BWV 30 Freue dich, erlöste Schar St. John the Baptist. Poet unknown, probably Picander. 6. Johann Olearius, verse 3 of “Tröstet, tröstet meine Lieben,” 1671 (Fischer-Tümpel, IV, #42). 24 June 1738 or in one of the following years, Leipzig; Parody: 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12 – BWV 30a. BG 5, 1; NBA I/29. [...]
BWV 28 Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende The Sunday after Christmas Erdmann Neumeister, Geistliche Poesien (Eisenach, 1714); Facs: Neumann T, p. 293. 2. Johann Gramann, verse 1 of the hymn, 1530 (Wackernagel, III, #968ff.); 3. Jer. 32:41; 6. Paul Eber, final verse of “Helft mir Gotts Güte preisen,” ca. 1590 (Wackernagel, IV, #7). [...]
BWV 27 Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende? Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Poet unknown. 1. Ämilie Juliane von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, verse 1 of the hymn, 1686 (Fischer-Tümpel, V, #631) with interpolated recitative; 6. Johann Georg Albinus, verse 1 of the hymn, 1649 (Fischer-Tümpel, IV, #312). 6 October 1726, Leipzig. BG 5, 1; NBA I/23. 1. [...]
BWV 26 Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity Poet unknown. 1. Michael Franck, verse 1 of the hymn, 1652 (Fischer-Tümpel, IV, #254); 2. based on verse 2; 3. based loosely on verses 3-9; 4. based on verse 10; 5. based on verses 11- 12; 6. verse 13 of the hymn. 19 [...]
BWV 25 Es ist nichts Gesundes an meinem Leibe Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity Poet unknown. 1. Ps. 38:4 with the chorale melody “Herzlich tut mich verlangen nach einem selgen End” (cf. BWV 161/1)(1); 6. Johann Heermann, last verse of “Treuer Gott, ich muß dir klagen,” 1630 (Fischer-Tümpel, I, #347). 29 August 1723, Leipzig. BG 5, [...]
BWV 24 Ein ungefärbt Gemüte Fourth Sunday after Trinity Erdmann Neumeister, Geistliche Poesien (Eisenach, 1714); Facs: Neumann T, p. 297. 3. Mt. 7:12; 6. Johann Heermann, verse 1 of the hymn, 1630 (Fischer-Tümpel, I, #355). 20 June 1723, Leipzig. BG 5, 1; NBA I/17. 1. Aria (A) An undisguised intention Of native(1) faith and kindness [...]
BWV 23 Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn Estomihi (Quinquagesima Sunday) Poet unknown. 2. Melody of the German Agnus Dei, Braunschweig, 1524; 4. text of the preceding. Composed in Cöthen for the audition for the cantorship in Leipzig, 7 February 1723 (whether it was performed is not known, see Dürr, p. 217); also, at the [...]
BWV 22 Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe Estomihi (Quinquagesima Sunday) Poet unknown; PT for re-performance (Leipzig, 1724); Facs: Neumann T, p. 427. 1. Lk. 18:31 and 34; 5. Elisabeth Kreuziger, verse 5 of “Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn,” 1524 (Wackernagel, III, #67f.). 1723, for the audition for the cantorship in Leipzig?; also 2 [...]
BWV 21 Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis Third Sunday after Trinity and For any occasion Salomo Franck 2. Ps. 94:19; 6. Ps. 42:12; 9. Ps. 116:7 and Georg Neumark, verses 2 and 5 of “Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten,” 1657 (Fischer-Tümpel, IV, #365); 11. Rev. 5:12-13. Probably 17 June 1714, Weimar; other performances: ?1720, [...]
BWV 20 O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort I First Sunday after Trinity Poet unknown. 1. Johann Rist, verse 1 of the hymn, 1642 (Fischer-Tümpel, II, #204); 2. based closely on verse 2; 3. based on verse 3; 4. based on verses 4 and 5; 5-6. based on verses 5 and 6; 7. verse 8; 8-10. based [...]
BWV 19 Es erhub sich ein Streit St. Michael and All Angels Poet unknown, a revision of verses 1, 3, 6, and 7 of a Michaelmas poem in Picander’s Sammlung Erbaulicher Gedancken (Leipzig, 1724/25); Facs: Neumann T, p. 309. 1-2. based upon Rev. 12:7-9; 3. verse 3 of Picander with the chorale melody “Herzlich lieb [...]
