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Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen, Cantata BWV 13 : J.S. Bach: Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen, Cantata BWV 13: II. "Mein liebster Gott" by Anna Reynolds album cover

Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen, Cantata BWV 13 : J.S. Bach: Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen, Cantata BWV 13: II. "Mein liebster Gott"

by Anna Reynolds

About This Song

About "Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen, Cantata BWV 13 : J.S. Bach: Meine Seufzer, meine Tränen, Cantata BWV 13: II. "Mein liebster Gott"" by Anna Reynolds

A sighing obbligato flute coils around the alto’s plea, each 'Seufzer' a droplet trembling on the edge of a leaf. Bach sets grief as a slow, suspended dance—calm continuo beneath a voice that aches toward a distant God. The tension is between breath and silence, a tear held back.