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Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, Cantata BWV 21 / Pt. 2 : J.S. Bach: Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, Cantata BWV 21 / Pt. 2: VIII. "Komm, mein Jesu, und erquicke"
by Edith Mathis
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About "Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, Cantata BWV 21 / Pt. 2 : J.S. Bach: Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, Cantata BWV 21 / Pt. 2: VIII. "Komm, mein Jesu, und erquicke"" by Edith Mathis
Bach’s cantata offers a dialogue between affliction and comfort, and Mathis’s “Come, my Jesus” is the turning point. Her voice is a door opening onto warmth, the strings a gentle hand on the shoulder. Yet the preceding sorrow lingers in the air—refreshment arrives, but memory of thirst remains.