Georg Philipp Telemann
Der jüngste Tag wird bald sein Ziel erreichen TVWV 1:301
Cantata for the Second Sunday in Advent, for chorus, orchestra and basso continuo

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Edited by Ute Poetzsch
BA 7671
Score* EUR 12.95
Strings each EUR 2.95
Organ EUR 6.95

Vocal score
Piano reduction by Andreas Köhs
BA 7671a* EUR 6.95
Cover of Telemann: Cantata for second Sunday in Advent


Advent Season with Telemann

Georg Philipp Telemann wrote his Advent cantata, Der jüngste Tag wird bald sein Ziel erreichen, for the 1717-18 liturgical year. He had already set the same words, by Erdmann Neumeister, in 1710-11. This time, however, he dispensed with an instrumental introduction (»Sonata«) and instead began with an accompanied recitative (»Canto solo«). Compared to this expressive opening, the recitatives and chorales are kept deliberately simple, placing them within easy reach of relatively small church choirs. It is also possible to have the choral sections sung one to a part.