PastoralMusic

Bach’s Pastoral Beauty: “Sheep May Safely Graze” from Cantata BWV 208

In my previous post, I shared one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s cantatas. Today, I turn to a different mood with Sheep May Safely Graze, from another of his cantatas, a piece that feels more pastoral and gently expressive.Bach’s Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208 (“Only the...