BWV 18 Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt Sexagesima Sunday Erdmann Neumeister, Geistliches Singen und Spielen (Gotha, 1711); Facs: Neumann T, p. 294. 2. Is. 55:10-11; 3. Martin Luther, portions of the Litany, 1528/29, with interpolated recitative; 5. Lazarus Spengler, verse 8 of “Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt,” 1524 (Wackernagel, III, #71). [...]
BWV 17 Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity Poet unknown (Christoph Helm?);(1) PT (Rudolstadt, 1726). 1. Ps. 50:23; 4. Lk. 17: 15-16; 7. Johann Gramann, verse 3 of “Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren,” 1530 (Wackernagel, I, #455). 9 September 1726, Leipzig; Parody: 1 —> Mass in G Major, BWV 236/6. [...]
BWV 16, ‘Herr Gott, dich loben wir’ (Part 1 & 2) BWV 16 Herr Gott, dich loben wir New Year’s Day (Feast of the Circumcision) Georg Christian Lehms, Gottgefälliges Kirchen-Opffer (Darmstadt, 1711); Facs: Neumann T, p. 258. 1. Martin Luther, beginning of the German Te Deum, 1529 (Wackernagel, III, #31); 6. Paul Eber, last verse [...]
Weekends with Bach BWV 14 Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit Fourth Sunday after Epiphany Poet unknown. 1. Martin Luther, verse 1 of the hymn, 1524 (Wackernagel, III, #27), an adaptation of Ps. 124; 2-4. based freely on verse 2; 5. verse 3 of the hymn. 30 January 1735, Leipzig. BG 2; NBA I/6. [...]
Weekends with Bach BWV 12 Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen Jubilate (Third Sunday after Easter) Salomo Franck.(1) 3. Act 14:22; 6. Johann Crüger’s chorale melody for “Jesu, meine Freude” by Johann Franck, 1650 (cf. BWV 227); 7. Samuel Rodigast, final verse of “Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan,” 1674 (Fischer-Tümpel, IV, #467). 22 April 1714, Weimar; [...]
BWV 2 Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein Second Sunday after Trinity Poet unknown. 1. Martin Luther, verse 1 of the hymn, based on Ps. 12, 1524 (Wackernagel, III, #3); 2-5. based on verses 2-5; 6. verse 6 of the hymn. 18 June 1724, Leipzig. BG 1; NBA I/16. 1. Chorus [Verse 1] (S, A, [...]
Weekends with Bach BWV 8 Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben? Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity Poet unknown. 1. Caspar Neumann, verse 1 of the hymn, 1697; 2-5. based freely on verses 2-4; 6. verse 6, the final verse, of the hymn. 24 September 1724, Leipzig; transposed from E Major to D Major for a performance [...]
Weekends with Bach Via J.S. Bach, BWV 3, “Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid” BWV 3 Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid Second Sunday after Epiphany. Poet unknown. 1. Martin Moller, verse 1 of the hymn, 1587, after Bernard of Clairvaux, “Jesu dulcis memoria” (Wackernagel, I, #38); 2. verse 2 with interpolated recitative; 3-5. based freely on [...]
Weekends with Bach BWV 147 Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Poet unknown; Movements 1, 3, 5, 7: Salomo Franck, Evangelische Sonn- und Fest-Tages-Andachten (Weimar and Jena, 1717); Facs: Neumann T, p. 291. 6. Martin Jahn, verse 6 of “Jesu, meiner Seelen Wonne,” 1661 (Fischer-Tümpel, V, #497); [...]
Weekends with Bach Via J.S. Bach Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit BWV 106 Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit Actus Tragicus A Funeral (possibly of Bach’s uncle, Tobias Lämmerhirt, d. 10 August 1707). Poet unknown. 2a. Adaptation of Acts 17:28; 2b. Ps. 90:12; 2c. Is. 38:1; 2d. Ecclus. 14:17 and Rev. 22:20 with instrumental [...]
Weekends with Bach J.S. Bach BWV 200, ‘Bekennen will ich seinen Namen’ (I want to acknowledge His name) The Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary (The Presentation of Christ in the Temple). Poet unknown (fragmentary). After 1735, perhaps in the 1740′s (so Dürr, p. 545). C. F. Peters (1935); NBA I/28. 1. Aria (A) Acknowledge [...]
