J.S. Bach – Motet: “Jesu, meine Freude”, Part 3 (String Quintet)

The motet, “Jesu, meine Freude” (Jesus, my joy) is structured in eleven sections.

In this collection, they have been grouped into 4 parts.

Part Three, section 1 begins with a five-part fugue. The second is a four-part setting of the hymn. The third section is a trio for the lower three voices. The fourth section is a four-part chorale fantasia using the hymn melody as a cantus firmus.

This is an arrangement by Richard Byrnes for 2 Violins, Viola, & 2 Celli.

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