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Cantata
for the 3rd day of
Christmas. Composed
by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Edited by Tobias Rimek.
Arranged by Paul Horn.
This edition: urtext.
Stuttgart Urtext Edition:
Bach vocal. Sacred vocal
music, Christmas. Choral
Score. Composed 1724. BWV
133. 4 pages. Duration 20
minutes. Carus Verlag #CV
31.133/05. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.3113305).
ISBN
9790007161934. Language:
German.
The cantata
Ich freue mich in dir was
first performed during
Bach's second year as
Thomaskantor, on the 3rd
day of Christmas, and
belongs to the so-called
annual cycle of chorale
cantatas. Here the focus
of the composition is the
hymn of the same name by
Philipp Ziegler, in which
the first and final
strophes were adopted,
word for word, in the
first and sixth movements
of the cantata. The
soprano, which carries
the chorale, is supported
by the conrnett (Zink),
which already at this
time had become a
seldom-used instrument.
The joyful, lively choral
movement with
instrumental interludes
directly follows the
first aria, and begins
with a marked, ascending
motive at the word
Getrost! (safely). The
oboes d'amore which
accompany the alto lend
the movement a special
color. In the second aria
(for soprano), Bach again
shows himself to be the
master of text
interpretation. The words
Wie lieblich klingt es in
den Ohren are emphasized
in an exchange between
open strings and
sixteenth note figures.
Score available
separately - see item
CA.3113300.
