Elizabeth Schumann (Soprano); Keith Falkner (Baritone); Arthur Catterall (Violin); Harriet Cohen (Pianoforte)

Mighty Lord is the first Bass air in the Christmas Oratario. It sings the praise of Him 'Who all things doth sustain,' and Who, disdaining earthly state, lay in a manger.
The 'Arioso' is one of the beautiful meditations with which the story of the Passion is, in Bach's work, interspersed. This one comes after the- scene of the Crucifixion, when Pilate has delivered the body of Jesus to Joseph of Arimathea.