J. S. Bach - Gott, der Herr, ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79 for the Feast of Reformation

00:00 Coro: Gott, der Herr, ist Sonn und Schild
04:53 Aria (Alt): Gott ist unser Sonn und Schild
08:02 Choral: Nun danket alle Gott
10:07 Recitativo (Bass): Gottlob! Wir wissen den rechten Weg zur Seligkeit
11:04 Duetto (Sopran, Bass): Gott, ach Gott, verlaß die Deinen nimmermehr
13:53 Choral: Erhalt uns in der Wahrheit

Sandrine Piau S
Bogna Bartosz A
Klaus Mertens B
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Ton Koopman

Julius Hübner - Der Anschlag von Luthers 95 Thesen
Lucas Cranach der Ältere - Martin Luther, 1528
Aans Asper - Hulrych Zwingli
École flamande - Portrait de Jean Calvin jeune
Gustav Adolph Spangenberg - Luther im Kreise seiner Familie musizierend

Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild (The Lord God is Son and Shield) BWV 79 is a cantata for the feast of the Reformation and was performed in Leipzig on 31 October 1725. The scripture readings for the day were 2 Thessalonians 2.3-8 and Revelation 14.6-8.
The librettist's name is not known; he did not use the texts of the lectionary readings, but instead opened with his own poem, quoting Psalm 84.12 in the first line, placed his own poems in the second, fourth, and fifth movements, the first stanza of Martin Rinckart's "Nun danket alle Gott" in the third movement, and the last stanza of Ludwig Helmbold's "Nun laßt uns Gott dem Herren" in the final movement.
Bach later arranged the music from the first and fifth movements and reused it in his Mass in G major, BWV 236.

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