/ di / Signore / J.S.Bach". for most cantatas) usually indicate the assumed date of first (public) performance. J. C. J. Exact dates (e.g. He composed it probably between 1732 and 1735. Bach used parody to be able to deliver cantatas for Christmas, Easter and Pentecost, which were each celebrated for a period of three days. In his first years in Leipzig, starting after Trinity of 1723, Bach regularly composed a new cantata every week, although some of these cantatas were adapted (at least in part) from work he had composed before his Leipzig era. So much so that he wrote a composition about the beverage. In an early cantata, Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten! However, the spurious cantatas retain their BWV numbers. Each part is a sequence of an opening movement, five movements with alternating recitatives and arias, and a chorale. : S.D.G. Violini. A link to the free score of the Bach Gesellschaft in the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) is provided if available. The Coffee Cantata Though he was more famous for writing sacred pieces, the occasional secular gem showed Bach to be a humorous and inventive chap. 6–7), chorale setting "Jesu, deine tiefen Wunden", chorale setting "Wach auf, mein Herz, und singe" (ss. BWV 81, Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke, BWV 84, Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch, BWV 86, Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen, BWV 87, Siehe, ich will viel Fischer aussenden, BWV 88, Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim, BWV 89, Es reißet euch ein schrecklich Ende, BWV 90, Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten, BWV 93, Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn, BWV 96, Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BWV 101, Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben, BWV 102, Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht, BWV 105, Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106, Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe, BWV 108, Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben, BWV 109, Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit, BWV 111, Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut, BWV 113, Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost, BWV 114, Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 116, Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut, BWV 117, O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, BWV 118, Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille, BWV 120, Herr Gott, Beherrscher aller Dinge, BWV 120a, Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille, BWV 120b, Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, BWV 123, Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125, Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort, BWV 126, Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott, BWV 127, Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131, Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn, BWV 132, Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß, BWV 134, Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht, BWV 134a, Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz, BWV 136, Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren, BWV 137, Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz, BWV 138, Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott, BWV 139, Nimm, was dein ist, und gehe hin, BWV 144, Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem Ergötzen, BWV 145, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147a, Bringet dem Herrn Ehre seines Namens, BWV 148, Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind, BWV 153, Mein liebster Jesus ist verloren, BWV 154, Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn, BWV 157, Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem, BWV 159, Ach! Titles of the cantatas. The final words were usually a stanza from a chorale. Bach's oratorios can be considered as expanded cantatas. A solo movement begins Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille, BWV 120, because its first words speak of silence. [36] Some cantatas are structured as a dialogue, mostly for Jesus and the Soul (bass and soprano), set like miniature operas. The cycle extends over several years, although the cantatas from 1727 have been termed as "between the third and fourth cycles". ich sehe, itzt, da ich zur Hochzeit gehe, BWV 162, Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet, BWV 164, Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe, BWV 167, Gott soll allein mein Herze haben, BWV 169, Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170, Gott, wie dein Name, so ist auch dein Ruhm, BWV 171, Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten! He composed a secular cantata, Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208, in 1713. [34][35] Karl Richter called his choir programmatically Münchener Bach-Chor in 1954 and recorded about a third of the cantatas. The list follows the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis and contains all sacred cantatas (1–197, 199), secular cantatas (198, 201–215), fragments (50, 80b, 216, 224) and works formerly attributed to Bach (15, 53, 141–142, 160, 189, 217–223), lost cantatas (36a, 66a, 70a, 80a, 120b and others), as well as works which are no longer considered cantatas (11, 53, 118). Bach's Chorale cantatas are based exclusively on one chorale, for example the early Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4, and most cantatas of his second annual cycle