Praise God in his realms
| Bach cantata | |
|---|---|
| Praise God in his realms | |
| BWV: | 11 |
| Occasion: | Ascension |
| Year of origin: | 1735? |
| Place of origin: | Leipzig |
| Genus: | Oratorio |
| Solo : | SATB |
| Choir: | SATB |
| Instruments : | 3Tr Ti 2Ft 2Ob 2Vn Va Bc |
| AD : | approx. 32 min |
| text | |
| Christian Friedrich Henrici ? | |
| List of Bach cantatas | |
Praise God in his kingdoms ("Himmelfahrtsoratorium" BWV 11, D major) is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach , which was probably composed in 1735. Presumably Picander is the lyricist. In the old Bach Complete Edition (BG), the work was classified under the cantatas (hence the small BWV number), in the Bach Compendium it bears the number BC D 9 and, due to its genre, is consequently assigned to the oratorios, as it is a biblical one Is based on an act recited by an evangelist and others in the recitatives . The two-part work consists of eleven movements (about half an hour of performance) and was referred to by the composer as the "Oratorio Festo Ascensionis Christi ".
construction
- Choir "Praise God in His Realms"
- Evangelist (tenor) "The Lord Jesus lifted up his hands"
- Recitative (bass) "Oh, Jesus, is your farewell so close?"
- Aria (alto) "Oh, stay, my dearest life"
- Evangelist (tenor) "And was lifted up visibly"
- Chorale "Now everything is under you"
- Evangelists (tenor and bass) "And since they watched him go to heaven"
- Recitative (Alto) “Oh yes! so come back soon "
- Evangelist (tenor) "But they worshiped him"
- Aria (soprano) "Jesus, your gaze of grace"
- Chorale "If it should happen"
music
The festive opening choir is based on the secular cantata Froher Tag, required hours BWV Anh. 18, which Bach conducted in 1732 to celebrate the renovated St. Thomas School in Leipzig . The altarie “Oh, stay, my dearest life” was essentially taken over by Bach for his Agnus Dei in the B minor Mass . The soprano aria "Jesu, Deine Gnadenblicke" is characterized by the fact that it is one of the few works by Bach that is written without basso continuo . In the final chorus “If it should happen”, the chorale melody, originally in a minor key, is exaggerated by a triumphant orchestral section in D major, similar to the final chorus “Now you are probably smelled” of the Christmas Oratorio composed a few months earlier .
occupation
- Solos: soprano , alto , tenor , bass
- Choir: soprano, alto, tenor, bass
- Orchestra: tromba I – III, timpani , flauto traverso I / II, oboe I / II, violin I / II, viola , basso continuo
literature
- Alfred Dürr: Johann Sebastian Bach: The Cantatas. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1999, ISBN 3-7618-1476-3
- Werner Neumann : Handbook of the cantatas by JS Bach. 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 .
Web links
Digitized
- Autograph score (Berlin State Library)
Sheet music and audio files
- Praise God in His Realms, BWV 11 : Sheet Music and Audio Files in the International Music Score Library Project
Further information
- Structure and complete text of the cantata
- Source description of the original score , source database RISM
