Creeps, playing waves, and mumbles gently
| Bach cantata | |
|---|---|
| Creeps, playing waves, and mumbles gently | |
| BWV: | 206 |
| Occasion: | Birthday of August III. |
| Year of origin: | 1736 |
| Place of origin: | Leipzig |
| Genus: | cantata |
| Solo : | S, A, T, B |
| Choir: | (S, A, T, B) |
| Instruments : | 3Tr, Ti; 3Ft, 2Ob, 2Oa; 2Vl, Va; Bc |
| text | |
| unknown (possibly Picander ) | |
| List of Bach cantatas | |
Sneaking, playing waves, and murmuring mildly ( BWV 206) is a secular cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach , which he composed in Leipzig and which he published on the birthday of August III. performed on October 7, 1736.
Story and text
Bach composed this cantata for King August III .; it was premiered in Leipzig on his 40th birthday in 1736 . A second performance took place on August 3, 1740.
The librettist of the work is unknown, but could have been Christian Friedrich Henrici (also known as Picander). This cantata is one of Bach's works for festivities at Leipzig University .
Occupation and structure
The cantata contains four vocal parts ( Pleiße - soprano , Danube - alto ), Elbe - tenor and Vistula - ( bass ) and a four-part choir ( SATB ). It is occupied with three trumpets , one set of timpani , three flutes , two oboes , two oboe d'amoren , two violins , one viola and the figured bass .
The cantata has eleven movements.
- Choir: creeps, playing waves, and mumbles gently
- Recitative (bass): O happy change
- Aria (bass): Close the doors of the temple of Janus
- Recitative (tenor): So really happy alternating current
- Aria (tenor): Every wave of my waves
- Recitative (alto): I also share in your joy
- Aria (Alto): rice from the high Habsburgs
- Recitative (soprano): Forgive, mossy heads of strong currents
- Aria (soprano): Hear the gentle flute choir
- Recitative (SATB): I have to, I want to be obedient
- Chorus: The heavenly caution of eternal goodness
Recordings
- Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir , Ton Koopman : JS Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 5. Erato , 1996.
- Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart , Helmuth Rilling : Edition Bachakademie Vol. 64. Hänssler Verlag , 1994.
- Chamber Choir Stuttgart / Concerto Cologne , Frieder Bernius : JS Bach: Secular Cantatas BWV 206 & 207a. Sony Classical , 1990.
Web links
- Structure and text
- Sneaking, Playing Waves, BWV 206 : Sheet Music and Audio Files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Creeps, playing waves (Dramma per musica) [1. Version] BWV 206.1; BWV 206; BC G 23 Bach digital
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Cantata BWV 206 Sneaking, playing waves . Bach Cantatas. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
- ^ David Timm : Festival music for Leipzig university celebrations ( German ). Leipzig University Choir, 2009, p. 8f (accessed December 2, 2012).
- ↑ BWV 206 . University of Alberta. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
