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Bach's First Cantata Cycle
Bach's first cantata cycle refers to the church cantatas Johann Sebastian Bach composed for the somewhat less than 60 occasions of the liturgical year of his first year as in Leipzig which required concerted music. That year ran from the first Sunday after Trinity Sunday, Trinity in 1723 to Trinity Sunday of the next year: # Trinity I, : Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75, ''Die Elenden sollen essen'', BWV 75 # Trinity II, : Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76, ''Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes'', BWV 76 # Trinity III, : Weimar cantata Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21, ''Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis'', BWV 21 restaged (third version in C minor) # Trinity IV, : Ein ungefärbt Gemüte, BWV 24, ''Ein ungefärbt Gemüte'', BWV 24, and Weimar cantata Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe, BWV 185, ''Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe'', BWV 185 restaged # Nativity of St. John the Baptist, : Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe, BWV 167, ''Ihr Mensc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Cantata
A church cantata or sacred cantata is a cantata intended to be performed during Christian liturgy. The genre was particularly popular in 18th-century Lutheran Germany, with many composers writing an extensive output: Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, Stölzel, Georg Philipp Telemann, Telemann, Christoph Graupner, Graupner and Johann Krieger, Krieger each wrote nearly or more than a thousand. The best known examples, however, are those of Johann Sebastian Bach, whose output stands out not by quantity but by the high level of expertise and craftmanship which they showcase. The bulk of extant cantatas were composed for occasions occurring in the liturgical calendar of the German Reformation era, including Passion cantatas for Good Friday, and most made reference to the content of the readings and to Lutheran hymns appropriate for the occasion. The chorale, melodies of such hymns often appeared in cantatas, for example as in the four-part harmony, four-part settings concluding Bach's works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ach! Ich Sehe, Itzt, Da Ich Zur Hochzeit Gehe, BWV 162
Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata (Ah! I see, now, when I go to the wedding), 162, in Weimar for the 20th Sunday after Trinity and first performed it in 1715 or 1716. History and words On 2 March 1714 Bach was appointed concertmaster of the Weimar court capelle of the co-reigning dukes Wilhelm Ernst and Ernst August of Saxe-Weimar. As concertmaster, he assumed the principal responsibility for composing new works, specifically cantatas for the ' (palace church), on a monthly schedule. He wrote the cantata for the 20th Sunday after Trinity. The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the Epistle to the Ephesians, "walk circumspectly, ... filled with the Spirit" (), and from the Gospel of Matthew, the parable of the great banquet (). The cantata text was provided by the court poet Salomon Franck, published in ' (1715). He refers to the gospel and reflects how essential it is to follow the loving invitation of the Lord. Franck's language is rich in cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ich Elender Mensch, Wer Wird Mich Erlösen, BWV 48
Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata (Wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me), 48, in Leipzig for the 19th Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 3 October 1723. History and words Bach wrote the cantata in 1723 for the 19th Sunday after Trinity as part of his first cantata cycle. The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians, "put on the new man, which after God is created" (), and from the Gospel of Matthew, Healing the paralytic at Capernaum (). The first movement is written on words from Romans 7:24, stressing the need of the sinner for redemption. The unknown poet saw the soul more in need of rescue than the body, affirmed by a chorale as movement 3, verse 4 of the hymn "" (1604) attributed to, amongst others, Johann Major and .Stephen A Crist"BWV 48/3: Chorale", pp. 66–75in ''Historical Musicology: Sources, Methods, Interpretations''. Boydell & Brewer, 2004. After contemplating ideas based on and , he c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bringet Dem Herrn Ehre Seines Namens, BWV 148
Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata (Bring to the Lord the honor due His name), 148, probably in 1723 in Leipzig for the 17th Sunday after Trinity. History and words Bach probably wrote the cantata in 1723 in his first year in Leipzig for the 17th Sunday after Trinity. The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the Epistle to the Ephesians, the admonition to keep the unity of the Spirit (), and from the Gospel of Luke, healing a man with dropsy on the Sabbath (). The cantata text refers not to the healing, but to the honour due to God on the Sabbath. The words for the opening chorus are from Psalm 29 (). The lyrics of the cantata are based on a poem in six verses of Picander, "", published in 1725 in his first spiritual book . The Bach scholar Alfred Dürr has nevertheless reason to date the cantata in 1723 already, suggesting that the cantata text may have preceded the poem, but there is no certain evidence that the cantata was not composed some years late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christus, Der Ist Mein Leben, BWV 95
Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata (Christ, he is my life), 95 in Leipzig for the 16th Sunday after Trinity Sunday, Trinity and first performed it on 12 September 1723. History and text Bach wrote the cantata in his first year at Leipzig for the List of church cantatas by liturgical occasion#16th Sunday after Trinity (Trinity XVI), 16th Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 12 September 1723. The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the Epistle to the Ephesians, praying for the strengthening of faith in the congregation of Ephesus (), and from the Gospel of Luke, the raising from the dead of the Young man from Nain (). In Bach's time the story pointed immediately at the resurrection of the dead, expressed as a desire to die soon. As Salomon Franck expressed in his text for cantata , composed in Weimar in 1715, the unknown poet concentrates on a desire to die, in hope to be raised like the young man from Nain. The poet includes four stanzas from four ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warum Betrübst Du Dich, Mein Herz, BWV 138
Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata ' (Why do you trouble yourself, my heart), 138, in Leipzig for the 15th Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 5 September 1723. The text by an unknown author includes three stanzas from the hymn of the same name. Its text and melody were formerly attributed to Hans Sachs, but were written by an unknown hymn writer. The cantata has seven movements and is scored for SATB soloists and choir, two oboes d'amore, two violins, viola and basso continuo. The cantata has features of a chorale cantata although it was written a year before Bach's annual cycle of chorale cantatas. Bach used an aria as the base of the ' of his Missa in G major. History and words Bach wrote the cantata in his first year in Leipzig for the 15th Sunday after Trinity. The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the Epistle to the Galatians, Paul's admonition to "walk in the Spirit" (), and from the Gospel of Matthew, from the Sermon on the Mount t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Es Ist Nichts Gesundes An Meinem Leibe, BWV 25
Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata (There is nothing sound in my body), 25 in Leipzig for the 14th Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 29 August 1723. History and words Bach composed the cantata in 1723 in his first year as in Leipzig for the 14th Sunday after Trinity. The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the Epistle to the Galatians, Paul's teaching on "works of the flesh" and "fruit of the Spirit" (), and from the Gospel of Luke, Cleansing ten lepers (). According to Christoph Wolff, the cantata text was written by Johann Jacob Rambach and published in 1720 in Halle in . The poet relates to the Gospel and compares the situation of man in general to that of the lepers. The sickness is first expressed in words from Psalm 38, . As Julian Mincham observes, "sin, decay, God's fury and the rotting of bones permeate much Lutheran theology in general and this opening chorus in particular". At the end of the third movement, Jesus is asked to hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Du Sollt Gott, Deinen Herren, Lieben, BWV 77
Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata (You shall love God, your Lord), 77 in Leipzig for the thirteenth Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 22 August 1723. Bach composed the cantata in his first year as ''Thomaskantor'' in Leipzig, where he had begun a first cantata cycle for the occasions of the liturgical year on the first Sunday after Trinity with . The cantata text, written by Johann Oswald Knauer, is focused on the prescribed reading for the Sunday, the parable of the Good Samaritan containing the Great Commandment, which is used as the text of the first movement. A pair of recitative and aria deals with the love of God, while a symmetrical pair deals with the love of the neighbour. Bach did not write the text of the closing chorale in the score, but probably his son Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach. Bach scored the cantata for four vocal soloists, mixed choir, tromba da tirarsi, two oboes, strings and continuo. In the first movement Bach uses an i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lobe Den Herrn, Meine Seele, BWV 69a
Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata (Praise the Lord, my soul), 69a, also BWV69.1, at Bach Digital website: Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele BWV 69.1; BWV 69a; BC A 123 / Sacred cantata (12th Sunday after Trinity) in Leipzig for the twelfth Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 15 August 1723. It is part of his first cantata cycle. History and words Bach wrote the cantata in his first year in Leipzig, which he had started after Trinity of 1723, for the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity. The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the Second Epistle to the Corinthians, the ministry of the Spirit (), and from the Gospel of Mark, the healing of a deaf mute man (). The unknown poet referred to the gospel, but saw in the healing more generally God constantly doing good for man. The opening chorus is therefore taken from , "Praise the Lord, my soul, and do not forget the good He has done for you". The poetry refers to "telling" several times, related to the heal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mein Herze Schwimmt Im Blut, BWV 199
Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata (My heart swims in blood) 199 in Weimar between 1711 and 1714, and performed it on the eleventh Sunday after Trinity, 12 August 1714. It is a solo cantata for soprano. The text was written by Georg Christian Lehms and published in Darmstadt in 1711 in the collection , on the general topic of redemption. The librettist wrote a series of alternating recitatives and arias, and included as the sixth movement (of eight) the third stanza of Johann Heermann's hymn "". It is not known when Bach composed the work, but he performed it as part of his monthly cantata productions on the eleventh Sunday after Trinity, 12 August 1714. The solo voice is accompanied by a Baroque instrumental ensemble of oboe, strings and continuo. The singer expresses in a style similar to Baroque opera the dramatic development from feeling like a "monster in God's eyes" to being forgiven. Bach revised the work for later performances, leading to three different ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siehe Zu, Daß Deine Gottesfurcht Nicht Heuchelei Sei, BWV 179
Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata (See to it, that your fear of God be not hypocrisy), 179 in Leipzig for the eleventh Sunday after Trinity Sunday, Trinity and first performed it on 8 August 1723. History and words Bach composed the cantata in his first year in Leipzig, which he had started after Trinity of 1723, for the List of church cantatas by liturgical occasion#11th Sunday after Trinity (Trinity XI), Eleventh Sunday after Trinity. The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the First Epistle to the Corinthians, on the gospel of Christ and Paul the Apostle, Paul's duty as an apostle (), and from the Gospel of Luke, the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican, Pharisee and the Tax Collector (). The unknown poet stayed close to the gospel and alluded to several Bible passages. The cantata is opened by a line from . the closing chorale is the first stanza of Christoph Tietze's hymn "Ich armer Mensch, ich armer Sünder" (1663). Bach first performed the ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
