Who knows how close my end is to me? BWV 27
| Bach cantata | |
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| Who knows how close my end is to me? | |
| BWV: | 27 |
| Occasion: | 16th Sunday after Trinity |
| Year of origin: | 1726 |
| Place of origin: | Leipzig |
| Genus: | cantata |
| Solo : | SATB |
| Choir: | SATB (SSATB in the final chorale) |
| Instruments : | Co 3Ob Oc Org 2Vl Va Bc |
| text | |
| unknown poet Aemilie Juliane von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Johann Georg Albini |
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| List of Bach cantatas | |
Who knows how close my end is to me? ( BWV 27) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach . He composed it in Leipzig in 1726 for the 16th Sunday after Trinity and performed it for the first time on October 6th, 1726.
Story and words
During his fourth year in office in Leipzig, Bach composed the cantata for the 16th Sunday after Trinity. The prescribed readings for Sunday were Eph 3:13–21 LUT , “Paul prays for the strengthening of the faith of the church in Ephesus”, and Lk 7,11–17 LUT , the awakening of the young man from Nain . In Bach's time, the gospel referred to the raising of the dead in general, combined with a longing for death. The unknown lyricist included the first verse of the song “Who knows how near me my end?” By Aemilie Juliane von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt in the opening sentence , which is sung to the melody of “ Who only lets God rule ”. Bach used the first stanza of “Welt ade! I am your tired ”from Johann Georg Albini and took over the sentence from Johann Rosenmüller . He first performed the cantata on October 6, 1726.
Occupation and structure
The cantata is made up of four soloists, soprano , alto , tenor and bass , four or five-part choir , horn , three oboes , oboe da caccia , obbligato organ , two violins , viola and basso continuo .
- [Choral & Recitativo] (SATB, Soprano, Alto, Tenore): Who knows how near my end will be? - God only knows that
- Recit [ativo] (tenor): My life has no other goal
- Aria (Alto): Welcome! I want to say (with obligatory organ)
- Recit [ativo] (Soprano): Oh, who would be in heaven
- Aria (Basso): Good night, you tumultuous world
- Choral (SSATB): World, goodbye! i am your tired
Recordings
- JS Bach: Cantatas 18152 , Jürgen Jürgens , Monteverdi Choir , Leonhardt Consort , Rotraud Hansmann, Helen Watts , Kurt Equiluz , Max van Egmond , Telefunken 1966
- Bach cantatas, Vol. 1: BWV 190a, BWV 84, BWV 89, BWV 27 , Diethard Hellmann , Bachchor Mainz , Bachorchester Mainz , Ursula Buckel , Marie-Luise Gilles, Kurt Huber, Hartmut Ochs, DdM-Records Mitterteich late 1960s?
- JS Bach: Das Kantatenwerk · Complete Cantatas · Les Cantates, Episode / Vol. 7 - BWV 24-27 , Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Vienna Boys Choir , Chorus Viennensis , Concentus Musicus Vienna , Soloist of the Vienna Boys Choir, Paul Esswood , Kurt Equiluz , Siegmund Nimsgern , Teldec 1973
- Bach Cantatas Vol. 4 - Sundays after Trinity I , Karl Richter , Münchener Bach-Chor , Münchener Bach-Orchester , Edith Mathis , Julia Hamari , Peter Schreier , Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , archive production 1977
- The Bach Cantata Vol. 51 , Helmuth Rilling , Gächinger Kantorei , Bach-Collegium Stuttgart , Edith Wiens , Gabriele Schreckenbach, Lutz-Michael Harder , Walter Heldwein, Hänssler 1982
- JS Bach: Cantatas Nos. 27, 34 & 41 , Gustav Leonhardt , Tölzer Knabenchor , Baroque Orchestra, soloists of the Tölzer Knabenchor, Markus Schäfer, Harry van der Kamp , Sony Classical 1995
- Bach Edition Vol. 11 - Cantatas Vol. 5 , Pieter Jan Leusink , Holland Boys Choir , Netherlands Bach Collegium , Marjon Strijk, Sytse Buwalda, Knut Schoch , Bas Ramselaar, Brilliant Classics 1999
- Bach Cantatas Vol. 8: Bremen / Santiago , John Eliot Gardiner , Monteverdi Choir , English Baroque Soloists , Katharine Fuge, Robin Tyson, Mark Padmore, Thomas Guthrie, Soli Deo Gloria 2000
- JS Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 16 , Ton Koopman , Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir , Johannette Zomer, Annette Markert, James Gilchrist , Klaus Mertens , Antoine Marchand 2000
- JS Bach: Christ, he is my life - Cantates BWV 27, 84, 95 & 161 , Philippe Herreweghe , Collegium Vocale Gent , Dorothee Mields , Matthew White , Hans Jörg Mammel , Thomas E. Bauer , Harmonia Mundi France 2007
- JS Bach: Cantatas for the Complete Liturgical Year Vol. 12: Why do you grieve, my heart - Cantatas BWV 138 27 47 96 , Sigiswald Kuijken , La Petite Bande , Gerlinde Sämann , Petra Noskaiová, Christoph Genz , Jan van der Crabben, Accent 2009
literature
- Alfred Dürr : Johann Sebastian Bach: The Cantatas. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1999, ISBN 3-7618-1476-3
- Werner Neumann : Handbook of the cantatas JSBachs , 1947, 5. Auf. 1984, ISBN 3-7651-0054-4
- Hans-Joachim Schulze : The Bach Cantatas: Introductions to all of Johann Sebastian Bach's cantatas . Leipzig: Evangelical publishing company; Stuttgart: Carus-Verlag 2006 (Edition Bach-Archiv Leipzig) ISBN 3-374-02390-8 (Evang. Verl.-Anst.), ISBN 3-89948-073-2 (Carus-Verlag)
- Christoph Wolff / Ton Koopman : The world of Bach cantatas Verlag JB Metzler, Stuttgart, Weimar 2006 ISBN 978-3-476-02127-4
Web links
- Who knows how close my end is to me? BWV 27 : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Cantata BWV 27 Who knows how near my end is? at Bach Cantatas (English)
- Who knows how close my end is to me? on the Bach website
- BWV 27 Who knows how close my end is to me? Text, structure and line-up on Walter F. Bischof's personal homepage at the University of Alberta
Individual evidence
- ↑ Who knows how close my end is to me? / Text and Translation of Chorale ( English ) bach-cantatas.com. 2006. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
- ↑ Chorale Melodies used in Bach's Vocal Works / Who only lets God rule . bach-cantatas.com. 2009. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
