Let us worry, let us watch
| Bach cantata | |
|---|---|
| Let us worry, let us watch | |
| BWV: | 213 |
| Occasion: | Birthday of Prince Elector Friedrich Christian |
| Year of origin: | 1733 |
| Place of origin: | Leipzig |
| Genus: | Birthday cantata |
| Solo : | SATB |
| Choir: | SATB |
| Instruments : | 2Cor 2Ob 2Vl Va Vc Vn Bc |
| AD : | approx. 45 min |
| text | |
| Picander | |
| List of Bach cantatas | |
Let's take care, let's watch ( BWV 213) is a secular cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach . Bach composed it in Leipzig and directed the first performance on September 5, 1733. The work is also known as Die Wahl des Herkules or Hercules am Scheidewege .
Emergence
The work is a dramma per musica on the Greek mythical theme Hercules at the Crossroads . Bach composed the cantata based on a text by Picander on the occasion of the eleventh birthday of Prince Elector Friedrich Christian . The world premiere took place in Leipzig in the Zimmermannsche Kaffeehaus , which is discussed in the coffee cantata .
Parts of the work, including the opening chorus and the aria Sleep, My Dearest, and care for the peace , have been taken over by Bach slightly changed in Part IV and II of his Christmas Oratorio . The counsel of the gods in the opening choir Let us take care, let us watch over our son of gods becomes a Christian prayer text in the Christmas Oratorio: Fall with thanks, fall with praise before the highest mercy seat.
content
The cantata has 13 movements:
- Choir: Let's worry, let's watch
- Recitative (Alto): And where? Where is the right track
- Aria (soprano): Sleep, my dearest, and cultivate peace
- Recitative (soprano, tenor): Up! follow my path
- Aria (alto): Faithful echo of these places
- Recitative (tenor): My hopeful hero
- Aria (tenor): You should float on my wings
- Recitative (tenor): The soft lust lures
- Aria (alto): I don't want to hear you
- Recitative (alto, tenor): Beloved virtue, you alone
- Duet (alto, tenor): I am yours, you are mine
- Recitative (bass): Look, gods, this is a picture
- Choir: lust of the people, lust of yours
occupation
- Vocal soloists: soprano (lust), alto ( Hercules ), tenor (virtue), bass ( Merkur )
- Choir: soprano, alto, tenor, bass
- Orchestra: Horn I-II, oboe or oboe d'amore I-II, strings, figured bass
Recordings (selection)
- BACH, JS: Secular Cantatas, Vol. 5 BWV 213 and BWV 214 . Joanne Lunn , Robin Blaze , Makoto Sakurada , Dominik Wörner , Bach Collegium Japan , Masaaki Suzuki , BIS 2015.
Web links
- Data, text and sources at Bach Digital
- Score on IMSLP
- Structure and complete text of the cantata
- Let's worry, let's watch by Bach Cantatas
- Complete recording with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir under Ton Koopman
