Bach - Sheep may... safely graze ! ! ! ! ! ! ! (Sheep in danger!)

What an irony! (Scenes from the cartoon “Sheep Worrier“ - YTuser “animaxy“) Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd (The lively hunt is all my heart’s desire), BWV 208, also known as the Hunting Cantata, is a secular cantata composed in 1713 by Johann Sebastian Bach for the 35th birthday of Prince Christian of Saxen-Weißenfels. Aria 5, “Schafe können sicher weiden“ (or “Sheep may safely graze“), is perhaps the most familiar part of this cantata. A normal performance lasts for about forty minutes. Personnel and Instruments: Diana, soprano I Pales, soprano II Endymion, tenor Pan, bass Chorus 2 horns, 2 recorders, 2 oboes, English horn, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello, violone, and continuo. Aria: “Schafe können sicher weiden“ (orig. in B flat major, for soprano II with 2 recorders and continuo) Australian-born composer Percy Grainger wrote several free rambles on Bachs Sheep may safely graze. He firs