ISMN#: 979-0-3071-0076-3
ASCAP WORK ID#: 936136838
Enchant your listeners with this intermediate arrangement for woodwind quintet of the classic "Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring" from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cantata BWV 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”--instantly downloadable for your next performance. This beloved piece is a wedding music staple and can be performed before or after the ceremony. This arrangement is also great for recitals, graduations, holiday events, parties, Pops concerts, and background dinner music gigs. Originally written in the Baroque Era, this piece is perfect for college groups, amateur ensembles, and professional quintets. As always, I have included an alternate bass clarinet part in lieu of a missing bassoon.
Bach wrote Cantata BWV 147 in 1723, during his early years as Thomaskantor (music director) at the world-famous Thomaskirche, a Lutheran church in Leipzig, Germany. The Thomanerchor, which Bach conducted for over 25 years, dates to the 13th century and includes 55 Thomaner, or boy choristers. The choir still offers weekly services, motet concerts twice a week (which I had the privilege of seeing in 2006), regular tours around the globe, and annual performances of Bach's Passions and Christmas Oratorio with the prestigious Gewandhaus Orchestra. I hope you enjoy this unique setting for winds of a holiday and wedding music classic.
If you are looking for a wedding music collection for WQ, CMP published a new collection in May 2026. This wedding music collection includes:
🎶Handel's "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" from the oratorio Solomon
🎶Clarke's (Attr. Purcell) "Trumpet Voluntary"
🎶Mendelssohn's "Wedding March," from A Midsummer Night's Dream
🎶Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring," from Cantata BWV 147
🎶Handel's "Air" from the Water Music Suites, and
🎶Wagner's "Bridal Chorus" from Lohengrin.
Save 50% on the price of these six individual pieces when you purchase the CMP Wedding Music Collection for WQ. Check out this collection now!
Updated 22 Sep 2026
ISMN#: 979-0-3071-0076-3
ASCAP WORK ID#: 936136838
Enchant your listeners with this intermediate arrangement for woodwind quintet of the classic "Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring" from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cantata BWV 147 “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”--instantly downloadable for your next performance. This beloved piece is a wedding music staple and can be performed before or after the ceremony. This arrangement is also great for recitals, graduations, holiday events, parties, Pops concerts, and background dinner music gigs. Originally written in the Baroque Era, this piece is perfect for college groups, amateur ensembles, and professional quintets. As always, I have included an alternate bass clarinet part in lieu of a missing bassoon.
Bach wrote Cantata BWV 147 in 1723, during his early years as Thomaskantor (music director) at the world-famous Thomaskirche, a Lutheran church in Leipzig, Germany. The Thomanerchor, which Bach conducted for over 25 years, dates to the 13th century and includes 55 Thomaner, or boy choristers. The choir still offers weekly services, motet concerts twice a week (which I had the privilege of seeing in 2006), regular tours around the globe, and annual performances of Bach's Passions and Christmas Oratorio with the prestigious Gewandhaus Orchestra. I hope you enjoy this unique setting for winds of a holiday and wedding music classic.
If you are looking for a wedding music collection for WQ, CMP published a new collection in May 2026. This wedding music collection includes:
🎶Handel's "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" from the oratorio Solomon
🎶Clarke's (Attr. Purcell) "Trumpet Voluntary"
🎶Mendelssohn's "Wedding March," from A Midsummer Night's Dream
🎶Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring," from Cantata BWV 147
🎶Handel's "Air" from the Water Music Suites, and
🎶Wagner's "Bridal Chorus" from Lohengrin.
Save 50% on the price of these six individual pieces when you purchase the CMP Wedding Music Collection for WQ. Check out this collection now!
Updated 22 Sep 2026
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