Ave verum corpus series__Salve coelestis pater misericordiae (Tunder) This cantata for the 14th

This cantata for the 14th Sunday after Trinity was composed in August 1723 and is from Bach’s first cycle of cantatas for Leipzig

1 is better known as the “Military Polonaise”

and Whitlock plus commissions from Robert Gower and Rebecca Groom te Velde~Arrangements of well-known works by J

Trio d-moll BWV 527/1 (Frühfassung)

Ave verum corpus series__Salve coelestis pater misericordiae (Tunder) This cantata for the 14thFor faithful Catholics it is the great mystery, and for those who are not Christian believers it is incomprehensible, possibly even off putting the mystery of the Eucharist. As far back as the late medieval period, the verse prayer "Ave verum" inimitably captures the special atmosphere of the contradiction between a terrible death and the redemption of mankind. Matsushita sets an early version of this prayer for the Eucharist in motet like ABA form. A