Who only lets God rule, BWV 93
| Bach cantata | |
|---|---|
| Who only lets God rule | |
| BWV: | 93 |
| Occasion: | 5th Sunday after Trinity |
| Year of origin: | 1724 |
| Place of origin: | Leipzig |
| Genus: | Choral cantata |
| Solo : | SATB |
| Choir: | SATB |
| Instruments : | 2Oa 2Vn Va Bc |
| text | |
| Georg Neumark , unknown | |
| List of Bach cantatas | |
Who only lets God rule ( BWV 93) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach . He wrote it in Leipzig for the 5th Sunday after Trinity and performed it for the first time on July 9, 1724. It is a chorale cantata in its 2nd annual cycle and is based on the song Who only lets God rule by Georg Neumark .
Story and words
In his second year in Leipzig, Bach composed the cantata for the 5th Sunday after Trinity. The prescribed readings were as Epistle 1 Pet 3 : 8–15 LUT , “Sanctify Christ in your hearts” and as the Gospel Lk 5 : 1–11 LUT , Simon Peter's great catch .
The cantata is based on the consolation song in seven stanzas Who only lets God rule , which Georg Neumark composed around 1641 and probably also set to music. It was first published in his collection Fortgepflantzter Musical-Poetischer Lustwald in Jena in 1657. The song relates in general terms to the readings. An unknown poet kept the first, fourth and last stanzas literally in a symmetrical arrangement and worked the remaining stanzas into as many recitatives and arias . In recitatives 2 and 5, he expanded the lyrics to include free formulations, including a reference to the gospel in sentence 5.
Bach first performed the cantata on July 9, 1724. From the first performance only the continuo parts of the first four movements have survived. Manuscripts of the entire cantata come from a later performance around 1732/1733, so it is not certain whether the cantata had the same structure from the beginning.
Occupation and structure
The cantata is occupied by four vocal soloists, soprano , alto , tenor and bass , four-part choir, two oboes , two violins , viola and basso continuo .
- Coro: Who only lets God rule
- Recitativo (+ chorale, bass): What help do serious worries help us?
- Aria (tenor): Just keep a little quiet
- Aria Duetto (soprano, alto): He knows the real hours of joy
- Recitativo (+ chorale, tenor): Do not think in the heat of your tribulation
- Aria (soprano): I want to look at the gentleman
- Chorale: Sing, pray and walk in God's ways
music
In the central duet, violins and viola play the chorale melody. Bach later adapted this movement into one of his Schübler chorales , BWV 647.
The opening choir is a concerto of three ensembles: the orchestra, dominated by the two oboes, plays an introduction and ritornello , the cantus firmus is in the soprano, the lower voices begin before the soprano entry of each line and continue singing during the final note.
Movements 2 and 5 are similar in their alternation between the slightly ornate chorale melody and the recitative.
In the first aria, Bach uses a motif that turns the beginning of the chorale melody to major in order to express trust in God. The cantata ends with a simple four-part movement.
Recordings
- LP / CD
- JS Bach: Cantatas BWV 93 & BWV 131. Hans Thamm , Windsbacher Knabenchor , Consortium Musicum, Teresa Żylis-Gara , Ingeborg Ruß , Peter Schreier , Franz Crass . EMI Electrola, 1966.
- Bach Cantatas Vol. 3 - Ascension Day, Whitsun, Trinity. Karl Richter , Munich Bach Choir , Munich Bach Orchestra , Edith Mathis , Anna Reynolds , Peter Schreier , Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau . Archive production , 1975.
- The Bach Cantata Vol. 14. Helmuth Rilling , Gächinger Kantorei , Bach-Collegium Stuttgart , Arleen Augér , Ann Murray , Adalbert Kraus , Walter Heldwein . 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 , Ruud van der Meer . Teldec , 1979.
- JS Bach: Complete Cantatas, Vol. 21. Ton Koopman , Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir , Deborah York , Franziska Gottwald , Paul Agnew , Klaus Mertens . Antoine Marchand, 2000.
- JS Bach: Cantatas for the Complete Liturgical Year, Vol. 5. Sigiswald Kuijken , La Petite Bande , Siri Thornhill , Petra Noskaiová , Christoph Genz , Jan van der Crabben . Accent, 2005.
- DVD
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Who only lets God rule. Rudolf Lutz , choir and orchestra of the JS Bach Foundation , Miriam Feuersinger , Jan Börner, Julius Pfeifer, Markus Volpert. Including an introductory workshop and reflection by Michael von Brück . Gallus Media, 2011.
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. Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt, Leipzig, ISBN 3-374-02390-8 ; Carus-Verlag, Stuttgart 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
- Sources for "Who only lets God rule" BWV 93 at Bach digital of the Bach Archive Leipzig
- Cantata BWV 93 “Who only lets God rule” : Notes and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Cantata BWV 93 “Who only lets God rule” on the bach-cantatas website
- "Who only lets God rule" on the Bach.de website
- BWV 93 “Who only lets God rule” Text, structure, cast on the personal page of Walter F. Bischof at the University of Alberta
Individual evidence
- ↑ Who only lets God rule / Text and Translation of Chorale ( English ) bach-cantatas.com. 2008. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
- ↑ Chorale Melodies used in Bach's Vocal Works / Who only lets God rule ( English ) bach-cantatas.com. 2009. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
- ↑ Craig Smith: Bach Cantata Notes BWV 93 ( English ) Emmanuel Music. Retrieved June 23, 2010.
