Heinrich Bach - Ich danke dir, Gott

Heinrich Bach

Was beautiful Sunday over here and even if you are not religious, this music of Henrich Bach expresses well how you can be grateful and not only for the weather.

Heinrich Bach (1615-1692) was the brother of Christoph Bach, who was the grandfather of Johann Sebastian Bach. Heinrich, then on his turn was the grandfather of Maria Barbara Bach, who was the first wife of Johann Sebastian. 

The music seems simpler in its beauty than the complexity i would assume in these relations. Upon his death, he was praised highly as "an organist who touched the heart."

Heinrich Bach's vocal concerto, or cantata, Ich danke dir, Gott is the only vocal work by him which survived. It makes you wonder about the other pieces we do not know....