in Leipzig. cantata for soprano, violin/flute, and continuo : Le Caffé is taken from the third volume of cantatas, whose texts are by Louis Fuzelier, a writer who became famous as the author of many works for the theatre. BWV 8, Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit, BWV 14, Denn du wirst meine Seele nicht in der Hölle lassen, BWV 15, Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich, BWV 17, Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt, BWV 18, Es ist nichts Gesundes an meinem Leibe, BWV 25, Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig, BWV 26, Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende, BWV 28, Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, BWV 29, Der Himmel lacht! Erschallet, Trompeten! Masaaki Suzuki commenced in 1995 a project to record the complete sacred cantatas with his Bach Collegium Japan for the Swedish label BIS; he completed the process in 2013. From 1953, Max Thurn conducted for the broadcaster NDR a series of Bach cantatas, with members of the NDR Chor and members of the NDR Sinfonieorchester. Between 1958 and 1987, the London Bach Society, conducted by Paul Steinitz performed all the extant church and secular cantatas, 208 separate works, in various venues, mostly in the Church of St Bartholomew-the-Great, London. Other cantatas are assumed to date from this period: Bach worked in Weimar from 1708. Date associated with the completion of the listed version of the composition. Bach's almost 200 extant cantatas are among his important vocal compositions. JSB for Johann Sebastian Bach) it indicates the date of that person's involvement with the composition as composer, scribe or publisher. Advent bis zum Trinitatisfest, Kassel/Stuttgart 2007. The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood. Bach often held concerts at his favorite coffee house in Leipzig, “Zimmerman’s Coffee House”. Ob 2)Vl 2Va Vc Bas (Bc), chorale setting "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" (s. 4), satbSATB 3Tr Tmp Fl Ob Oba Bas 2Vl 2Va Vc Bc, satbSATB 3Tr Tmp Ob Bas 2Vl 2Va Vc Org Bc, chorale setting "Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr" (s. 1), chorale setting "O Gottes Geist, mein Trost und Rat" (s. 9), chorale setting "Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott", chorale setting "Was alle Weisheit in der Welt" (s. 8), chorale setting "Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam", chorale setting "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" (s. 5), chorale setting "Ich armer Mensch, ich armer Sünder" (s. 1), chorale setting "Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, chorale setting "Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele" (s. 9), chorale setting "Zeuch ein zu deinen Toren" (s. 5), chorale setting "Helft mir Gotts Güte preisen", chorale setting "O Herre Gott, dein göttlich Wort" (s. 8), chorale setting "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" (s. 1), chorale setting "Singen wir aus Herzensgrund" (ss. Bach worked in Köthen from 1717 to 1723, where he composed for example the Brandenburg Concertos. The cantatas 54 and 199 were performed within the cycle but possibly composed earlier. Although known mostly for his liturgical music, his Coffee Cantata (AKA Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, BWV 211) is a rare example of a secular work by the composer. S. バッハの世俗カンタータ。 1732年から1734年にかけて作曲されたカンタータであり、小喜歌劇である。. The Sundays after Trinity are numbered using roman numerals (for example "Trinity II" for the second Sunday after Trinity). Bach used an expanded structure to take up his position in Leipzig with the cantatas Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75, and Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76, both in two parts, to be performed before and after the sermon (post orationem) and during communion (sub communione). the Coffee Cantata (Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht), and instrumental works. One or two more surviving cantatas may have been composed while Bach was at his previous post in Arnstadt, for example, Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150. Few people have been better positioned to observe it than J. S. Bach, some three hundred years ago. Tromboni / e / Continuo. 1–2), chorale setting "In allen meinen Taten" (s. 7), chorale setting "O Gott, du frommer Gott" (s. 7), chorale setting "O großer Gott von Macht" (s. 9), chorale setting "Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz" (s. 11), chorale setting "Ach Gott und Herr" (s. 4), chorale setting "Herr Jesu Christ, ich schrei zu dir" (s. 12), chorale setting "Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut", chorale setting "Werde munter, mein Gemüte" (s. 6), chorale setting "Du, o schönes Weltgebäude" (s. 6), chorale setting "Hast du denn, Jesu, dein Angesicht gänzlich verborgen" (s. 6), chorale setting "Es ist genug, so nimm" (s. 5), chorale setting "Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ" (s. 7), chorale setting "Was frag ich nach der Welt" (s. 1), chorale setting "Jesu, meine Freude" (s. 5), chorale setting "Ein Kind geboren zu Bethlehem" (s. 4), chorale setting "Puer natus in Bethlehem", chorale setting "Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn" (s. 10), chorale setting "Was mein Gott will, das gscheh allzeit", chorale setting "Alleluja", s. 3 from "Christ ist erstanden", chorale setting "Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ" (s. 1), chorale setting "Es woll uns Gott genädig sein" (s. 3), satbSATB 3Tr Tmp Fl 3Ob Oba Odc Bas Str Bc, chorale setting "Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan" (s. 6), chorale setting "Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht, weil" (s. 5), satbSATB 3Tr Tmp 2Fl Vc 2Ob Bas Str Vne Org, chorale setting "Von Gott will ich nicht lassen" (s. 9), chorale setting "Gott Vater, sende deinen Geist" (s. 2), chorale setting "Kommt her zu mir, spricht Gottes Sohn". Order coffee online and get craft roasted coffee beans delivered from our roastery to your doorstep. Alto recorders (flauti dolci) are sometimes used in connection with death and mourning as in Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106. One size of choir probably does not fit all the cantatas. Although the German term Bachkantate (Bach cantata) became very … He composed it probably between 1732 and 1735. Emmanuel Music is a Boston-based ensemble of singers and instrumentalists founded in 1970 by Craig Smith to perform the complete sacred cantatas of J.S. Diethard Hellmann called the Kantorei (chorale) of the Christuskirche Bachchor Mainz in 1965 and produced more than 100 cantatas on a weekly basis with the Südwestrundfunk. Six movements of his congratulatory cantata Durchlauchtster Leopold, BWV 173a, form the cantata for Pentecost Monday of 1724, Erhöhtes Fleisch und Blut, BWV 173, while a seventh movement was made part of the cantata for Pentecost Tuesday of 1725, Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen, BWV 175. Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet (We have a new governor), BWV 212, is a secular cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach.It was entitled the "Cantate burlesque" (burlesque cantata) by Bach himself, but is now popularly known as the Peasant Cantata.It is the last definitely dated Bach cantata. Joshua Rifkin is well known is an advocate of this approach, although it has yet to be followed through in a complete set of cantatas. Fritz Werner started recording with the Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn and the Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra a series that they called Les Grandes Cantates de J.S. For an overview of such resources used by Bach, see individual composition articles, and overviews in, e.g., Chorale cantata (Bach)#Bach's chorale cantatas, List of chorale harmonisations by Johann Sebastian Bach#Chorale harmonisations in various collections and List of organ compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach#Chorale Preludes. This page was last edited on 3 January 2021, at 07:50. Most of the church cantatas are composed for occasions of the Lutheran liturgical year and related to prescribed readings. On the other hand, some modern performances and recordings use one voice per part. This 20-year collaboration used historical instruments, with boys' choirs and boy soloists for most soprano and a few alto parts. Links are found for the individual cantatas: Bach cantatas listed in the first chapter of the, Ibbitson, John, "A Bach cantata two decades in the making," Toronto Globe and Mail, Nov. 08, 2013 URL=. Bach moved to Mühlhausen in 1707 when he was 22 to take up an appointment as the organist of St. Blasius church (Divi Blasii). 4, 9), chorale setting "Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut", chorale setting "Christum wir sollen loben schon" (s. 8), chorale setting "Das neugeborne Kindelein" (s. 5), chorale setting "Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen" (s. 6), chorale setting "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott" (s. 8), chorale setting "Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott" (s. 5), chorale setting "O Gott, du frommer Gott", chorale setting "Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir" (s. 11), chorale setting "Ich freue mich in dir" (s. 4), chorale setting "Wo soll ich fliehen hin" (s. 9), chorale setting "Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren" (s. 5), chorale setting "Hast du denn, Jesu, dein Angesicht gänzlich verborgen", chorale setting "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" (s. 3), chorale setting "Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan" (s. 1), chorale setting "Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit" (s. 1), chorale setting "Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag" (s. 14), chorale setting "Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag", chorale setting "Wo soll ich fliehen hin", Cantata opening: "Concerto" (incomplete; abandoned alternative start of, chorale setting "Lobt Gott, ihr Christen allzugleich" (s. 8), chorale setting "Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind" (s. 1), chorale setting "Befiehl du deine Wege" (s. 5), chorale setting "Herzlich tut mich verlangen", chorale setting "Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid" (ss. This is a sortable list of the Bach cantatas, the cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach. 10–11), chorale setting "In allen meinen Taten" (s. 9), chorale setting "Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit" (s. 3), chorale setting "Helft mir Gotts Güte preisen" (s. 6), chorale setting "Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren" (s. 3), chorale setting "Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt" (s. 8), chorale setting "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ", chorale setting "Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele" (s. 9), chorale setting "Weg, mein Herz, mit den Gedanken", chorale setting "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort" (ss. [39] Pieter Jan Leusink recorded the complete cantatas in 15 months in 1999 and 2000 with the Holland Boys Choir and Netherlands Bach Collegium for Brilliant Classics. Model: "Coffee" Cantata by J. S. Bach The "Sanka" Cantata was the first P. D. Q. Bach piece that Peter Schickele "discovered," in 1954. The number of performances and recordings increased in the decades after the Second World War. Often called THE COFFEE CANTATA JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH English Versiion by Donald Pippin The clash between parental authority and youthful defiance has come to be known as the generation gap -- not an entirely new phenomenon. [7][8], Even after he moved to Leipzig he retained his title of Fürstlich Köthenischer Kapellmeister (that is director of music to the court at Köthen). Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) was also apparently a coffee enthusiast. The final chorale is typically a homophonic setting of a traditional melody. In many arias Bach uses obbligato instruments, which accompany the singer as an equal partner. 11, 16), chorale setting "O Gott, du frommer Gott" (s. 1), chorale setting "Was frag ich nach der Welt", chorale setting "Treuer Gott, ich muss dir klagen" (s. 12), chorale setting "Weg, mein Herz, mit den Gedenken", chorale setting "Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele", chorale setting "Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig" (s. 8), chorale setting "Helft mir Gotts Güte preisen" (s. 12), chorale setting "Zeuch ein zu deinen Toren", chorale setting "Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren" (s. 5), chorale setting "Tröstet, tröstet, meine Lieben" (s. 3), chorale setting "Wenn mein Stündlein vorhanden ist" (s. 5), chorale setting "Weg, mein Herz, mit den Gedenken" (s. 12), chorale setting "Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" (s. 4), chorale setting "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" (s. 7), chorale setting "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" (s. 6), chorale setting "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" (s. 8), chorale setting "Ich dank dir, lieber Herre" (s. 4), chorale setting "Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir" (s. 5), chorale setting "Kommt, lasst euch den Herren lehren" (s. 6), chorale setting "Wir Christenleut" (s. 3), chorale setting "Schwing dich auf zu deinem Gott" (s. 2), chorale setting "Freuet euch, ihr Christen alle" (s. 4), chorale setting "Jesu, nun sei gepreiset" (s. 3), chorale setting "Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich" (ss. Voc. 11, Willkommen! The chorale can be as simple as a traditional four-part setting, or be accompanied by an obbligato instrument, or be accompanied by the instruments of the opening chorus or even expanded by interludes based on its themes, or have the homophonic vocal parts embedded in an instrumental concerto as in the familiar Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147, or have complex vocal parts embedded in the concerto as in Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht, BWV 186, in a form called Choralphantasie (chorale fantasia). Bach started it on the first Sunday after Trinity of 1723 and wrote a first annual cycle. Folia), are not usually indicated in this column. In the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV), Wolfgang Schmieder assigned them each a number within groups: 1–200 (sacred cantatas), 201–216 (secular cantatas), and 217–224 (cantatas of doubtful authorship). There is some evidence for the chorale cantatas being performed at Leipzig after Bach's death, but the cantatas were little known until a society called the Bach-Gesellschaft began to publish the composer's complete works starting in 1851. After Trinity of 1724 he started a second annual cycle of mainly chorale cantatas. "Grace in the Arts: / An Evangelical Musical Genius: / "J.S.B. Nickname for humorous cantata by Bach (BWV211, 1732) sometimes perf. Bach's major works such as the Passions and the Mass in B minor are inserted in the listing for comparison. The scoring and finally his name appear in a mix of French and Italian, the common languages among musicians at the time, partly abbreviated. Most of Bach's church cantatas date from his first years as Thomaskantor and director of church music in Leipzig, a position which he took up in 1723. Most arias follow the form of a da capo aria, repeating the first part after a middle section. Chorale cantatas between Trinity and Easter: Later additions to the chorale cantata cycle: International Music Score Library Project, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6, Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben? Not only a single movement but a complete cantata was reworked from the Shepherd cantata Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen, BWV 249a, to become the Easter Oratorio. Complete Bach Cantatas. Vol. In 1929 the Swedish bishop Nathan Söderblom, a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, called Bach's cantatas the Fifth Gospel.