music scale with oboe d'amore and viola da gamba, concentrating on "brotherly devotion" (). A sinfonia in E minor for these two instruments is reminiscent both of Bach's compositions for the court in Köthen and of a French overture, marked "adagio", then "vivace". Bach used the music of this movement later in his organ sonata, BWV 528. Gardiner calls the movement "in effect a sonata da chiesa". The tenor aria illustrates the "masochistic" "Hate me, then, hate me with all your might, o hostile race!" by a first dissonant entry on an ostinato bass line full of chromatic, leaps and interrupting rests. Oboe d'amore and viola da gamba return to accompany the last aria, and "the sombre qualities of both voice and instruments create a feeling of peace and introspection". The music of the closing chorale is identical to that of Part I. Recordings A list of recordings is provided by Aryeh Oron on the Bach Cantatas Website. Ensembles playing period instruments in historically informed performance are shown with green background. References Sources Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes BWV 76; BC A 97 / Sacred cantata (2nd Sunday after Trinity) Bach Digital BWV 76 Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes: English translation, University of Vermont BWV 76 Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes: text, scoring, University of Alberta Cantata No. 76, "Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes," BWV 76 (Allmusic) Luke Dahn: BWV 76.7=76.14 bach-chorales.com Church cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach Psalm-related compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach 1723 compositions Compositions with natural trumpets in D