Singet Dem Herrn Ein Neues Lied

Chiltern Recorder Consort Series

Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March- 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. Since the 19th-century Bach revival he has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music. 

Alex Ayre was a British recorder teacher and performer who arranged over 500 pieces, of mainly English Renaissance and Baroque music, for recorder ensembles. 

Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (Sing unto the Lord a new song), BWV 225, is a motet by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was first performed in Leipzig around (probably) 1727. The text of the three-movement motet is in German: after Psalm 149 for its first movement (Psalms 149: 1-3, the third stanza of  'Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren'"(a 1530 hymn after Psalm 149 by Johann Gramann) for the second movement, and after Psalm 150: 2 and 6 for its third movement Psalms 150: 2, 6. 

Score: 36 pages. 8 parts @ 5 pages ea.