Peace be with you
| Bach cantata | |
|---|---|
| Peace be with you | |
| BWV: | 158 |
| Occasion: | Easter (3rd day) |
| Year of origin: | 1735 |
| Place of origin: | Weimar |
| Genus: | cantata |
| Solo : | S, B |
| Choir: | (S, A, T, B) |
| Instruments : | If; Vs; Bc |
| List of Bach cantatas | |
The Peace Be With You ( BWV 158) is the shortest church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach and contains sheet music for a bass soloist . It was preserved as a cantata for the third day of Easter , but it could be a fragment of a work originally written for the representation of the Lord . Given this background, and the fact that it was copied by Christian Friedrich Penzel , one of Bach's last students, there is a wide variety of proposed composition dates. It could date back to Bach's Weimar period, although a late date such as 1735 has been suggested.
history
The only existing source of the cantata is a copy by Christian Friedrich Penzel, which is referred to on the title page as "reinigung ", it refers to the evangelical feast of the purification of the Virgin Mary , which was celebrated on February 2nd, but it can also refer to the Easter Tuesday relate.
Bach composed several cantatas for the Purification of Mary and the texts refer to Simeon's Canticum (Bible) Nunc dimittis , part of the prescribed scriptures .
Due to the references to the Nunc dimittis in Der Friede sei mit dir and the alternative title page designation, it is generally assumed that at least the two central movements were originally part of a longer cantata for the Purification of Mary, with another introductory recitative in which the disciples did not Easter of Christ is brought to mind. The aria , which appears to be more suitable for the flute than the violino given in Penzel's transcript , is cited to support the hypothesis that it was originally written for a different occasion.
Joshua Rifkin suggested the dates April 15, 1727 or March 30, 1728 for the premiere of the Easter version. The prescribed scriptures for this day came from the Acts of the Apostles of Luke (sermon by Paul of Tarsus in Antioch on the Orontes [ Acts 13, 26–33 EU ]), and from the Gospel according to Luke (Jesus appeared to the apostles in Jerusalem [ Luke 24 : 36-47 EU ]). The librettist is unknown, but could have been Salomon Franck , who quotes hymns by Johann Georg Albini the Younger and Martin Luther .
Occupation and structure
The cantata for soprano - soloist and bass - soloists , a four-part choir , an oboe , a violin and basso busy .
Since no complete copy of the work has survived, it is possible that it originally contained more than the four known movements. In particular, it is assumed that another aria preceded the last movement.
- Recitative (bass): Peace be with you
- Aria (bass) and chorale (soprano): World, goodbye, I'm your tired
- Recitative and Arioso (bass): Well, Lord, rule my mind
- Chorale: Here is the right Easter lamb.
music
Both recitatives are "smooth" and written as secco recitative . The second movement is “a fusion of a melodious aria in the form of a trio sonata” for bass , violin and figured bass with intervening notes from the chorale played by soprano and oboe . It is formally a da capo aria, which is introduced by a ritornello with 18 bars. The work ends with a four-part harmonization of the choir.
Recordings
- Choir of St. Hedwig's Cathedral Berlin / Berlin Philharmonic , Karl Forster . Bach: Cantatas, Arias & Chorales . EMI Classics, 1958
- Monteverdi Choir , Leonhardt Consort , Jürgen Juergens . JS Bach: Cantatas Cantatas No. 27, No. 118, No. 158, No. 59 . Telefunken , 1966
- Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach Collegium Stuttgart , Helmuth Rilling . JS Bach: Solo Cantatas . Cantate, 1969
- Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir , Ton Koopman . JS Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 21 . Josef Loibl , 1984
- Thomanerchor / La Stagione , Michael Schneider . Bach: Cantatas Cantatas BWV 82, BWV 158, BWV 56 . Capriccio, 2006
- Ryō Terakado , il Gardellino , Dominik Wörner . Passacaille Bach Cantatas for Bass BWV 82/158/56/203 , 2013.
See also
Web links
- Structure and text
- Peace be with you, BWV 158 : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Peace be with you BWV 158; BC A 61 / A 171 Bach Digital
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Lutheran Church Year / Dates of "Osterdienstag" (Easter Tuesday, 3rd Day of Easter)
- ↑ David Schulenberg, "Peace be with you" in Oxford Composer Companion: JS Bach ed. Malcolm Boyd
- ^ Enjoyed time in the new covenant , BWV 83 , 1724; I'm going there with Fried and Freud , BWV 125 , 1725 (on Luther's hymn after Nunc dimittis); I've had enough , BWV 82 , 1727
- ^ David Schulenberg, op. Cit.
- ↑ BWV 159 . bach cantatas. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
- ↑ BWV 158 . University of Alberta. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
- ↑ Gerhard Schuhmacher: Liner notes to Bach Cantatas, Vol. 38 . bach cantatas. Pp. 15-16. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
- ↑ Cantata No. 158 . Allmusic. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
- ↑ Mincham, Julian: Chapter 70 BWV 158 . jsbachcantatas. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
