Aria: "Meine Seele Rühmt und Preist" (BWV 189 No 1) for Flute & Strings

Meine Seele rühmt und preist (My soul extols and praises), BWV 189, is a church cantata credited to Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Melchior Hoffmann. This is a solo cantata composed for the Feast of the Visitation of Mary. The prescribed readings for the day were Isaiah 11:1--5, and Luke 1:39--56. The librettist of the work is unknown. Although this work was originally scored for solo tenor voice, two recorders, oboe, violin, and basso continuo, I created this arrangement for Flute & Strings (2 Violins, Viola & Cello).