Blessed are those who rely on their God
| Bach cantata | |
|---|---|
| Blessed are those who rely on their God | |
| BWV: | 139 |
| Occasion: | 23rd Sunday after Trinity |
| Year of origin: | 1724 |
| Place of origin: | Leipzig |
| Genus: | Choral cantata |
| Solo : | SATB |
| Choir: | SATB |
| Instruments : | 2Oa 2Vl Va Bc |
| text | |
| Johann Christoph Rube , unknown | |
| List of Bach cantatas | |
Good for those who focus on their God ( BWV 139) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach . He composed the choral cantata in Leipzig in 1724 for the 23rd Sunday after Trinity and performed it for the first time on November 12th, 1724. It is based on the hymn by Johann Christoph Rube (1692).
Story and words
Bach composed the cantata in his second year in office in Leipzig in 1724 for the 23rd Sunday after Trinity. The prescribed readings were Phil 3: 17-21 LUT , "Our walk is in heaven", and Mt 22 : 15-22 LUT , the trick question about the interest penny , which Jesus answered with: "Give to the emperor ...". The cantata is based on the hymn of the same name in five stanzas by Johann Christoph Rube (1692). It is sung to the melody of "Machs mit mir, Gott, nach Thy Güt" by Johann Hermann Schein (1628). An unknown lyricist retained the wording of the first and last stanzas as sentences 1 and 6 of the cantata and reworked the internal stanzas into an alternating sequence of arias and recitatives . From stanzas 2 he developed sentence 2, he rewrote sentence 3 with reference to the gospel, from stanzas 3 and 4 he derived sentences 4 and 5. According to Hans-Joachim Schulze , the poet could be Andreas Stöbel , a former co-rector of the Thomas School , who had the necessary theological knowledge.
Bach performed the cantata for the first time on November 12, 1724; further performances followed between 1732 and 35 and between 1744 and 47. For the second movement, the part of an obbligato violin exists , but the part of a second obligatory instrument is missing, the further violin or oboe d'amore.
Occupation and structure
The cantata is made up of chamber music with four soloists, soprano , alto , tenor and bass , four-part choir, two oboes d'amore , two violins , viola and basso continuo .
- Coro: Good for those who rely on their God
- Aria (tenor): God is my friend; what good is the romp
- Recitativo (old): The Savior sends his own
- Aria (bass): Misfortune hits on all sides
- Recitativo (soprano): Yes, I am about to have the greatest enemy in me
- Chorale: Therefore, in spite of the hells army!
music
The opening choir is a chorale fantasy, the instruments play independent concertante chamber music, the soprano sings the melody as cantus firmus , the lower voices interpret the text, which in the first section deals with the childlike trust of the believer, in the second “all the devils”, whom he “pleases” “Resists, so the third section. The key is E major , a rather seldom used key in Bach's time.
In the tenor aria, the motif on the words "God is my friend" appears again and again instrumentally. In movement 4, a bass aria with solo violin and the Oboi d'amore in unison , Bach seamlessly changes from loud, double-dotted music to peaceful sounds in 6/8 time to the text “But suddenly the helping hand appears”. The final chorale is a simple four-part movement.
Recordings
- Bach Cantatas Vol. 5 - Sundays after Trinity II '. Karl Richter , Munich Bach Choir , Munich Bach Orchestra , Edith Mathis , Trudeliese Schmidt , Ernst Haefliger , Peter Schreier , Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau . Archive production , 1978.
- The Bach Cantata Vol. 58. Helmuth Rilling , Gächinger Kantorei , Bach-Collegium Stuttgart , Inga Nielsen , Helen Watts , Adalbert Kraus , Philippe Huttenlocher . Hänssler, 1980.
- JS Bach: The Cantata Work, Volume 34 - BWV 136-139. Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Tölzer Knabenchor , Concentus Musicus Wien , soloist of the Tölzer Knabenchor, Paul Esswood , Kurt Equiluz , Robert Holl . Teldec , 1982.
- JS Bach: Cantatas (21st & 23rd Sunday after Trinity). John Eliot Gardiner , Monteverdi Choir , English Baroque Soloists , Katharine Fuge , Derek Lee Ragin , Julian Podger , Gotthold Schwarz . Soli Deo Gloria, 1998.
- JS Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 11. Ton Koopman , Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir , Lisa Larsson , Annette Markert , Christoph Prégardien , Klaus Mertens . Antoine Marchand, 1999.
- Bach Edition Vol. 11 - Cantatas Vol. 5. Pieter Jan Leusink , Holland Boys Choir , Netherlands Bach Collegium , Marjon Strijk , Sytse Buwalda , Nico van der Meel , Bas Ramselaar . Brilliant Classics, 1999.
- JS Bach: Cantatas Vol. 28 - Cantatas from Leipzig 1724 - BWV 26, 62, 116, 139. Masaaki Suzuki , Bach Collegium Japan , Yukari Nonoshita , Robin Blaze , Makoto Sakurada , Peter Kooi . UP, 2004.
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JS Bach: Cantata BWV 139 “Good for him who relies on his God”. Rudolf Lutz , Schola Seconda Pratica , Susanne Frei , Antonia Frey , Johannes Kaleschke , Ekkehard Abele . DVD. Gallus Media, 2008.
- as CD: Bach Cantatas No. 7. BWV 28, 139, 159. Gallus Media, 2013.
literature
- Alfred Dürr : Johann Sebastian Bach: The Cantatas. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1999, ISBN 3-7618-1476-3
- Werner Neumann : Handbook of the cantatas by JSBachs , 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, ISBN 3-89948-073-2 (Edition Bach Archive Leipzig)
- 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 139 : Sheet music and audio files in the International Music Score Library Project
- Cantata BWV 139 "Good for him who relies on his God" by Bach Cantatas (English)
- Cantata BWV 139 “Good for him who relies on his God” on bach cantatas website
- “Good for those who rely on their God” on the Bach website
- BWV 139 Well for those who refer to his God text, structure and cast on the personal homepage of Walter F. Bischof at the University of Alberta
Individual evidence
- ↑ Good for those who focus on their God / Text and Translation of Chorale ( English ) bach-cantatas.com. 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
- ↑ Chorale Melodies used in Bach's Vocal Works / Machs mit mir, Gott, after your goodness ( English ) bach-cantatas.com. 2006. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
- ↑ a b Christoph Wolff : The Leipzig church cantatas: the chorale cantata cycle (II: 1724–1725) ( English , PDF) 1999, p. 7 (accessed on November 5, 2012).
- ↑ Klaus Hofmann: Well to the one who is on his God, BWV 139, BWV 139 / Happy the Man who in his God (PDF; 4.0 MB) bach-cantatas.com. 2005. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
- ↑ a b c Julian Mincham: Chapter 24 BWV 139 Good for those who rely on their God ( English ) jsbachcantatas.com. 2010. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
- ↑ a b John Eliot Gardiner : Cantatas for the Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity / Winchester Cathedral ( English , PDF; 158 kB) bach-cantatas.com. 2010. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
