Bach - Herr Jesu Christ BWV 1114 - Jacobs | Netherlands Bach Society

In the chorale arrangement ’Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut’ BWV 1114, performed by Bart Jacobs for All of Bach, the sinner staggers slowly in the direction of Jesus, the ‘Brunnquell aller Gnaden’, with pain in his mind and ‘aimless arrows’ in his soul. For this supplication, Bach chose the key of F minor – melancholy, depressing and black. The major final chord sounds almost as if its creator hardly dares hope for salvation. Recorded for the project All of Bach on 22nd September 2016 at St Bavo’s Church