About this work
Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit BWV 106, commonly called the Actus tragicus, is marked by its gentle scoring for two recorders, two violas da gamba and continuo. The sonatina places the whole work in subdued light.
Four large sections join choruses, solos and dialogues without the regular recitative-and-aria sequence of later cantatas. The soprano chorale is notably superimposed on lower voices, and the final section leads to an Amen fugue.
Treat the score as one continuous journey. Recorders and viols must breathe with the singers, while changes of text alter the colour without breaking the pulse. In layered passages, make the chorale and solo replies clearly distinct.
What the document containsDocument: The document contains 37 pages in PDF format. No MIDI file is currently attached to this historical record. The thirty-seven pages contain the sonatina and all four large vocal sections of the Actus tragicus.The historical record marks the work and file as public domain but does not document the editor or exact provenance of this copy. The file preserved by LesPartitions.info can be compared with the reference catalogue. Following that check, LesPartitions.info separates established facts from information that remains incomplete.