Bach - So oft ich meine Tobackspfeife BWV 515 - Wörner | Netherlands Bach Society

The song 'So oft ich meine Tobackspfeife', performed here by Dominik Wörner for All of Bach in a special staged production by Thomas Höft, appears twice in the Notenbüchlein from 1725: once without words, and again – directly alongside – with words and a more embellished bass line. Are the runs reminiscent of curling tobacco smoke? It may be a simple idea, but no simpler than the way in which the words explore the similarities between people and pipes: both are made of earth, and both are blackened by use. However hot the tobacco burns, protect yourself from the heat of hell. So smoke with care, bearing human life in mind – a real Lutheran awareness campaign.

Recorded for the project All of Bach on 10 October 2020 at TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating http://bit.ly/2uZuMj5.

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Netherlands Bach Society
Shunske Sato, musical direction
Dominik Wörner, bass
Thomas Höft, theatre concept, direction and design