April 19
Cantata
Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal in das Reich Gottes eingehen, BWV 146
We must enter the kingdom of God through much sorrow
The title for this cantata, written for the Third Sunday of Easter, is misleading. While the cantata does at first point to the suffering that Christians endure in the world, the initial sorrow changes to joyful Easter hope of a future life in the kingdom of God. The sinfonia for organ and orchestra and the opening chorus are based on movements from an earlier concerto, which Bach again reused for his concerto for harpsichord in D minor (BWV 1052).
We welcome the Kapelle of Concordia University Chicago as the guest choir for this cantata and their conductor, Dr. Charles P. Brown. Grace Cantor Michael D. Costello performs the organ solo in the cantata’s sinfonia and the organ prelude to the service at 3:45 p.m.
Homilist
Nathaniel P. Klein, Metropolitan Chicago Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, homilist
Prelude
Grace Cantor Michael D. Costello, Grace Lutheran Church and School, River Forest, Illinois, organist
Motet
Johannes Eccard: Wir singen all mit Freudenschall
Musicians
Kapelle of Concordia University Chicago, guest choir
Charles P. Brown, conductor
Carolyne DalMonte, soprano
Emlynn Shoemaker, mezzo soprano
Brian Skoog, tenor
David Govertsen, bass
