bass as the vox Christi (voice of Christ) sings the greeting of Jesus from verse 19 of the Gospel, "Peace be with you", three times, accompanied by woodwinds in dotted rhythm in 3/4 time, marked piano. Musicologist Julian Mincham describes the music as serene, a "gentle, rocking, almost cradle-like rhythm creating a perfect atmosphere of peaceful contemplation". The upper voices of the choir (without basses) answer to the music of the introduction, seeing Jesus as help in the battle (""). The greeting and answering is repeated two more times in two stanzas of the poem, reflecting the strengthening of the weary in spirit and body (""), and finally overcoming death (""). The following fourth appearance of "Peace be with you" is accompanied by both woodwinds and strings, and peace is finally achieved. Klaus Hofmann describes the movement as an "operatic scene" and continues "Bach resorts to unconventional means; he shows himself as a musical dramatist and, in the process, stresses the element of contrast: he comments upon the words of the faithful with agitated, tumultuous string figures, whilst Jesus' peace greeting sounds calmly and majestically, embedded in pastoral wind sonorities." Bach adapted this movement as the Gloria of his Missa in A major, BWV 234. The closing chorale "Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ" is a four-part setting. Recordings The table below is taken from the selection on the Bach Cantatas Website. Performing groups singing one voice per part (OVPP) and instrumental groups playing period instruments in historically informed performances are marked by green background. References Sources Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ BWV 67; BC A 62 / Sacred cantata Bach Digital BWV 67 Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ English translation, University of Vermont Luke Dahn: BWV 67.4, BWV 67.7 bach-chorales.com External links Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ, BWV 67: performance by the Netherlands Bach Society (video and background information) Church cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach 1724 compositions