ATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 flutes, 2 oboes d'amore, 2 violins, viola, basso c...(+)
ATB vocal soli, SATB
choir, 2 flutes, 2 oboes
d'amore, 2 violins,
viola, basso continuo
SKU: CA.3112349
Cantata for
Epiphany. Composed by
Johann Sebastian Bach.
Edited by Frieder Rempp.
This edition: urtext.
Stuttgart Urtext Edition:
Bach vocal. Organ. Sacred
vocal music, Cantatas,
Epiphany. Single Part,
Organ. BWV 123. 12 pages.
Duration 22 minutes.
Carus Verlag #CV
31.123/49. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.3112349).
ISBN
9790007207519. Language:
German/English. Text:
Fritsch, Ahasverus. Text
by Ahasverus
Fritsch.
This
six-movement cantata uses
the hymn of the same name
by Ahasverus Fritsch,
first recorded in 1698 in
the Darmstadter
Liederbuch. This places
it amongst those chorale
cantatas which use a hymn
from the repertoire
associated with Pietism.
As was customary, the
hymn text is retained in
the outer movements,
whereas the text for the
inner movements - two
secco recitatives and a
tenor and a bass aria -
are concerned with the
contrast between the
hostile world and the
certainty of Jesus; the
links between the cantata
text and the Feast of the
Epiphany are
correspondingly tenuous.
In the first movement the
soprano sings the hymn
melody complete,
accompanied by mainly
homophonic vocal parts,
whilst the instrumental
writing is largely
influenced by the melody
of the first line of the
hymn. Remarkable is the
tenor aria, with its
contrasting central
section and its chromatic
twists and turns, in
which Bach once again
proves himself to be a
master of harmony. The
demands on the chorus are
fairly modest, whereas
the instrumentalists are
challenged in the first
movement and in both the
arias. Score and part
available separately -
see item CA.3112300.
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