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Bist du bei mir, by Gottfried Heinrich St​ö​lzel (1690 - 1749)

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This lovely and oft-requested air is found in the 1725 Anna Magdalena Bach notebook (no. 25). Formerly attributed to J. S. Bach, the popular air is now firmly assigned to the pen of Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, from his opera Diomedes, oder die triumphierende Unschuld, performed in Bayreuth on November 16, 1718. While the music of Bach is several generations outside the bounds of our usual repertory, we have been asked to perform the air on several occasions, and we keep it handy as an encore piece when appropriate.

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Bist du bei mir, geh ich mit Freuden
zum Sterben und zu meiner Ruh.
Ach, wie vergnügt wär so mein Ende,
es drückten deine schönen Hände
mir die getreuen Augen zu.

If you are with me, then I will go gladly
to death and to my rest.
Ah, what a delightful end for me,
if your lovely hands close my faithful eyes.

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from On behalf of the muses, released February 18, 2019
Recorded live at Immaculate Conception Church, Cleveland, OH

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Mignarda specializes in thoughtful programming illuminating the vibrant mingling of renaissance music & poetry. Noted for awakening modern audiences to an appreciation for historical music, their work encompasses concertizing, teaching & recording, with 17 critically-acclaimed CDs, a series of 16 music editions, scholarly articles, reviews and the internationally-popular blog, Unquiet Thoughts. ... more

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