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Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen?, Cantata BWV 81 : J.S. Bach: Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen?, Cantata BWV 81: I. "Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen?" by Anna Reynolds album cover

Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen?, Cantata BWV 81 : J.S. Bach: Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen?, Cantata BWV 81: I. "Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen?"

by Anna Reynolds

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About "Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen?, Cantata BWV 81 : J.S. Bach: Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen?, Cantata BWV 81: I. "Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen?"" by Anna Reynolds

The storm rages in the strings while the soul asks: Jesus sleeps, what hope remains? Bach paints the sea’s menace with churning figures, the alto a lone voice in the squall. The tension is between slumbering calm and rising panic—a prayer shouted into the wind.