Move away, sad shadows
| Bach cantata | |
|---|---|
| Move away, sad shadows | |
| BWV: | 202 |
| Occasion: | wedding |
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| Place of origin: | |
| Genus: | cantata |
| Solo : | S. |
| Instruments : | Ob, 2 Vl, Va, Bc |
| AD : | 20 minutes |
| text | |
| unknown, Salomon Franck ? | |
| List of Bach cantatas | |
Just soften, saddened shadows ( BWV 202) is a secular cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach . The exact date of creation is unknown. An Autograph Bach is not received, the work is only one copy of John Ringk known to 1730th The cantata was written on the occasion of a wedding ceremony, possibly for Bach's own wedding with the soprano Anna Magdalena on December 3, 1721 in Köthen , but perhaps also during his time in Weimar around 1714.
Structure and instrumentation
The cantata is written for a soprano part , which is accompanied by an oboe , two violins , viola and basso continuo .
The work consists of nine movements, with a regular sequence of arias and short recitatives :
- Aria: Move away, sad shadows
- Recitative: The world will be new again
- Aria: Phoebus hurries with fast horses
- Recitative: Cupid is also looking for pleasure
- Aria: When the spring breezes pass
- Recitative: And this is happiness
- Aria: Practice in loving, heart in jokes
- Recitative: So be the bond of chaste love
- Gavotte: Behold contentedly
Text and music
The author of the libretto is also unknown. Perhaps this was Salomon Franck , who put together numerous cantata texts during Bach's Weimar period . Thematically, the text deals with the change of the seasons, more precisely the receding of winter before spring.
The introductory aria begins with an extended adagio . After broken chords in the strings, a melodious passage in the oboe leads to the singing voice, in which the “sad shadows” of winter are expressed through diminished harmonies. The aria as a whole is in da capo form , the middle part, entitled Andante , sings about “ Florens Lust ”, after which the Adagio is repeated.
The recitative "The world will be new again" heralds the arrival of spring, followed by the virtuoso aria "Phoebus hurries with fast horses". The gait of the horses is imitated in the continuo, the piece shows similarities with the final movement of the Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in G major BWV 1019.
The recitative “Drum also Amor seeks his pleasure” is followed by the aria “When the spring airs strike”, which is accompanied by the violin and is the only one in the cantata in a minor key.
The recitative “And this is happiness” leads to the aria “Practice yourself in love, heart yourself in jokes”, in dance-like 3/8 time, accompanied by the oboe.
In the recitative “So be the bond of chaste love” the moral index finger is raised briefly : the mentioned “sudden fall” sounds as a musical figure in the cello , before the work ends with a French-inspired gavotte in a popular tone.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Introduction to BWV 202 Rudolf Lutz and Karl Graf
- ↑ Commentary by Simon Crouch (English)
Web links
- Move aside, sad shadows, BWV 202 : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Text of the cantata
