Chorale: Meine Seele erhebet den Herrn (BWV 324)
This breezy little two-line chorale doesn't seem like much, but it is Bach's setting of a tune that was very well known -- the German Magnificat. This leads us down a rabbit hole of discussion about how this performance relates to BWV 10, a cantata that Bach based on this same tune. We explore the tune and its psalm tone, and we delight in the way Bach sets the words "ewigkeit zu ewigkeit" (eternity to eternity) as continuous, neverending, rising figures in the choral parts. Chorale Meine Seele erhebet den Herrn (BWV 324) performed by Young Bach Fellows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6ehSlK7ij8 Netherlands Bach Society performs BWV 10, a cantata based on this same psalm tone (Marcus Creed, conductor): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrSAMOojQ08