Oh God, see it from heaven, BWV 2
| Bach cantata | |
|---|---|
| Oh God, look into it from heaven | |
| BWV: | 2 |
| Occasion: | 2nd Sunday after Trinity |
| Year of origin: | 1724 |
| Place of origin: | Leipzig |
| Genus: | Choral cantata |
| Solo : | ATB |
| Choir: | SATB |
| Instruments : | 4Tb 2Ob 2Vl Va Bc |
| text | |
| Martin Luther , unknown poet | |
| List of Bach cantatas | |
Oh God, from heaven see it ( BWV 2) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach . He wrote it in Leipzig for the second Sunday after Trinity and performed it for the first time on June 18, 1724. It is based on the song of the same name by Martin Luther, which was published in the 8- song book in 1524 . The cantata is the second in Bach's second Leipzig cantatas year, also known as the chorale cantatas year .
Subject
The work is based on the Reformation chorale of the same name , Oh God, from heaven see it , by Martin Luther from the end of 1523. The wording of the first and last chorale stanzas were taken over in sentences 1 and 6, while the other texts are rewritten by an unknown poet. The directly adopted stanzas are based on the modal melody, which essentially goes back to pre-Reformation material . The song, a repositioning of Psalm 12 LUT , was the main song for the 2nd Sunday after Trinity and is closely related to the Sunday readings provided for in the pericope order : 1 John 3 : 13-18 LUT as epistle and Luke 14 : 16− 24 LUT , the parable of the great supper as a Sunday gospel .
Occupation and structure
The cantata is made up of three soloists, alto , tenor and bass , four-part choir, four trombones , three oboes , two violins , viola and basso continuo .
- Coro: Oh God, look into it from heaven
- Recitative (tenor): You teach false cunning
- Aria (old): Tilg, oh God, the teachings
- Recitative (bass): The poor are disturbed
- Aria (tenor): The silver becomes pure through fire
- Chorale: You want that, God, keep it pure
music
Compared to other Bach cantatas, the design of the opening movement is striking, in which the instruments are limited to the accompaniment of the chorale melody and which seems like a chorale motet deliberately ancient . The cantus firmus is sung by the alto in long notes, reinforced by the oboes. Each line is prepared by imitative inserts of the lower voices on the same topic. Movement 2 is a secco recitative, which has been expanded into an arioso in two lines . These lines quote the text literally from the chorale and are headed adagio . The alto aria is written in a new style and is accompanied by lively figurations of a solo violin. The bass recitative is accompanied by strings. In the first part of the tenor aria, oboes and strings play a concert, while the middle part is only accompanied by continuo. The final chorale is a simple four-part movement in which all instruments play colla parte .
Selected recordings
- JS Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 1 , Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Wiener Sängerknaben & Chorus Viennensis , Concentus Musicus Wien , Paul Esswood , Kurt Equiluz , Max van Egmond , Teldec 1971
- The Bach Cantata Vol. 39 , Helmuth Rilling , Gächinger Kantorei , Bach-Collegium Stuttgart , Helen Watts , Aldo Baldin , Walter Heldwein, Hänssler 1979
- JS Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 10 , Ton Koopman , Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir , Michael Chance , Paul Agnew, Klaus Mertens , Antoine Marchand 1998
- Bach Cantatas Vol. 2: Paris / Zurich , John Eliot Gardiner , Monteverdi Choir , English Baroque Soloists , Daniel Taylor, James Gilchrist , Stephen Varcoe , archive production 1999
- JS Bach: “O Ewigkeit du Donnerwort” - Cantatas BWV 2, 20 & 176 , Philippe Herreweghe , Collegium Vocale Gent , Ingeborg Danz , Jan Kobow , Peter Kooij , Harmonia Mundi France 2002
- JS Bach: Cantatas Vol. 29 - Cantatas from Leipzig 1724 , Masaaki Suzuki , Bach Collegium Japan & Concerto Palatino , Pascal Bertin, Gerd Türk, Peter Kooij , BIS 1461 2004
- JS Bach: Cantatas for the Complete Liturgical Year Vol. 7 Cantatas BWV 20 · 2 · 10 , Sigiswald Kuijken , La Petite Bande , Siri Thornhill, Petra Noskaiová, Marcus Ullmann, Jan van der Crabben, Accent 2007
literature
- Alfred Dürr : Johann Sebastian Bach: The Cantatas. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1999, ISBN 3-7618-1476-3
- Werner Neumann : Handbook of JS Bach's Cantatas , 1947, 5th edition 1984, ISBN 3-7651-0054-4
- Hans-Joachim Schulze : The Bach Cantatas: Introductions to all of Johann Sebastian Bach's cantatas . Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 3-374-02390-8 ; Carus-Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-89948-073-2 (Edition Bach Archive Leipzig)
- Christoph Wolff / Ton Koopman : The world of Bach cantatas . Verlag JB Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2006, ISBN 978-3-476-02127-4
Web links
- Oh God, see from heaven, BWV 2 : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Structure and complete text of the cantata
- Oh God, from heaven look at Bach Cantatas
- BWV 2 Oh God, look from heaven on the Bach.de website
- BWV 2 Oh God, look from heaven in it text, structure, cast, at the University of Alberta
Individual evidence
- ^ Lectionary of the Bach time
- ↑ a b c John Eliot Gardiner : Cantatas for the Second Sunday after Trinity / Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris (PDF; 169 kB) bach-cantatas.com. 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
- ↑ Schulze (Lit.), p. 304
- ↑ Julian Mincham: Chapter 3 BWV 2 Oh God, see it from heaven . jsbachcantatas.com. 2010. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
- ↑ Klaus Hofmann: Oh God, from heaven see it, BWV 2 / Oh God, Look Down from Heaven (PDF; 2.6 MB) bach-cantatas.com. 2004. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
