About This Song
About "Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170: Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" by Anna Wall
Wall opens Bach's cantata with a shimmering, glacial clarity. 'Vergnügte Ruh' becomes a paradox: the text yearns for peaceful contentment, but her voice hovers over sparse, modern instrumentation like a ghost at a feast—devotional warmth colliding with austere, contemporary cool.