Showcase your strings with this lush and beautiful arrangement of Bach’s beloved melody from Cantata 140. In addition to working well in an orchestra setting, it is also perfectly suited for a quartet. Ideal for focusing on legato bowing and phrasing, this is an exceptional version of a classic!
Sleepers Wake also known as Bach's Cantata 140 or Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, is a chorale cantata originally written for horn 2 oboes, taille (substituted with English horn today), strings, and choir. The theme we most associate with Sleepers Wake from the 4th movement which features the tenors and is one of Bach's most famous melodies. He went on to transcribe this movement for Organ later published in a separate collection called the Schubler Chorales in the 1740's.