Whatever my God wants, always, BWV 111

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Bach cantata
Whatever my God wants, that's always the case
BWV: 111
Occasion: 3rd Sunday after Epiphany
Year of origin: 1725
Place of origin: Leipzig
Genus: cantata
Solo : SATB
Choir: SATB
Instruments : 2Ob 2Vl Va Bc
text
Albrecht of Prussia , unknown
List of Bach cantatas

What my God wants, the g'scheh allzeit ( BWV 111) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach . He composed the choir cantata in Leipzig for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany based on the hymn of the same name by Albrecht von Prussia and performed it for the first time on January 21, 1725.

Story and words

In his second year in Leipzig, Bach wrote the chorale cantata for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany (apparition of the Lord). The prescribed readings for Sunday were Rom 12,17-21  LUT , Christian rules of life, and Mt 8,1-13  LUT , the healing of a leper. The well-known hymn consists of four stanzas. Three of them were written by Albrecht von Prussia , who introduced the Reformation in the Duchy of Prussia , and another stanza was added by an anonymous poet when it was first published in 1554. The wording of the text of the first and last stanzas was retained for the cantata; an unknown librettist rewrote the two inner stanzas to form a series of aria and recitative . Similar to the cantata that Bach had written a year earlier for the occasion, Lord, as you will, so fancy with me , the text deals with submission to the will of God.

Occupation and structure

The cantata consists of four soloists, soprano , alto , tenor and bass , four-part choir, two oboes , two violins , viola and basso continuo .

  1. Coro: What my God wants, that's always the case
  2. Aria (bass): Don't be shocked, my dear
  3. Recitativo (alto): O foolish ones! who withdraws from God
  4. Aria (alto, tenor): So I take courageous steps
  5. Recitativo (soprano): That's when death lasts the spirit
  6. Chorale: One more thing, Lord, I want to ask you

music

In the opening choir, the soprano sings the chorale melody as cantus firmus in long notes. The melody appears in an interesting version, in which sections of two bars and three bars alternate, while Bach chose a version for his St. Matthew Passion as movement 25 in which all phrases are two bars long. In the cantata, the lower voices prepare each cantus firmus start by imitation, sometimes they repeat the line in the soprano s long sustained final note. The vocal parts are embedded in an independent orchestral set in which oboes and strings perform.

In movement 2, a bass aria, the librettist received one line of the chorale unchanged, "God is your consolation and confidence". For this line and even for its continuation "and your soul's life", Bach quotes the chorale melody in an embellished form. Movement 4 is a duet of alto and tenor, "So I go with courageous steps". The decisive steps are taken together in a minuet , accompanied by dotted rhythms over an organ point . Movement 5, a soprano recitative, emphasizes the last words “O blessed, desired end” as an arioso . It leads directly to the final chorale in a simple four-part movement.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Klaus Hofmann: Was mein Gott wants, das g'scheh allzeit / What my God wants, may it always happen, BWV 111 ( English , PDF; 391 kB) 2006. Accessed on January 19, 2012.
  2. ↑ What my God wants, that g'scheh all time / Text and Translation of Chorale ( English ) bach-cantatas.com. 2006. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  3. ↑ Chorale Melodies used in Bach's Vocal Works / Was mein Gott wants, das g'scheh allzeit ( English ) bach-cantatas.com. 2009. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
  4. ↑ a b Julian Mincham: Chapter 36 BWV 111 What my God wants, that g'scheh always ( English ) jsbachcantatas.com. 2010. Retrieved January 20, 2012.
Cantatas (BWV), oratorios and passions by Johann Sebastian Bach
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Secular cantatas

30a • 34a • 36c • 134a • 173a • 198 • 201 • 202 • 203 • 204 • 205 • 206 • 207 • 207a • 208 • 209 • 210 • 210a • 211 • 212 • 213 • 214 • 215 • 216a • 249a

Cantatas not preserved

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Passions

St. Matthew Passion (BWV 244) • St. John Passion (BWV 245) • St. Luke Passion (BWV 246) (Bach's authorship questioned) • St. Mark Passion (BWV 247)

Oratorios

Ascension Oratorio (BWV 11) • Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248) • Easter Oratorio (BWV 249)