Magnificat (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach)

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The Magnificat by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach ( Wq 215, H.772) was composed in 1749.

occupation

Singing parts: solos and choir: soprano , alto , tenor , bass

Instruments: Flauto traverso I / II, oboe , horn I / II, strings, basso continuo

construction

Similar to the Magnificat of his father Johann Sebastian Bach , the text of the composition is divided into several movements with different scales.

  1. "Magnificat" choir
  2. Aria (soprano) "Quia respexit"
  3. Aria (tenor) "Quia fecit"
  4. Duet (soprano, alto) with choir "Et misericordia"
  5. Aria (bass) "Fecit potentiam"
  6. Duet (alto, tenor) "Deposuit potentes"
  7. Aria (alto) "Suscepit Israel"
  8. Choir "Gloria patri"
  9. Choir "Sicut erat in principio"

History and style

The Magnificat is one of the earliest vocal works by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788). In June 1749, while Johann Sebastian Bach was still alive, the City Council of Leipzig dealt with the question of a possible successor for the seriously ill Thomaskantor and Johann Gottlob Harrer , conductor of the Count von Brühl from Dresden, with the composition of a “rehearsal -Music "commissioned. Bach advised his two highly talented sons Wilhelm Friedemann and Carl Philipp Emanuel to also seek his successor. While Carl Philipp Emanuel was setting the Magnificat to music, Wilhelm Friedemann wrote an Advent cantata. But neither of the two sons was successful, after all, Harrer was given the post of Thomaskantor.

Carl Philipp Emanuel's composition represents a modern style, the direct comparison with the style of his father most in the big final double fugue searches ( "Sicut erat in principio"), strongly their first subject for the rest of the "Kyrie eleison" in Mozart's Requiem reminds . During his time in Hamburg, Bach changed the instrumentation and added trumpets and timpani in the corner movements and in the "Fecit potentiam". In this version he even placed the work in a concert in 1779 next to the Credo from his father's B minor Mass . During the entire 18th century, listeners outside Hamburg were almost exclusively familiar with the original version, in which numerous copies of the work were known throughout Europe.

On April 9, 1786, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach conducted a benefit concert in Hamburg. The program included three of his most representative works: the symphony in D major Wq 183/1 from 1780, the Magnificat and the cantata Heilig from 1776 for double choir.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans-Günter Ottenberg: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach . Reclam 1982, p. 79
  2. ↑ Christine Blanken in: C. Ph. E. Bach: Magnificat, with Basler Madrigalisten , L'arpa festante , direction: Fritz Näf . DRS 2, Carus, Stuttgart 2008
  3. ↑ From the text supplement to the recording by Harmonia mundi