ATB vocal soli, SATB choir, horn, oboe, oboe d'amore, 2 violins, viola, basso co...(+)
ATB vocal soli, SATB
choir, horn, oboe, oboe
d'amore, 2 violins,
viola, basso continuo
SKU: CA.3113613
Cantata for the 8th
Sunday after Trinity.
Composed by Johann
Sebastian Bach. Edited by
Christiane Hausmann. This
edition: urtext.
Stuttgart Urtext Edition:
Bach vocal. Viola. Sacred
vocal music, Cantatas,
Trinity. Single Part,
Viola. Composed 1723. BWV
136. 4 pages. Duration 22
minutes. Carus Verlag #CV
31.136/13. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.3113613).
ISBN
9790007208134. Text
language:
German/English.
The
cantata Erforsche mich
Gott und erfahre mein
Herz BWV 136 was composed
in Bach's first year as
Kantor of St. Thomas's in
Leipzig and was first
performed on the 8th
Sunday after Trinity, the
18th July 1723. The
librettist is unknown.
The title of the cantata
is taken from verse 23 of
Psalm 139: Erforsche mich
Gott und erfahre mein
Herz; prufe mich und
erfahre, wie ich's meine.
(Search me, O God, and
know my heart: try me,
and know my thoughts) The
opening chorus forms an
extended fugue, framed by
string writing bursting
with energy. The
obbligato horn
accentuates and enriches
the movement with a
special tonal color. The
alto aria in F sharp
minor (movement 3)
comprises a trio movement
with an oboe d'amore as
solo instrument in a
contrasting range - a
presto middle section
which dramatically
charges the words Denn
seines Eifers Grimm
vernichtet (For the fury
of its zeal will
destroy). In the duet
(movement 5) the text is
sung by tenor and bass
line by line, sometimes
imitating contrapuntally,
and sometimes both
singing together
dramatically in
homophonic writing. A
simple chorale setting to
the melody Auf meinen
lieben Gott concludes the
cantata. Particularly
charming here is the
violin which joins the
four vocal parts as an
independent part. Score
and part available
separately - see item
CA.3113600.
