Bach - Ach, Herr, lehre uns bedenken from Cantata BWV 106 | Netherlands Bach Society

The arioso ‘Ach, Herr, lehre uns bedenken’ – recorded here for All of Bach with Jos van Veldhoven – is from the famous cantata ’Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit’ (Actus Tragicus). This is one of Bach’s oldest cantatas and the music was undoubtedly intended for a funeral. The arioso echoes the inescapability of the ’sterben müssen’ in the accompaniment of the two recorders – pleadingly complemented by the tenor’s ’lehre uns bedenken’. The key remains minor (C minor), until briefly the sun breaks through (E-flat major) at the ’auf daß wir klug werden’. For the complete performance of cantata ’Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit’ go to For the interview with gamba player Mieneke van der Velden, conductor Jos van Veldhoven, and recorder player Heiko ter Schegget on BWV 106 go to For more information on BWV 106 and credits of this production go to Recorded for the project All of Bach on May 16th 2015 at the Oostkerk, Middelburg. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel and consider donating All of Bach is a project of the Netherlands Bach Society, with the aim to perform and record all of Bach’s works and share them online with the world for free. Visit our online treasury for more videos and background material on For concert dates and tickets go to Netherlands Bach Society Jos van Veldhoven, conductor Charles Daniels, tenor Heiko ter Schegget & Benny Aghassi, recorder