VIOLABach, Johann Sebastian
Aria: "Gewaltige stößt Gott vom Stuhl" for Viola & Cello
Bach, Johann Sebastian - Aria: "Gewaltige stößt Gott vom Stuhl" for Viola & Cello
BWV 10 No 4
Viola and Cello
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Composer :
Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685 - 1750)
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Viola and Cello

Style :

Baroque

Arranger :
MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - )
Publisher :MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL
Copyright :Public Domain
Added by magataganm, 07 Nov 2015

Meine Seel erhebt den Herren (My soul magnifies the Lord), BWV 10,[a] is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed the chorale cantata in Leipzig for the feast of the Visitation and first performed it on 2 July 1724. It is the fifth chorale cantata from his second annual cycle, of chorale cantatas, based on the German "Magnificat" by Martin Luther.

Bach begins the opening chorus with an instrumental introduction that is unrelated to the psalm tone, a trio of the violins and the continuo, the violins doubled by the oboes, the viola filling the harmony. The main motif of the chorale fantasia, marked vivace, stands for joy and is set in upward "rhythmical propulsion". The chorus enters after 12 measures with the cantus firmus in the soprano, doubled by a trumpet, whereas the lower voices add free polyphony on motifs from the introduction. Bach treats the second verse similarly, but with the cantus firmus in the alto, because the text "Denn er hat seine elende Magd angesehen" speaks of the "lowly handmaid". The movement is concluded by a vocal setting without cantus firmus embedded in the music of the introduction, framing the movement.

The soprano aria "Herr, der du stark und mächtig bist" (Lord, you who are strong and mighty) is a concerto of the voice and the oboes, accompanied by the strings. The recitative "Des Höchsten Güt und Treu" (The goodness and love of the Highest) ends on an arioso, leading to the following aria "Gewaltige stößt Gott vom Stuhl" (The mighty God casts from their thrones) for bass and continuo. In movement 5 "Er denket der Barmherzigkeit" (He remembers his mercy) the text returns to the original German "Magnificat", and the music to the psalm tone, played by oboes and trumpets as the cantus firmus, while alto and tenor sing in imitation. Bach later transcribed this movement for organ as one of the Schübler Chorales, BWV 648. The recitative "Was Gott den Vätern alter Zeiten" (What God, in times past, to our forefathers), referring to God's promise, begins secco. Starting with the added words "Sein Same mußte sich so sehr wie Sand am Meer und Stern am Firmament ausbreiten, der Heiland ward geboren" (His seed must be scattered as plentifully as sand on the shore and as stars in the firmament, the Savior was born), the strings stress the importance of the promise kept. In the final movement, the two verses of the doxology are set on the psalm tone for four parts, with all instruments playing colla parte.

The cantata in seven movements is scored for four vocal soloists (soprano, alto, tenor and bass), a four-part choir, trumpet, two oboes, two violins, viola, and basso continuo. The trumpet is only used to highlight the cantus firmus and may have been a tromba da tirarsi, a slide trumpet.

Source: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meine_Seel_erhebt_den_He rren,_BWV_10).

I created this Arrangement of the second Aria (bass): "Gewaltige stößt Gott vom Stuhl" (The mighty God casts from their thrones) for Viola & Cello.
Sheet central :Meine Seel erhebt den Herren (7 sheet music)
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