SAB vocal soli, SATB choir, 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 oboes/oboe d'amore, bassoon, ...(+)
SAB vocal soli, SATB
choir, 3 trumpets,
timpani, 2 oboes/oboe
d'amore, bassoon, 2
violins, viola, basso
continuo
SKU:
CA.3119763
Cantata
for a wedding.
Composed by Johann
Sebastian Bach. Edited by
Uwe Wolf. Stuttgart
Urtext Edition: Bach
vocal. Violin 3. Sacred
vocal music, Cantatas.
Single Part, Violin 3.
BWV 197. 8 pages.
Duration 20 minutes.
Carus Verlag #CV
31.197/63. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.3119763).
ISBN
9790007210540. Text
language:
German/English.
Got
t ist unsre Zuversicht
BWV 197 was probably
written in the second
half of the 1730s for a
wedding, no further
details of which are
known. In the opening
chorus in particular, it
features quite a sizeable
orchestra. The text of
the cantata has one major
theme - trust in God! In
a magnificent lullaby
(movement 3) all cares
are sung to sleep. The
other arias, with their
exceptionally exquisite
combinations of scorings,
make the cantata into a
quite special work,
albeit one which is
associated with a
particular occasion. The
wedding cantata BWV 197
draws on older material
for some of its
movements. Two movements
are parodies on arias
from the incomplete
surviving Christmas
cantata Ehre sei Gott in
der Hohe, BWV 197a,
including the lullaby O
du angenehmes Paar, of
which only the last
quarter survives from the
Christmas cantata - it is
O du angenehmer Schatz
there. By using the later
version, Diethard
Hellmann has been able to
reconstruct the original
version of this dreamlike
beautiful movement;
however, the complete
Christmas cantata cannot
be reconstructed from the
sources. Score and part
available separately -
see item CA.3119700.