Jesus took the twelve with him
| Bach cantata | |
|---|---|
| Jesus took the twelve with him | |
| BWV: | 22nd |
| Occasion: | Estomihi |
| Year of origin: | 1723 |
| Place of origin: | Leipzig |
| Genus: | cantata |
| Solo : | ATB |
| Choir: | SATB |
| Instruments : | Whether 2Vl Va Bc |
| text | |
| unknown | |
| List of Bach cantatas | |
Jesus took the twelve ( BWV 22) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach . He composed it 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 . In 1723, the cantata was a test piece for Bach's application for the office of Thomaskantor , together with you true God and David's son (BWV 23).
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 focuses on the announcement of suffering. The first sentence uses verses 31 and 34 of the Gospel as text, accordingly the tenor begins as an evangelist , while the bass as Vox Christi reproduces the direct speech of Jesus. The following sentences include the Christian present in the group of disciples who do not understand what is happening. The final chorale is the 5th and last stanza of Elisabeth Cruciger's song Herr Christ, der unig Gotts Sohn .
Bach performed the cantata again on February 20, 1724.
Occupation and structure
The cantata is occupied by three soloists ( alto , tenor and bass ), four-part choir, oboe , two violins , viola and basso continuo .
- 1. Arioso e Coro (tenor, bass): Jesus took the twelve with him
- 2. Aria (alto, oboe): My Jesus, draw me after you
- 3. Recitativo (bass): My Jesus, pull me, so I will run
- 4. Aria (tenor): My all in all, my eternal good
- 5. Chorale: kill us through your goodness
Edits
The English pianist Harriet Cohen arranged the 5th movement for solo piano (published under the English title Sanctify us by Thy Goodness ).
Recordings
- CD
- JS Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 2. , Gustav Leonhardt , Tölzer Knabenchor , King's College Choir , Leonhardt-Consort , Paul Esswood , Kurt Equiluz , Max van Egmond . Teldec , 1973.
- The Bach Cantata Vol. 28. Helmuth Rilling , Gächinger Kantorei , Bach-Collegium Stuttgart , Arleen Augér , Helen Watts , Adalbert Kraus , Wolfgang Schöne . Hänssler, 1977.
- JS Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 3. Ton Koopman , Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir , Elisabeth von Magnus , Paul Agnew , Klaus Mertens . Antoine Marchand, 1995.
- JS Bach: Cantatas Vol. 8 - Leipzig Cantatas. Masaaki Suzuki , Bach Collegium Japan , Yoshikazu Mera , Gerd Türk , Peter Kooij . UP , 1998.
- Bach Edition Vol. 5 - Cantatas Vol. 2. Pieter Jan Leusink , Holland Boys Choir , Netherlands Bach Collegium , Sytse Buwalda , Nico van der Meel , Bas Ramselaar . Brilliant Classics, 1999.
- Bach Cantatas Vol. 21: Cambridge / Walpole St Peter. John Eliot Gardiner , Monteverdi Choir , Choir of Clare College, Cambridge , Choir of Trinity College , English Baroque Soloists , James Oxley , Peter Harvey . Soli Deo Gloria , 2000.
- JS Bach: Jesus, your passion. Philippe Herreweghe , Collegium Vocale Gent , Matthew White , Jan Kobow , Peter Kooij . Harmonia Mundi France, 2007.
- DVD
- Jesus took the twelve with him . Rudolf Lutz , choir and orchestra of the JS Bach Foundation , Markus Forster , Johannes Kaleschke , Ekkehard Abele , Gallus Media, St. Gallen 2011
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 / Carus-Verlag Stuttgart, 2006 (Edition Bach-Archiv Leipzig), ISBN 3-374-02390-8 (Evang. Verl.-Anst.), ISBN 3-89948-073-2 (Carus- Verl.)
- Christoph Wolff / Ton Koopman : The world of Bach cantatas, Verlag JB Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2006, ISBN 978-3-476-02127-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ David Vernier: Jesu, Your Passion - Bach: Cantatas Bwv 22, 23, 127 & 159 / Herreweghe, Mields, White, Et Al ( English ) arkivmusic.com. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
Web links
- Jesus took the twelve, BWV 22 : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- BWV 22 Jesus took the Twelve Text, structure and composition on Walter F. Bischof's personal homepage at the University of Alberta
- Cantata BWV 22 Jesus took the twelve on bach-cantatas.com
- Jesus took the twelve on the Bach website
