My heart swims in blood
| Bach cantata | |
|---|---|
| My heart swims in blood | |
| BWV: | 199 |
| Occasion: | 11th Sunday after Trinity |
| Year of origin: | 1714 |
| Place of origin: | Weimar |
| Genus: | Solo cantata |
| Solo : | S. |
| Instruments : | Ob, Va (Vc. Picc) solo; Str, Bc |
| AD : | approx. 21 min |
| text | |
| Georg Christian Lehms | |
| List of Bach cantatas | |
My heart swims in blood is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach ( BWV 199). The majority of the text is taken from Georg Christian Lehms ' collection of God-pleasing Church Sacrifice ; it is about the redemption of a sinner through God. Based on the gospel text of this Sunday, the parable of the Pharisee and tax collector ( Luke Gospel 18: 9-14 LUT ), the poet meditates on the subject of repentance and forgiveness. A little earlier, Bach had used the same source for his cantata Resistance to Sin (BWV 54).
The work was composed in Weimar in 1714 for a performance on the 11th Sunday after Trinity (August 12th). It is written for solo soprano , oboe , two violins , viola and basso continuo . Bach made some changes for later performances; The New Bach Edition has two versions: The first version, written in Weimar, begins in C minor and uses an obbligato viola in the sixth movement; the second (Leipzig) version is one note higher and uses a violoncello piccolo for the obbligato part .
The cantata consists of eight movements:
- “My heart swims in blood” - a recitative for soprano, accompanied by the strings.
- “Silent sighs, silent laments” - a slow da capo aria for soprano, oboe and continuo. The middle section ends in a short secco recitative.
- “But God must be gracious to me” - a recitative with string accompaniment.
- “Deeply bent over and full of remorse” - a da capo aria marked Andante , in 3/4 time and accompanied by the strings. Immediately before the “da capo” there is an adagio passage.
- “On this painful faith” - a short recitative, accompanied by the continuo.
- "Me, your sad child" - verse three of the chorale "Where should I flee" with an obbligato viola or violoncello piccolo part.
- “I'm going to lay myself in these wounds” - a recitative, accompanied by the strings.
- “How joyful is my heart” - a joyful gigue- like da capo aria, accompanied by all instruments in 12/8 time.
Web links
- My heart swims in blood, BWV 199 : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Details and links. bach-cantatas.com
- Digitized (PDF; 5.46 MB) of the autograph in the Danish Royal Library
- BWV 199 My heart is in the blood Text, structure and composition on the personal homepage of Walter F. Bischof at the University of Alberta
- Notes in the public domain from My Heart Swims in the Blood in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)
