Now come, the Gentile Savior, BWV 62
| Bach cantata | |
|---|---|
| Now come, the Gentile Savior | |
| BWV: | 62 |
| Occasion: | 1st Advent |
| Year of origin: | 1724 |
| Place of origin: | Leipzig |
| Genus: | cantata |
| Solo : | SATB |
| Choir: | SATB |
| Instruments : | Co 2Ob 2Vl Va Bc |
| text | |
| unknown | |
| List of Bach cantatas | |
Come on now, the Heiden Heiland ( BWV 62) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach . He composed the choral cantata based on Martin Luther's Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland 1724 in Leipzig for the 1st Advent , December 3rd, 1724.
Story and words
In his second year in Leipzig, Bach wrote the cantata for the first Advent , which begins the church year , and performed it for the first time on December 3, 1724. The prescribed readings were Romans 13.11 to 14 LUT , "The night is far spent, the day is at hand." And Mt from 21.1 to 9 LUT , the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. The chorale cantata is based on Martin Luther's song Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland , the main song for the 1st Advent. With the first verse of this song, Bach had already started the cantata Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61 , in Weimar ten years earlier . The unknown poet kept the wording of the first and last (eighth) stanzas, rewrote stanzas 2 and 3 to an aria , stanzas 4 and 5 to a recitative , and the two other stanzas to an aria and a duet recitative.
Bach performed the cantata again in 1736, adding a violon part for all movements after the Thomas School had acquired an instrument at auction in 1735. Bach's successor Johann Friedrich Doles performed the cantata after Bach's death.
Occupation and structure
The cantata is made up of four soloists, soprano , alto , tenor and bass , four-part choir, horn to reinforce the chorale melody, two oboes , two violins , viola and basso continuo .
- Chorus: Now come, the Gentile Savior
- Aria (tenor): Admire, O people, this great secret
- Recitative (bass): So goes out of God's glory and throne
- Aria (bass): Argue, win, strong hero!
- Recitative (soprano, alto): We honor this glory
- Chorale: Praise be to God, the Father g'ton ("done")
music
The church year begins with the 1st Advent. The old melody of his main song consists of four lines, the first and last of which are the same. In the instrumental ritornello of the opening choir, this theme appears first in the continuo, then slightly modified in the oboes. Apart from this material from the chorale melody, the orchestra plays a free concerto in which the oboes introduce a theme and the first violin performs. The ritornello appears abbreviated three times as a caesura between the text lines and completely at the end of the sentence. The soprano sings the cantus firmus in long notes, each prepared by the imitation of the lower voices. Alfred Dürr suspects that the gospel of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem inspired the festive music in 6/4 time. Christoph Wolff emphasizes that the small cast takes into account the Lent of Advent, when cantata music was only allowed on the 1st Sunday in Leipzig.
The first aria deals with the “great secret: the highest ruler appears to the world. … O miracle! chastity is not stained at all ”in the siciliano rhythm with string accompaniment, which is doubled by the oboes in tutti sections by the oboes. In great contrast, the second aria for bass emphasizes the appeal “Streite, siege, starker Held!” With a “fighting, tumultuous” theme in continuo, which is doubled in a later version by the high strings. Gardiner regards the aria as a forerunner to “Great Lord and Strong King” in Part I of the Christmas Oratorio . The ensuing duet expresses heartfelt thanks: “We honor this glory”, gently accompanied by strings. The last stanza is simply composed of four voices.
Recordings
- Cantatas. Erhard Mauersberger , Thomanerchor , Gewandhausorchester , Adele Stolte , Gerda Schriever , Peter Schreier , Theo Adam . Eterna 1967
- JS Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 4. Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Tölzer Knabenchor , Concentus Musicus Wien , soloist of the Tölzer Knabenchor, Paul Esswood , Kurt Equiluz , Ruud van der Meer . Teldec 1977
- The Bach Cantata Vol. 60. Helmuth Rilling , Gächinger Kantorei , Bach-Collegium Stuttgart , Inga Nielsen , Helen Watts , Aldo Baldin , Philippe Huttenlocher . Hänssler 1980
- JS Bach: Advent Cantatas. Philippe Herreweghe , Collegium Vocale Gent , Sibylla Rubens , Sarah Connolly , Christoph Prégardien , Peter Kooij , Harmonia Mundi France 1996
- JS Bach: Advent cantatas. John Eliot Gardiner , Monteverdi Choir , English Baroque Soloists , Nancy Argenta , Petra Lang , Anthony Rolfe Johnson , Olaf Bär . Archive production 1992
- Bach Edition Vol. 12 - Cantatas Vol. 6. Pieter Jan Leusink , Holland Boys Choir , Netherlands Bach Collegium , Ruth Holton , Sytse Buwalda , Knut Schoch , Bas Ramselaar . Brilliant Classics 1999
- JS Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 13. Ton Koopman , Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir , Deborah York , Franziska Gottwald , Paul Agnew , Klaus Mertens . Antoine Marchand 2000
- JS Bach: Cantatas Vol. 28 - Cantatas from Leipzig 1724. Masaaki Suzuki , Bach Collegium Japan , Yukari Nonoshita , Robin Blaze , Makoto Sakurada , Peter Kooij. UP TO 2004
- JS Bach: Cantatas for the Complete Liturgical Year Vol. 9. Sigiswald Kuijken , La Petite Bande , Gerlinde Sämann , Petra Noskaiová , Christoph Genz , Jan van der Crabben . Accent 2008
literature
- Alfred Dürr : Johann Sebastian Bach: The Cantatas. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1999, ISBN 3-7618-1476-3
- Werner Neumann : Handbook of the cantatas by Johann Sebastian 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 . Leipzig: Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt, ISBN 3-374-02390-8 ; Stuttgart: Carus-Verlag 2006 (Edition Bach Archive Leipzig), ISBN 3-89948-073-2
- Christoph Wolff / Ton Koopman : The world of Bach cantatas . Verlag J. B. Metzler, Stuttgart, Weimar 2006, ISBN 978-3-476-02127-4
Web links
- Come on now, the Heiden Heiland, BWV 62 : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Cantata BWV 62 Come on, the Gentile Savior on the bach-cantatas website
- Now come, the Gentile Savior on the Bach.de website
- BWV 62 Come on now, the Heiden Heiland Text, structure and cast on the personal homepage of Walter F. Bischof at the University of Alberta
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Christoph Wolff : Chorale cantatas from the cycle of the Leipzig church cantatas 1724-25 ( English , PDF; 4.8 MB) bach-cantatas.com. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
- ↑ a b John Eliot Gardiner : Cantatas for the First Sunday in Advent / St. Maria im Kapitol, Cologne ( English , PDF; 153 kB) bach-cantatas.com. 2007. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
- ↑ a b Julian Mincham: Chapter 27 BWV 62 Come on, the Gentile Savior ( English ) jsbachcantatas.com. 2010. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
