“If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee” (Wer nur der lieben Gott lässt walten), text and tune by Georg Neumark (1640). Chorale setting by Johann Sebastian Bach (BWV 197.10). Homophonic, SATB.
Recording of stanzas 1, 2, and 7. Soprano: Hannah Engwall, Alto: Anna Hahn, Tenor: Andrew Richard, Bass: Nathanael Hahn. December 2022.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was a composer, organist, and church musician who spent the peak of his career in Leipzig, Germany. His abundance of sacred works, including cantatas, passions, organ preludes, and chorale settings, still has a profound influence on Lutheran music. Read full biography.
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BWV 197.10, chorale, ELH 205, Georg Neumark, hymn-based, LSB 750, TLH 518, Wer nur der lieben Gott lässt walten
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