Chorus [S, A, T, B] Oboe I/II, Violino I/II, Viola, Tromba da tirarsi col Soprano, Continuo Wo soll ich fliehen hin, Where should I flee Weil ich beschweret bin since I am weighed down Mit viel und großen Sünden? by my many grievious sins? Wo soll ich Rettung finden? Where should I find rescue? Wenn [...]
BWV 152 Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn The Sunday after Christmas Salomo Franck, Evangelisches Andachts-Opffer…in geistlichen Cantaten (Weimar, 1715); Facs: Neumann T, p. 275. 30 December 1714, Weimar. BG 32; NBG Jg. 48-50,1; NBA I/3. 1. Sinfonia 2. Aria (B) Walk on the road of faith, God hath the stone established Which holds and bears up [...]
Weekends with Bach BWV 112 Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt Misericordias Domini (Second Sunday after Easter). Wolfgang Meuslin, an imitation of Ps. 23, 1530; PT (Leipzig, 1731); Facs: Neumann T, p. 443. 1-5. Verses 1-5 of the hymn. 8 April 1731, Leipzig. BG 24; NBA I/11. 1. Chorus [Verse 1] (S, A, T, B) [...]
Weekends with Bach BWV 62 Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland II First Sunday in Advent. Poet unknown. 1. Martin Luther, verse 1 of the German adaptation of Veni redemptor gentium, 1524 (Wackernagel, III, #16); 2. based loosely on verses 2-3; 3. based on verses 4-5; 4. based on verse 6; 5. based on verse 7. [...]
Weekends with Bach BWV 78 Jesu, der du meine Seele Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity. Poet unknown. 1. Johann Rist, verse 1 of the hymn, 1641 (Fischer-Tümpel, II, #189);2. based freely on verse 2; 3. based on verses 3, 4, and 5; 4. based freely on verses 6 and 7; 5. based on verses 8-10; 6. [...]
Weekends with Bach BWV 12 Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen Jubilate (Third Sunday after Easter). Salomo Franck.(1) 3. Act 14:22; 6. Johann Crüger’s chorale melody for “Jesu, meine Freude” by Johann Franck, 1650 (cf. BWV 227); 7. Samuel Rodigast, final verse of “Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan,” 1674 (Fischer-Tümpel, IV, #467). 22 April 1714, Weimar; [...]
Weekends with Bach BWV 35 Geist und Seele wird verwirret Twelfth Sunday after Trinity Georg Christian Lehms, Gottgefälliges Kirchen-Opffer (Darmstadt, 1711); Facs: Neumann T, p. 261. 8 September 1726, Leipzig; 1 < — a concerto from the Cöthen period, of which a fragment survives in a version for harpsichord, BWV 1059. BG 7; NBA I/20. [...]
Weekends with Bach BWV 51 Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen! Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity and For any occasion (et in ogni tempo). 4. Substitute verse to Johann Gramann’s “Nun lob, mein Seel, mein Seel, den Herren,” Königsberg, 1548 (Wackernagel, III, #968ff.) Probably 17 September 1730, Leipzig. BG 12, 2; NBA I/22. 1. Arias (S) Praise [...]
Weekends with Bach BWV 2 Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein Second Sunday after Trinity. Poet unknown. 1. Martin Luther, verse 1 of the hymn, based on Ps. 12, 1524 (Wackernagel, III, #3); 2-5. based on verses 2-5; 6. verse 6 of the hymn. 18 June 1724, Leipzig. BG 1; NBA I/16. 1. Chorus [Verse [...]
Weekends with Bach Primary texts for composition: Titus 2:11-14 “The grace of God has appeared” Is. 9:2-7 “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; unto us a child is born” Luke 2:1-14 (The birth of Christ, announcement to the shepherds, the praise of the angels) The six cantatas that comprise the [...]
Weekends with Bach BWV 140 Wachet auf, uns die Stimme (NBA 1/27; BC A166) 27. S. after Trinity (BWV 140 only) During Bach’s tenure in Leipzig (1723-1750), a 27th Sunday after Trinity occurred only in 1731 and 1742. 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 (Last day will come like a thief in the night; exhortation to be ready) [...]
