I call to you, Lord Jesus Christ, BWV 177
| Bach cantata | |
|---|---|
| I call to you, Lord Jesus Christ | |
| BWV: | 177 |
| Occasion: | 4th Sunday after Trinity |
| Year of origin: | 1732 |
| Place of origin: | Leipzig |
| Genus: | cantata |
| Solo : | SAT |
| Choir: | (SATB) |
| text | |
| Johannes Agricola | |
| List of Bach cantatas | |
I call to you, Herr Jesu Christ ( BWV 177) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach , which he composed in Leipzig for the fourth Sunday after Trinity and performed for the first time on July 6, 1732. The cantata text is composed of the five stanzas of a hymn by Johannes Agricola .
history
Bach only composed the cantata in Leipzig in 1732 to complete his second annual cantata cycle of 1724/25, which lacked a cantata for the fourth Sunday after Trinity , since this Sunday in 1725 was the Visitation of Mary in 1725 and Bach instead the cantata Meine Seel raises the gentlemen who had written BWV 10 .
The prescribed readings of scriptures for this Sunday came from Paul's letter to the Romans : “For creation eagerly waits for the sons of God to be revealed ” ( Romans 8: 18-23 EU ) and from the field speech in the Gospel according to Luke : The admonition , “To be merciful”, “not to judge” ( Luke 6,36–42 EU ).
The cantata text consists of the unchanged five stanzas of a hymn by Johannes Agricola (around 1530), which is a main hymn for Sunday and is also used in Bach's cantata Barmherziges Herz der Ewigen Liebe , BWV 185 , written in Weimar . In Praise be to the Lord, my God , BWV 129 , which was also composed to complete the second annual cycle of choral cantatas, Bach also used the unchanged words of the choir, which differed from the cantatas originally composed for the cycle.
Bach performed the cantata for the first time on July 6, 1732.
Occupation and structure
The five-part cantata is for three soloists ( soprano , alto and tenor ), a four-part choir , two oboes , two oboe da caccias , two violins , a viola , the figured bass , an obbligato violin and an obbligato bassoon .
- Choir: I call to you, Lord Jesus Christ
- Alt: I ask more, oh Lord God
- Soprano: Grant that I am from the bottom of my heart
- Tenor: Do not let me have any pleasure or fear from you
- Chorale: I am fighting and reluctant.
music
Similar to most choral cantatas, the opening choir is a chorale fantasy in which the choir appears line by line and the cantus firmus is sung by the soprano. Most of the lines are preceded by notations of the other voices, which imitate motifs regardless of the chorale melody . In the sixth line, the imitation motif is taken from the chorale. In the last two lines eight and nine the lower voices enter together with the soprano. The vocal structure is embedded in a concerto consisting of a solo violin and two oboes, which play the cantus firmus as a colla parte with soprano, string instruments and the figured bass .
The three arias for the following stanzas show increasing instrumental complexity . Verse 2 is only accompanied by figured bass, verse 3 by oboe da caccia, verse 4 by the rare combination of violin and bassoon . The musicologist Julian Mincham observes this as a “journey from uncertainty and doubt to warmth and acceptance and finally to joy and jubilation”.
In the final chorale, Bach uses ornamentation for expressiveness.
Recordings
- The Bach Cantata Vol. 41 , Helmuth Rilling , Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart , Bach-Collegium Stuttgart , Arleen Augér , Julia Hamari , Peter Schreier , Hänssler 1981
- JS Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 9 , Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Tölzer Knabenchor , Concentus Musicus Wien , soloists of the Tölzer Knabenchor, Kurt Equiluz , Teldec 1988
- Bach Cantatas Vol. 3 , John Eliot Gardiner , Monteverdi Choir , English Baroque Soloists , Magdalena Kožená , Nathalie Stutzmann , Paul Agnew , conductor Soli Deo Gloria 2000
- JS Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 21 , Ton Koopman , Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir , Sandrine Piau , Bogna Bartosz , Christoph Prégardien , Antoine Marchand 2003
- JS Bach: Cantatas for the Complete Liturgical Year Vol. 2 , Sigiswald Kuijken , La Petite Bande , Siri Thornhill , Petra Noskaiová , Christoph Genz , Accent 2005
Web links
- Structure and text
- Peace be with you, BWV 158 : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- I call to you, Lord Jesus Christ BWV 177; BC A 103 Bach Digital
- BWV 177 I call to you, Herr Jesu Christ Text, structure and composition on the personal homepage of Walter F. Bischof at the University of Alberta
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pamela Dellal : BWV 177 - "I call to you, Lord Jesus Christ" . Emmanuel Music . Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ↑ a b c d Alfred Dürr : Die Kantaten von Johann Sebastian Bach ( German ), 4th edition, Volume 1, Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag, 1981, ISBN 3-423-04080-7 , pp. 355-357.
- ↑ a b c Julian Mincham: Chapter 56 BWV 177 I call to you, Lord Jesus Christ. / I call Thee, Lord Jesus Christ. . jsbachcantatas.com. 2010. Accessed July 23, 2014.
