Two Bach Chorales: Vom Himmel hoch from the Christmas Oratorio; Gloria sei dir gesungen, from Cantata 140 (Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme) (violin cello duo)

Title: Two Bach Chorales: Vom Himmel hoch from the Christmas Oratorio; Gloria sei dir gesungen, from Cantata 140 (Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme)

Composer: J. S. Bach, arr. David Gable

Instrumentation: Violin and Cello

Printout: 2 pages

Note: Nothing creates a reverential mood like a chorale, and these two by Bach are essential for the Christmas season, Cantata 140 having been written for the first Sunday in Advent, and the Christmas Oratorio being an assemblage of cantatas written for Christmas Day. The audio sample includes the first phrase of each chorale.

Please take a look at these other Christmas duets for violin and cello:

God rest ye merry, gentlemen: Theme and variations for violin and cello

Greensleeves (What child is this?): Theme and variations for violin and cello

In the Bleak Midwinter 

Joy to the World: Theme and variations for violin and cello

Lo, how  rose e’er blooming

Pastoral Symphony (Pifa) from The Messiah

Silent Night: Theme and variations for violin and cello

Yorkshire Wassail: Theme and variations for violin and cello