by Matthew Raley [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxr_stB1uJI&feature=related]
Here is a bass aria from J. S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio, along with a hearty "Merry Christmas!" from me. The bass is Dietrich Henschel, with John Eliot Gardiner and the English Baroque Soloists. The aria's text in English:
Mighty Lord, O strongest sovereign, Dearest Savior, O how little Heedest thou all earthly pomp!
- He who all the world doth keep,
All its pomp and grace hath fashioned,
Must within the hard crib slumber.
My posts resume in the new year.