Oboe Concerto in C major Hob VIIg:C1 [wind parts] カールス For many years I’ve found

For many years I’ve found those words from the Old Testament very fascinating – as everyone knows

it does not give the occasion for which the cantata was written

writes in his foreword: "Following a commission by the gentlemen Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig to produce a complete edition of Beethoven's string quartets supplied with bowing marks and fingerings

yet this repertoire still displays a high degree of quality

The double-choir first section of the motet – beginning with the basses of both choirs declaiming the first line of text like a motto in unison – is followed by a second part in which the biblical text is simultaneously combined with a chorale (here in the soprano)

Oboe Concerto in C major Hob VIIg:C1 [wind parts] カールス For many years I’ve found