You true God and the Son of David
| Bach cantata | |
|---|---|
| You true God and the Son of David | |
| BWV: | 23 |
| Occasion: | Estomihi |
| Year of origin: | 1723 |
| Place of origin: | Köthen , for Leipzig |
| Genus: | cantata |
| Solo : | SAT |
| Choir: | SATB |
| Instruments : | Co 3Tb 2Ob 2Vl Va |
| text | |
| unknown | |
| List of Bach cantatas | |
You true God and David's son ( BWV 23) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach . He composed it in Köthen for the Sunday Estomihi and performed it for the first time in Leipzig on February 7, 1723.
Story and words
Bach wrote the cantata in Leipzig for Estomihi on Sunday . It is the Sunday before Ash Wednesday and thus the last Sunday before Good Friday on which a cantata was performed, as the tempus clausum was observed in Leipzig during the Passion . This cantata was in 1723 together with Jesus took the twelve (BWV 22) a sample for Bach's application for the office of Thomaskantor . Like his competitor Christoph Graupner before, Bach performed two cantatas at the service. He revised the cantata for another performance on February 20, 1724.
The prescribed readings for Sunday were 1 Cor 13 : 1–13 LUT and Lk 18 : 31–43 LUT , the healing of a blind man and the associated announcement of suffering in Jerusalem. The unknown lyricist initially only deals with the healing of the blind and only leads over to the Passion through the final chorale. The call of the blind man “You son of David” is understood as a confession of Christ. In the third sentence it is generalized that not only the eyes of the blind man, but “all eyes” are waiting for healing, based on Ps 145.15 LUT .
In 1725 Bach took over the final chorale Christe, du Lamm Gottes as the final chorus of the second version of his St. John Passion .
Occupation and structure
The cantata is made up of three soloists ( soprano , alto and tenor ), four-part choir, zinc , three trombones , two oboes , two violins , viola and basso continuo .
- Aria (soprano, alto, oboe): You true God and David's son
- Recitativo (tenor): Oh! don't pass
- Coro: All eyes are waiting, sir
- Chorale: Christ, you Lamb of God
music
The first movement is a duet in which the singing parts expand the trio movement from two oboes and continuo to form a quintet. The voices, which are often canonical, rise up chromatically on top of the words “my heartache”, while the words “have mercy on me” are expressed in chromatic sighs of one voice to a holding tone of the other.
The second movement is a recitative to which the two oboes and violin I play the chorale melody of the final chorale Christe, du Lamm Gottes in long notes .
The third movement, a homophonic dance movement, is reminiscent of secular cantatas from the Koethen era. The intermediate parts are consistently designed as a duet of tenor and bass.
In the three-stanza final chorale, Bach sets the German Agnus Dei from the Lutheran Mass , each in different versions. The reinforcement of the vocal parts by a brass choir made of zinc and trombones gives the final movement a solemn character.
Recordings
LP / CD
- JS Bach: Cantatas BWV 23 & BWV 159. Kurt Thomas , Frankfurter Kantorei , German Bach soloists , Ursula Buckel , Eva Bornemann, Johannes Hoefflin. Cantata 1962.
- Bach Cantatas Vol. 2 - Easter. Karl Richter , Munich Bach Choir , Munich Bach Orchestra , Edith Mathis , Anna Reynolds , Peter Schreier . Archive, 1974.
- Les Grandes Cantates de JS Bach Vol. 29. Fritz Werner , Heinrich Schütz Choir Heilbronn , Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn , Ingeborg Reichelt , Barbara Scherler, Friedrich Melzer. Erato, 1973.
- JS Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 2. Gustav Leonhardt , Tölzer Knabenchor , King's College Choir , Leonhardt-Consort , Knabensopran, Paul Esswood , Marius van Altena. Teldec, 1973.
- The Bach Cantata Vol. 28. Helmuth Rilling , Gächinger Kantorei , Bach-Collegium Stuttgart , Arleen Augér , Helen Watts , Aldo Baldin , Niklaus Tüller. Hänssler, 1977.
- JS Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 3. Ton Koopman , Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir , Barbara Schlick , Elisabeth von Magnus , Paul Agnew. Antoine Marchand, 1995.
- JS Bach: Cantatas Vol. 8 - Leipzig Cantatas. Masaaki Suzuki , Bach Collegium Japan , Midori Suzuki, Yoshikazu Mera , Gerd Türk. UP , 1998.
- Bach Edition Vol. 5 - Cantatas Vol. 2. Pieter Jan Leusink , Holland Boys Choir , Netherlands Bach Collegium , Ruth Holton, Sytse Buwalda, Nico van der Meel. Brilliant Classics
- Bach Cantatas Vol. 21: Cambridge / Walpole St Peter. John Eliot Gardiner , Monteverdi Choir , Choirs from Clare and Trinity Colleges, English Baroque Soloists , Ruth Holton, Claudia Schubert, James Oxley. Soli Deo Gloria, 2000.
- JS Bach: Cantatas for the Complete Liturgical Year Vol. 6 (Sexagesima and Estomihi Sundays). Sigiswald Kuijken , La Petite Bande , Siri Thornhill, Petra Noskaiova, Marcus Ullmann, Jan van der Crabben. Accent, 2007.
- JS Bach: Jesus, your passion. Philippe Herreweghe , Collegium Vocale Gent , Dorothee Mields , Petra Noskaiova, Matthew White, Jan Kobow . Harmonia Mundi France, 2007.
DVD
- You true God and the Son of David . Rudolf Lutz , choir and orchestra of the JS Bach Foundation , Miriam Feuersinger , Markus Forster, Jens Weber, Fabrice Hayoz, Gallus Media, St. Gallen 2010
literature
- Alfred Dürr : Johann Sebastian Bach: The Cantatas. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1999, ISBN 3-7618-1476-3 .
- Werner Neumann : Handbook of JSBachs 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
- Cantata BWV 23 : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Cantata BWV 23 "You true God and David's son" by Bach Cantatas (English)
- BWV 23 You true God and David's son Text, structure and composition on the personal homepage of Walter F. Bischof at the University of Alberta
- German and English text by Emmanuel Music
- "You true God and David's son" at bach.de
- BWV 23 “You true God and David's son” at uvm.edu
- You true God and David's son : recording by the Nederlandse Bachvereniging (video and background information) Conductor: Sigiswald Kuijken
Individual evidence
- ↑ David Vernier: Jesu, Your Passion - Bach: Cantatas Bwv 22, 23, 127 & 159 / Herreweghe, Mields, White, Et Al ( English ) arkivmusic.com. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
