Yes! You've put it perfectly.

Amen! 🙏

🙌

The counter tenor adds a sweet liqueur to the dessert.

Absolutely agree with you. The oboe d'amore is perfect.

Agreed

Agreed!

awyliu that's so true!

Makes up for the many hours of 'filling in'.

if you look well you'll see " the sun" is actually a lamp. But he rest seems to be real !

It's a church but yes, perfect!!

It's a lamp but yes, perfect!! 😉

Rory Coker yes 😊

Rory, there is indeed a place "far better" (Philippians 1:23) than this world or any other. It is called heaven, the glorious throne room of God, where all sorrow and suffering will cease one day when Jesus Christ returns in the clouds with power and majesty. There is only one way, however, to gain access to heaven, to God, and that is through Jesus Christ, His only-begotten Son. He said, "I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." John 14:6 Bach was a Christian and trusted Christ for his salvation; therefore, he could write with confidence about Jesus, His life, death, burial, resurrection, ascension, and future return. He began his compositions with a plea "Jesus, help" and ended them with "Soli Deo Gloria" (To God Alone Be Glory).

@@lindacowles756 , but while we're here, we can enjoy Bach's glorious music. I am currently preparing this cantata myself and think it is just superb music.

@@annemariequiring2061 Yes, it is superb music and for a little over a year now, I have been discovering and enjoying more of it.

He always leaves you with beautiful emotions! Is this your favorite song?

Have you heard the youngest ? In my opinion , Alois Muhlbacher and Logan Tanner make a different. Not likind Jakub Orlinski at all

オランダバッハ協会のマタイ受難曲、「憐れみたまえ我が神よ」を聞いて以来のファンです。彼が来日すると知り，私もジュリオ・チェーザレ行きました。声がとても柔らかくまっすぐ響いて素敵ですよね。

たまたま、Timの歌を順に聞いていて、コメントしてくださっていることに気づきました。ありがとうございます。私も数年前に「Erbarme dich」の動画を見ていたのですが、その時は自分が歌うための参考になる動画を探していたので、カウンターテナーではピンとこなくて、メゾソプラノの方の動画を繰り返し聴いていたんです。ところが、今回改めて聴いてみたら、なんと美しい・・・。ヘンデルのオペラもバッハのカンタータも、どちらも素晴らしいですね。

No wonder I have listened to this roughly 80 times in the past year.

We don't all listen to Justin Bieber and all the other dross which they have the nerve to call music.

Classical music lovers do. But we are a small minority.

He FOUND the music!

That's 80% practice. Give it a try, with practice you can stretch your range up and control the timbre to a degree. I'm fortunate enough to have a naturally large range, but making it sound good requires practice. It's very rewarding for something that in itself is tons of fun.