SMTV Vol. II, No. 2.4 – Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (Bach)
Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit.
In ihm leben, weben und sind wir, solange er will.
In ihm sterben wir zur rechten Zeit, wenn er will.
God’s time is the best of all times.
In Him we live, move and are, as long as He wills.
In Him we die at the appointed time, when He wills.
Ach, Herr, lehre uns bedenken, daß wir sterben müssen, auf daß wir klug werden.
Ah, Lord, teach us to consider that we must die, so that we might become wise.
Bestelle dein Haus; denn du wirst sterben und nicht lebendig bleiben!
Put your house in order; for you will die and not remain alive!
Es ist der alte Bund: Mensch, du mußt sterben!
Ja, komm, Herr Jesu! (Instrumental Chorale:
Ich hab mein Sach’ Gott heimgestellt
Er mach’s mit mir wie’s ihm gefällt
Soll ich all hier noch länger lebn
Nicht wider strebn
Seim Willn tu ich mich ganz ergebn.)
It is the ancient law: human, you must die!
Yes, come, Lord Jesus! (Instrumental Chorale:
I have brought my affairs home to God,
He does with me as it pleases Him,
if I should live yet longer here,
I shall not struggle against it;
rather I do His will with total devotion).
- Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
- Ensemble: Cantus Cölln
- Director: Konrad Junghänel
Sacred Music Television, Vol. II
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 0.1 -- Vigilate (Byrd)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 0.2 -- Beati quorum via (Stanford)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 0.3 -- Veni, veni Emmanuel (Traditional French)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 0.4 -- Puer natus est nobis; Kyrie fons bonitatis (Gregorian chant)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 1.1 -- Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 1.2 -- Bogoroditse Devo Raduisya (Rachmaninoff)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 1.3 -- Kyrie X (Gregorian chant)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 1.4 -- Alma Redemptoris Mater (Palestrina)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 1.5 -- An organic pipe organ
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 2.1 -- Nyne Otpushchaeshi Raba Tvoego Vladyko (Rachmaninoff)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 2.2 -- O Sacrum Convivium (Messiaen)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 2.3 -- Miserere Nostri (Tallis)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 2.4 -- Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (Bach)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 3.1 -- Playing Elizabeth’s Tune: The Life of William Byrd
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 3.2 -- Quis non amantem redamet (DVD trailer)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 3.3 -- Choral Prelude BWV 639 “Ich ruf zu Dir, Herr Jesu Christ” (Bach)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 3.4 -- Ubi caritas (Durufle)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 4.1 -- A lesson in Sanctus XVIII
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 4.2 -- “Seven Last Words of Christ,” no. 3 (MacMillan)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 4.3 -- As One Who Has Slept (Tavener)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 4.4 -- Regina Caeli, organ improvisation
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 5.1. -- Caelitum Joseph (Gregorian chant)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 2 – A report on Kile Smith’s Epiphany Vespers
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 5.4 -- Regina Caeli, simple tone
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 5.5 -- Chez Nous (Traditional French)
- SMTV Vol. II, No. 6.1 -- Otche Nash (Kedrov)







Nice! But tell us, how did you get the BenchPressus animated GIF to be almost perfectly synchronized with the tempo of this piece?
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