How good folk melodies are in the processing of the great composer!
In Germany, the middle of the nineteenth century celebrated holidays cheerfully.
Especially if it was arranged by a noble chamberlain, who was recently granted an estate.
This cheerful cantata Johann Sebastian Bach wrote for such a celebration.
Two villagers will come to congratulate their landowner.
He, the bass, first sing about respect for the authorities.
She, the soprano, will answer him with an amusing aria called "Ah, so delicious!"
Then he will praise the economical management of good wives.
And she will sing about how wonderful it is to have many sons.
Then they will go together to a pub.
And both of them, of course, dream of receiving ten thousand ducats each day.
In this small grotesque performance Bach used the popular melodies of German lullabies and other musicals known in his time. Recitative alternates with arias and duets.
