God starts up with shouts
| Bach cantata | |
|---|---|
| God starts up with shouts | |
| BWV: | 43 |
| Occasion: | Ascension |
| Year of origin: | 1726 |
| Place of origin: | Leipzig |
| Genus: | Church cantata |
| Solo : | SATB |
| Choir: | SATB |
| Instruments : | 3Tr Ti 2Ob 2Vl Va Bc |
| text | |
| unknown, Johann Rist | |
| List of Bach cantatas | |
God drives up with shouting ( BWV 43) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach . He wrote it for Ascension Day in Leipzig and performed it for the first time on May 30, 1726.
Story and words
Bach composed the cantata for Himmelfahrt in his third year in Leipzig. The prescribed readings for the feast day were Acts 1,1–11 LUT , the prologue, last promise and ascension of Jesus, and Mk 16,14–20 LUT , mission and baptismal command, ascension. The text of the cantata is unusual because it consists largely of a poem in six stanzas, which takes up movements 5 to 10 of the eleven movements. The structure of the cantata is similar to that of Bach's cousin Johann Ludwig Bach , court musician in Meiningen , which Bach performed in 1726: quote from the Old Testament , recitative , aria , quote from the New Testament , poem, chant .
The first word in the Bible is Ps 47 : 6-7 LUT and is traditionally interpreted as referring to the ascension of Jesus. The other Bible word, sentence 4 of the cantata, is verse 19 of the Gospel. An unknown poet included in the text for recitative and aria both Ps 68,18 LUT as well as its quote in Eph 4,8 LUT , "He rose up and took prisoners with him". The cantata ends with the first and the 13th stanza of Johann Rist's song Du Lebensfürst, Herr Jesu Christ (1641), whose fourth stanza Bach later used for his Ascension oratorio . The cantata consists of two parts, which were played before and after the sermon. Bach performed it for the first time on May 30, 1726.
Occupation and structure
The cantata is festively occupied with four soloists, soprano , alto , tenor and bass , four-part choir, three trumpets , timpani , two oboes , two violins , viola and basso continuo .
part One
- Coro: God starts shouting
- Recitativo (tenor): The highest wants to prepare a victorious pomp
- Aria (tenor): Yes, a thousand times a thousand accompany the car
- Recitativo (soprano): And the Lord after he had spoken to them
- Aria (soprano): My Jesus has now
Part II
- Recitativo (bass): There comes the hero hero
- Aria (bass): He's the one all alone
- Recitativo (Alt): The father gave him that
- Aria (old): I can already see in the spirit
- Recitativo (soprano): He wants me next to him
- Chorale: You prince of life, Lord Jesus Christ
music
The opening choir with a full orchestra is the dominant movement of the cantata. It begins with an introduction called “adagio”, played by the strings reinforced by the oboes. Then a fugue begins , two instrumental entries are followed by the voices, a climax is reached with the entry of the 1st trumpet. A second fugue leads to distant keys . The second part of the text, “sing praises to God, sing praises to our kings”, is first performed homophonically and then performed as a fugue, which is similar to the first and is concluded by a homophonic coda .
A secco recitative leads to the first aria, which is accompanied by the violins in unison . The full text is presented three times differently. The New Testament Bible verse, "After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was lifted up into heaven and sat at the right hand of God." Is not a direct speech from Jesus and is therefore not sung by the bass as Vox Christi , but by the soprano as a secco -Recitative. Sentence 5 concludes Part I and is based on the first stanza of the poem. Strings doubled by oboes accompany the soprano. In the middle section, the sentence “He closes the run of the earth” is made clear by an upward melisma , which is followed by a countermovement following a repetition of the text.
Part II deals with the other five poem stanzas as alternating recitatives and arias. The first recitative is accompanied by strings, the others are secco. The bass aria is outshone by an obbligato trumpet, the part of which, however, is so difficult that Bach gave it to a violin in later performances. The words "full of pain, torment and agony" are emphasized by their harmony and slower pace. The following recitative at the end mentions the view of the sky, which corresponds to an upward movement. The final aria is accompanied by the oboes and deals with the victory over the enemy, which is seen as a vision of peace rather than a description of the fight. However, the words “out of misery, hardship and shame” are emphasized in “expressive, harmonious cloudings”. The cantata closes with a four-part chorale to the melody of Ermuntre dich, mein schwachen Geist , composed in 1641 by Johann Schop ; the melody today is associated with the Christmas carol Brich an, du beautiful morning light (EG 33). According to Klaus Hofmann , the sentence does not come from Bach himself, but from Christoph Peter (1626–1689), cantor in Guben , printed in the Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch from 1682.
