Highly desired celebration
| Bach cantata | |
|---|---|
| Highly desired celebration | |
| BWV: | 194 |
| Occasion: | Organ consecration in Störmthal |
| Year of origin: | 1723 |
| Place of origin: | Leipzig |
| Genus: | Fixed cantata |
| Solo : | S - T - B |
| Choir: | SATB |
| Instruments : | 3Ob Fg 2Vl Va Bc |
| text | |
| Unknown poet | |
| List of Bach cantatas | |
The Highest Desired Celebration of Joy ( BWV 194) is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach , which was written on the occasion of the renovation of the church in Störmthal and the consecration of the organ.
Emergence
According to its heading in the autograph, the cantata was written as " Concerto Bey inauguration of the organ in Störmthal " ( Johann Sebastian Bach : autograph of the cantata)
content
The text does not refer to the consecration of the organ in particular, but to the rededication of the renewed church that is being celebrated at the same time. With regard to “houses of God ” he unfolds the theological dialectic that has determined the Judeo-Christian tradition since Solomon's temple dedication: that God does not need a house and that no house can hold him, but that where the believing community gives him praise and supplication offers - "the bullocks ... of our songs" - which gives splendor to his presence. Strikingly, there is no mention of the means of this presence that are constitutive for Lutheran theology, the preached word of God and the sacraments .
occupation
- Choir: soprano , alto , tenor , bass
- Soloists: soprano, tenor, bass
- Orchestra: 3 oboes , violin I / II, viola , basso continuo
structure
The cantata consists of two parts, so it can be assumed that it was performed before and after the sermon, as was the custom at the time. This is also indicated by the conclusion of the first part (a request for the Holy Spirit , correct hearing of the biblical word) and the beginning of the second part ( request for blessing ).
- First part
1. Highly desired joy festival , choir (SATB), 3 oboes, bassoon, violin I / II, viola, basso continuo
2. Infinitely great God , recitative (bass), basso continuo
3. What fills the highest splendor , aria (bass), Oboe I, violin I / II, viola, basso continuo
4. How could you, you highest face , recitative (soprano), basso continuo
5. Help God that we succeed , aria (soprano), violin I / II, Viola, basso continuo
6. Heil'ger Geist in Heaven's thrones , chorale, oboe I-III, violin I / II, viola, basso continuo
- Second part
7. You saints, rejoice , recitative (tenor), basso continuo
8. The Supreme Presence alone , aria (tenor), basso continuo
9. Can a person rise to God in heaven? / Faith can incline the Creator towards him. Recitative (duet: bass, soprano), basso continuo
10. O how well it happened to us , aria (duet: soprano, bass), oboe I / II, basso continuo
11. So, you holy common one , recitative (bass), Basso continuo
12. Say yes to my deeds , chorale, oboe I-III, violin I / II, viola, basso continuo
particularities
The “secular” form of the cantata is striking: a French overture is followed by pieces in the form of a pastoral , gavotte , gigue and minuet , which suggests that the music originated in Bach's time in Koethen. It is probably based on a congratulatory cantata from that time, which would explain the suite form . Individual instrumental parts have been preserved, but no text. This congratulatory cantata, it is assumed in the literature, could again have been the counterfactor of an instrumental concert.
literature
- Alfred Dürr : The cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach . Munich 1985, pp. 789-794
- Günther Zedler: The preserved church cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach (Mühlhausen, Weimar, Leipzig I). Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2008, ISBN 978-3-8370-4401-0 , pp. 234-238
Web links
- Highest Desired Celebration of Joy, BWV 194 : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Highly desired joy festival (Störmthaler version) and ditto (1st Leipzig version) , with Bach-Digital of the Leipzig Bach Archive
- BWV 194 Highly desired joy festival Text, structure and composition on the personal homepage of Walter F. Bischof at the University of Alberta
- Notes in the public domain of Highest Desired Joy Feast in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ On the history of the organ
- ^ Autograph of the cantata , accessed on October 22, 2015
