Bach - Mein Freund ist mein from Cantata BWV 140 | Netherlands Bach Society

For the complete cantata ’Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme’ BWV 140 go to: This duet for soprano and bass comes from Bach’s most popular and most played cantata ’Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme’ - recorded here for All of Bach with Jos van Veldhoven. This cantata revolves around the biblical story of the foolish and the wise bridesmaids: the latter miss the wedding feast because they did not have oil ready for their lamps when the bridegroom arrived. This duet is a love duet between the anima (soul) and her bridegroom (Christ), with texts from the Song of Songs, the wedding book of the Old Testament. Recorded for the project All of Bach on February 11th 2018 at the Walloon Church, Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel and consider donating This recording was made with support of the Miller Family Charitable Foundation. For the interview with Jos van Veldhoven on ’Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme’ go to For more information on BWV 140 and this production go to All of Bach is a project of the Netherlands Bach Society, with the aim to perform and record all of Bach’s works and share them online with the world for free. Visit our online treasury for more videos and background material on For concert dates and tickets go to Netherlands Bach Society Jos van Veldhoven, conductor Maria Keohane, soprano Matthew Brook, bass