title: Lobt ihn mit Herz und Munde, BWV 220
text: # Lobt ihn mit Herz und Munde, BWV 220
  
  Lobt ihn mit Herz und Munde (Praise him with heart and voice), BWV 220, is a church cantata by an unknown composer, formerly attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach.
  
  ## History and text
  
  The cantata was written for the Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist. It derives from a chorale by Ludwig Humbold [scores] and from Isaiah 61:10.
  
  ## Scoring and structure
  
  The piece is scored for alto, tenor and bass soloists, four-part choir, flauto traverso, two oboes, two violins, viola and basso continuo.
  
  It has five movements:
  
  * Chorale: Lobt ihn Herz und Munde
  * Aria (tenor): So preiset den Höchsten, den König des Himmels
  * Recitative (bass): Auf Gottes Preis muss alle Freude zielen
  * Aria (alto): Sich in Gott und Jesu freuen
  * Chorus: Ich freue mich im Herrn
  
  ## Recording
  
  * Alsfelder Vokalensemble / Steintor Barock Bremen, Wolfgang Helbich. The Apocryphal Bach Cantatas. CPO, 1991.
  