I wretched man who will redeem me
| Bach cantata | |
|---|---|
| I wretched man who will redeem me | |
| BWV: | 48 |
| Occasion: | 19th Sunday after Trinity |
| Year of origin: | 1723 |
| Place of origin: | Leipzig |
| Genus: | cantata |
| Solo : | AT |
| Choir: | SATB |
| Instruments : | Tr 2Ob 2Vn Va Bc |
| text | |
| unknown | |
| List of Bach cantatas | |
I miserable man, who will redeem me ( BWV 48) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach . He composed it in Leipzig in 1723 for the 19th Sunday after Trinity .
Story and words
Bach wrote the cantata in his first year in Leipzig in 1723 for the 19th Sunday after Trinity and performed it for the first time on October 3rd.
The prescribed readings are Eph 4,22–28 LUT and Mt 9,1–8 LUT , the healing of a person with gout . The opening chorus sets Rom 7:24 LUT , the need of the sinner for redemption. The text by an unknown poet takes up the Gospel and follows the idea that the soul needs healing more than the body. This reinforces a chorale as the third movement, the 4th stanza of Ach Gott und Herr (1604) by Martin Rutilius . After considerations based on Ps 88.11 LUT and 2 Cor 12.9 LUT , the cantata closes confidently with Herr Jesu Christ, some consolation , the 12th stanza of Herr Jesu Christ, I cry to you (Freiberg 1620).
Occupation and structure
The cantata is composed for alto and tenor , four-part choir, trumpet , two oboes , two violins , viola and basso continuo .
- Coro: I wretched person, who will redeem me
- Recitativo (alto, strings): O pain, o misery, when it hits me
- Choral: It should be like that
- Aria (old): Oh, lay the Sodom of the sinful members
- Recitativo (tenor): But here the Savior's hand is doing
- Aria (tenor, strings, oboe): Jesus forgive me my sins
- Chorale: Lord Jesus Christ, some consolation
music
An instrumental chorale melody is quoted in the opening choir. It can be related to Bartholomäus Ringwaldt's words, Lord Jesus Christ, you highest good , but also to the final chorale, which was sung to the same melody, then its first stanza would be quoted. This cantus firmus is played by the trumpet in canon with the oboes. The strings introduce themes that act as countervotes to the plaintive singing voices.
A recitative accompanied by sustaining notes from the strings leads to a chorale that concludes the subject of the first section in expressive harmonization.
In great contrast, in the following aria, singing voice and oboe, as equal partners, express the child's request to spare the soul. A rich string section with oboe accompanies the tenor in the last aria, a dance-like rhythm is animated by hemioli .
Recordings
LP / CD
- The Bach Cantata Vol. 51. Helmuth Rilling , Gächinger Kantorei , Bach-Collegium Stuttgart , Marga Höffgen , Aldo Baldin . Hänssler, 1973.
- JS Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 5. Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Vienna Boys Choir , Concentus Musicus Vienna , Paul Esswood , Kurt Equiluz . Teldec , 1974.
- JS Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 9. Ton Koopman , Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir , Bernhard Landauer , Christoph Prégardien . Antoine Marchand, 1998.
- Bach Cantatas Vol. 10. John Eliot Gardiner , Monteverdi Choir , English Baroque Soloists , William Towers, James Gilchrist . Soli Deo Gloria, 2000.
DVD
- I wretched man who will redeem me . Rudolf Lutz , choir and orchestra of the JS Bach Foundation , Ruth Sandhoff, Johannes Kaleschke. Gallus Media, St. Gallen 2007
literature
- Alfred Dürr : Johann Sebastian Bach: The Cantatas. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1999, ISBN 3-7618-1476-3 .
- 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 (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 48 : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Cantata BWV 48 "I miserable man, who will redeem me" by Bach Cantatas (English)
- "I miserable person, who will redeem me", BWV 48 on the Bach website
- BWV 48 I miserable man, who will redeem me Text, structure and composition on the personal homepage of Walter F. Bischof at the University of Alberta
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oh God and Lord at Bach Cantatas (English)
- ↑ Chorale Melodies used in Bach's Vocal Works Herr Jesu Christ, du highest good in Bach Cantatas (English)
