What God does is done well, BWV 99
| Bach cantata | |
|---|---|
| What God does is well done | |
| BWV: | 99 |
| Occasion: | 15th Sunday after Trinity |
| Year of origin: | 1724 |
| Place of origin: | Leipzig |
| Genus: | cantata |
| Solo : | SATB |
| Choir: | SATB |
| Instruments : | Co Ft Oa 2Vl Va Bc |
| text | |
| unknown | |
| List of Bach cantatas | |
What God does is done well ( BWV 99) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach . He composed it in Leipzig in 1724 for the 15th Sunday after Trinity and performed it for the first time on September 17th, 1724.
Story and words
In his second year in office in Leipzig, Bach composed the choral cantata in 1724 for the 15th Sunday after Trinity.
The prescribed readings for Sunday were Gal 5,25 LUT to Gal 6,10 LUT , the "admonition to walk in the Spirit", and Mt 6,23-34 LUT , from the Sermon on the Mount, the call not to take care of little faith, but to follow to seek the kingdom of God. The cantata text is based on the chorale What God does, that is well done (1674) by Samuel Rodigast . The chant refers generally to the gospel. Its six stanzas begin with the same line.
The unknown lyricist kept the outer stanzas and rewrote the remaining stanzas into as many movements. He got some rhymes in sentence 2. In sentence 4 he referred directly to the Gospel with a paraphrase of the last verse to "And every day has its own plague." In sentence 5 he reinforced the connection between the suffering of Jesus and that of his followers through two allusions to the cross.
Bach uses the chorale in several other cantatas, namely What God does is done well, BWV 100 .
Occupation and structure
The cantata is made up of four soloists, soprano , alto , tenor and bass , four-part choir, horn to reinforce the choral melody, flauto traverso , oboe d'amore , two violins , viola and basso continuo .
- Coro: What God does is well done
- Recitativo (bass): His word of truth is fixed
- Aria (tenor): Just don't shake yourself, despondent soul
- Recitativo (Alto): Well, the covenant made for ever .
- Aria (soprano, alto): When the bitterness of the cross
- Chorale: What God does is done well
music
The entrance choir has a pronounced concerto character. The strings open with a theme derived from the chorale melody. After 16 bars a concertino of flute, oboe d'amore and violin I begins, with the oboe playing the theme presented by the strings, the flute counterpointing sixteenth notes. The voices begin three bars later with the chorale, the cantus firmus is in the soprano and is amplified by the horn. In the interlude that follows the tunnels of the bar form , all instruments come together to form a concerto. The sequence is repeated for the second tunnel. In the swan song Bach combines differently, this time strings and winds take over, the flute acts as a soloist, sometimes alternating with the oboe. Accordingly, the aftermath is not a repetition of the introduction, but rather a varied concert.
The first secco recitative ends with a long coloratura on the word “turn”. The first aria is accompanied by the flute and once again requires a capable flutist, as in the cantatas composed shortly before What do I ask about the world and take from us, Lord, you faithful God . The text speaks of the shaking of the soul, which is vividly painted, although the request is made that the soul should not be shaken. The second recitative is similar to the first and emphasizes the word “appears”. In the last aria, a duet, the strings remain silent, flute and oboe accompany the female voices. The instruments begin with a ritornello in a trio with the continuo. After a first vocal section, a second brings new thematic material, but it refers to the first through the repetition of instrumental motifs , then the ritornello is repeated as a framework. The final chorale is a simple four-part movement.
Recordings
LP / CD
- The Bach Cantata Vol. 52. Helmuth Rilling , Gächinger Kantorei , Bach-Collegium Stuttgart , Arleen Augér , Helen Watts , Lutz-Michael Harder , John Bröcheler . Hänssler, 1979.
- JS Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 5. Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Tölzer Knabenchor , Concentus Musicus Wien , soloist of the Tölzer Knabenchor, Paul Esswood , Kurt Equiluz , Philippe Huttenlocher . Teldec , 1979.
- JS Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 12. Sound Koopman , Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir , Lisa Larsson , Annette Markert, Christoph Prégardien , Klaus Mertens . Antoine Marchand, 2000.
- Bach Cantatas Vol. 8: Bremen / Santiago / For the 15th Sunday after Trinity / For the 16th Sunday after Trinity. John Eliot Gardiner , Monteverdi Choir , English Baroque Soloists , Malin Hartelius , William Towers, James Gilchrist , Peter Harvey . Soli Deo Gloria, 2000.
- JS Bach: Cantatas Vol. 25 - Cantatas from Leipzig 1723. Masaaki Suzuki , Bach Collegium Japan , Yukari Nonoshita, Daniel Taylor, Makoto Sakurada, Peter Kooij . UP, 2003.
DVD
- "What God does is well done". Cantata BWV 99. Rudolf Lutz , choir and orchestra of the JS Bach Foundation , Julia Neumann, Claude Eichenberger, Johannes Kaleschke, Fabrice Hayoz. Including an introductory workshop and reflection by Barbara Neymeyr . Gallus Media, 2013.
literature
- Alfred Dürr : Johann Sebastian Bach: The Cantatas. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1999, ISBN 3-7618-1476-3 and Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-423-04431-4 .
- Werner Neumann : Manual 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-Verlag).
- Christoph Wolff , Ton Koopman : The world of Bach cantatas . Verlag JB Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2006, ISBN 978-3-476-02127-4 .
Web links
- Cantata, BWV 99 : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Materials from cantata BWV 99 at Bach Digital of the Bach Archives Leipzig
- Cantata BWV 99 What God does is good for Bach Cantatas (English)
- What God does is done well on the Bach website
- BWV 99 What God does is well done Text, structure and composition on the personal homepage of Walter F. Bischof at the University of Alberta
Individual evidence
- ↑ What God does, is well done ( English ) 2005. Accessed September 26, 2011th
- ↑ Julian Mincham: Chapter 15 BWV 99 What God does is well done ( English ) jsbachcantatas.com. 2010. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
- ↑ Chorale Melodies used in Bach's Vocal Works / What God does, that is well done ( English ) bach-cantatas.com. 2006. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