Recordings
- Bach Cantatas Vol. 9 , Günther Ramin , Thomanerchor , Gewandhausorchester , Gertrud Birmele, Eva Fleischer , Gert Lutze, Johannes Oettel, archive production 1951
- Les Grandes Cantates de JS Bach Vol. 9 , Fritz Werner , Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn , Pforzheimer Kammerorchester , Friederike Sailer , Claudia Hellmann, Helmut Krebs , Jakob Stämpfli , Erato 1961
- Bach cantatas, Vol. 4: BWV 127, BWV 159, BWV 43 , Diethard Hellmann , Bach choir and Bach orchestra Mainz , Nobuko Gamo-Yamamoto, Annelies Westen, Horst Wilhelm , Dieter Slembeck, SWF late 1960s?
- JS Bach: Das Kantatenwerk (1) , Hans Grischkat , Schwäbischer Singkreis Stuttgart , Bach-Orchester Stuttgart , Csilla Zentai , Erika Schmidt , Kurt Huber , Michael Schopper , FSM 1971
- JS Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 3 , Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Wiener Sängerknaben , Chorus Viennensis , Concentus Musicus Wien , boy soprano of the Wiener Sängerknaben, Paul Esswood , Kurt Equiluz , Ruud van der Meer, Teldec 1975
- The Bach Cantata Vol. 34 , Helmuth Rilling , Gächinger Kantorei , Bach-Collegium Stuttgart , Arleen Augér , Julia Hamari , Lutz-Michael Harder , Philippe Huttenlocher , Hänssler 1982
- JS Bach: Ascension Oratorio , Philippe Herreweghe , Collegium Vocale Gent , Barbara Schlick , Catherine Patriasz, Christoph Prégardien , Peter Kooij , Harmonia Mundi France 1993
- JS Bach: Ascension Cantatas , John Eliot Gardiner , Monteverdi Choir , English Baroque Soloists , Nancy Argenta , Michael Chance , Anthony Rolfe Johnson , Stephen Varcoe , archive production 1993
- Bach Edition Vol. 19 - Cantatas Vol. 10 , Pieter Jan Leusink , Holland Boys Choir , Netherlands Bach Collegium , Ruth Holton, Sytse Buwalda, Nico van der Meel, Bas Ramselaar, Brilliant Classics 2000
- JS Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 16 , Ton Koopman , Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir , Johannette Zomer, Bogna Bartosz, Christoph Prégardien , Klaus Mertens , Antoine Marchand 2002
- JS Bach: Cantatas Vol. 44 , Masaaki Suzuki , Bach Collegium Japan , Rachel Nicholls , Robin Blaze , Gerd Türk, Peter Kooij , BIS 2008
literature
- Alfred Dürr : Johann Sebastian Bach: The Cantatas. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1999, ISBN 3-7618-1476-3 and Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-423-04431-4 .
- Werner Neumann : Handbook of the cantatas JSBachs . 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
- Christoph Wolff , Ton Koopman : The world of Bach cantatas Verlag JB Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2006, ISBN 978-3-476-02127-4
Web links
- God drives up with shouts, BWV 43 : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Cantata BWV 43 God goes up with shouts at Bach Cantatas (English)
- God rises with shouts on the Bach.de website
- BWV 43 God drives up with shouting text, structure, cast, at the University of Alberta
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Klaus Hofmann: Gott fähret mit Jauchzen, BWV 43 / God is gone up with a shout. (pdf, 1.9 MB) In: Johann Sebastian Bach: Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki: God drives up with shouts. June 9, 2009, p. 13 , accessed May 10, 2018 .
- ^ Francis Browne: Du Lebensfürst, Herr Jesu Christ / Text and Translation of Chorale. In: Bach Cantatas website. March 2008, accessed on May 10, 2018 .
- ↑ Thomas Braatz, Aryeh Oron: Chorale Melodies used in Bach's Vocal Works Encourage yourself, my weak spirit / You prince of life, Lord Jesus Christ. Bach Cantata's website, March 2008, accessed May 10, 2018 .
