Bach - Cantata Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV 61 - Van Veldhoven | Netherlands Bach Society

’Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’, performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach, is filled with special effects, which is probably due to the young age at which Bach composed the work. In the daring opening section, Bach combines the ancient Advent melody ’Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’ with a French royal overture that would have sounded at home in Louis XIV’s palace of Versailles. Such an overture was played as the king entered, which is very fitting for the reading on the first Sunday of Advent, when Jesus enters Jerusalem as a king riding on a donkey. Recorded for the project All of Bach on November 30th 2013 at the Walloon Church, Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel or consider donating The English subtitling for this cantata was sponsored by the American Bach Society. The translation was made by Daniel R. Melamed and Michael Marissen. For an annotated version of the text and translation, see For the interview with conductor Jos van Veldhoven on ’Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’ go to For the interview with bass Peter Harvey on BWV 61 go to For more information on BWV 61 and this production go to All of Bach is a project of the Netherlands Bach Society / Nederlandse Bachvereniging, offering high-quality film recordings of the works by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by the Netherlands Bach Society and her guest musicians. Visit our free online treasury for more videos and background material For concert dates and further information go to Netherlands Bach Society Jos van Veldhoven, conductor Zsuzsi Tóth, soprano Nicholas Mulroy, tenor Peter Harvey, bass 0:00 Nun komm (Chor) 3:11 Der Heiland (Rezitativ) 4:33 Komm, Jesu (Arie) 9:30 Siehe, ich stehe (Rezitativ) 10:41 Öffne dich (Arie) 15:23 Amen (Choral)