THE BACH CANTATAS and Other States of Mind

THE BACH CANTATAS and Other States of Mind

COMPASSION AND HATE - Bach : Cantatas 76 and 2, at Trinity II

Commentary No. 6 of The Bach Cantatas

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Hendrik Slegtenhorst
Mar 23, 2025
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Bartholomeus van Bassen : The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus. Circa 1620-30.

The theme Bach considers at Trinity II is that an unwillingness to share demonstrates the lack of compassion and the accumulation of hate within such an individual. It is effectively a discourse on the dualism of the absence of compassion and the presence of hate. The deriv…

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