free and open to the public! Just save your seat!🎵

Wellshire Presbyterian Church

2999 S Colorado Blvd #6607, Denver, CO 80222

Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and mouth and deed and mind) is rightly praised as one of Bach’s most dramatic, large-scale cantatas as well as one of his most beloved. It was originally conceived in six movements for Advent in 1716, but he expanded it to ten in his first year as Thomaskantor in Leipzig.

The sixth and tenth movements feature the chorale tune “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring,” to which Bach added his famous arpeggiated string accompaniment. He also added two oboes and oboe d’amore which are featured throughout, and an expanded role for the trumpet.

Scroll down to meet our soloists and find the music for our final chorale singalong!

Soprano

Making her mark as an “especially impressive” (The New York Times) soprano, Australian/American Nola Richardson has won First Prize in all three major American competitions focused on the music of J.S. Bach…

Mezzo-soprano

Praised for her “darkly pretty voice,” mezzo-soprano Rebecca Robinson has made a name for herself as a versatile and thoughtful performer. A Colorado resident, she performs regularly with the Central…

Tenor

Acclaimed for his warm, captive, and honest stage presence, tenor Michael Hoffman is an avid performer and interpreter of art song, oratorio and choral music. Currently residing in Littleton, Colorado,…

Baritone

Baritone Andrew Garland, is hailed as a performer whose artistry is a perfect combination between “baritone of strength and vocal opulence” (Opera News) and “cosmic energy and suavity” (Opera News). …