[40][41]. Helmuth Rilling, Gächinger Kantorei, and the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart completed a recording of the sacred cantatas and oratorios on Bach's 300th birthday, 21 March 1985. His chorale cantata cycle contains at least 40 chorale cantatas, each of these entirely based on text and tune of such hymn. Described as a mini comic opera, 'Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht' ('Be still, stop chattering') it concerns the characters' addiction to coffee and was most likely first performed in a Leipzig coffee house. Name of the composition: if the composition is known by a German, extant or clearly documented partial or complete manuscript (copy) by Bach and/or first edition under Bach's supervision, extant or clearly documented manuscript (copy) or print edition, in whole or in part, by close relative, i.e. There is evidence suggesting that he composed a cantata as an audition piece for Mühlhausen, and this may have been Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4. Usually the cantatas appear in the year of their first performance, sometimes also for later performances and then in brackets. Harnoncourt conducted the Wiener Sängerknaben or the Tölzer Knabenchor and the Concentus Musicus Wien. Most of the solo movements are based on poetry of contemporary writers, such as court poet Salomon Franck in Weimar or Georg Christian Lehms or Picander in Leipzig, with whom Bach collaborated. This work shares with J S Bach's "Coffee cantata" the distinction of being the only such works on the comtemporary craze for coffee. 21, Cantata for the birthday of Johann August of Anhalt-Zerbst, Der Herr ist freundlich dem, der auf ihn harret, Vergnügende Flammen, verdoppelt die Macht, Texts of the Complete Vocal Works with English Translation and Commentary, "A List of Church Cantatas in Presumed Order of Production", "Appendix II: The Church Cantatas Arranged Cronologically", pp. In an aria of BWV 172, addressing the Heiligste Dreifaltigkeit (Most holy Trinity), the bass is accompanied only by three trumpets and timpani. Emmanuel Music continues to perform cycles of large-scale and chamber works by Bach, Handel, Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, Debussy, Haydn, Schoenberg, Weill, Wolf, Medelssohn, and Schumann under Artistic Director Ryan Turner. The orchestra that Bach used is based on string instruments (violin, viola) and basso continuo, typically played by cello, double bass (an octave lower) and organ. It did not take long, however, for coffee to become the fashionable drink in European cities, and by the time Bach wrote the Coffee Cantata (around 1732-1735), coffee houses were commonplace. Other cantatas by Bach that are usually seen as belonging to the chorale cantata cycle: For four further chorale cantatas it is unclear for which occasion they were composed, and whether they were intended to be added to the cycle: After Trinity of 1725 Bach began a third annual cycle, but with less consistency. The title follows, given in German in the orthography of Bach's time. It is refreshing to hear … In Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56, he wrote Cantata à Voce Sola e Stromenti (Cantata for solo voice and instruments). Academic functions took place at the Universitätskirche St. Pauli. The new cantatas Bach composed for Easter of 1725 and afterwards were not chorale cantatas: Two of these, BWV 128 and BWV 68, both starting with a chorale fantasia, are sometimes seen as included in the chorale cantata cycle. Instruments include, in addition to the ones mentioned, organ, flauto piccolo (sopranino recorder), violino piccolo, viola d'amore, violoncello piccolo (a smaller cello), tromba da tirarsi (slide trumpet) and corno da tirarsi. Bach's cantatas usually require four soloists and a four-part choir, but he also wrote solo cantatas (i.e. Within the Lutheran liturgy, certain readings from the Bible were prescribed for every event during the church year; specifically, it was expected that an Epistel from an Epistle and Evangelium from a Gospel would be read. The composition of cantatas for the Schlosskirche (court chapel) on a regular monthly basis started with his promotion to Konzertmeister in March 1714. More songs from Johann Sebastian Bach More songs with beverages in the title More classical music compositions [1] Works from three annual cycles of cantatas for the liturgical calendar have survived. Cantatas, under his personal direction, were performed in the Nikolaikirche and in the Thomaskirche, alternating on ordinary Sundays. Die Erde jubilieret, BWV 31, O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe, BWV 34, O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe, BWV 34a, Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40, Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats, BWV 42, Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist, BWV 45, Schauet doch und sehet, ob irgend ein Schmerz sei, BWV 46, Wer sich selbst erhöhet, der soll erniedriget werden, BWV 47, Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erlösen, BWV 48, Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht, BWV 55, Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56, Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten, BWV 59, Sehet, welch eine Liebe hat uns der Vater erzeiget, BWV 64, Der Himmel dacht auf Anhalts Ruhm und Glück, BWV 66a, Herr, wie du willt, so schicks mit mir, BWV 73, Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten, BWV 74, Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76, Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben, BWV 77, Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild, BWV 79, Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen? If more than one part was composed for one instrument, the number is given, for example "3Tr" for three trumpets. A typical Bach cantata of his first year in Leipzig follows the scheme: The opening chorus (Eingangschor) is usually a polyphonic setting, with the orchestra presenting the themes or contrasting material first. The words of Bach's cantatas, almost always entirely in German, consist mostly of 18th-century poetry, Lutheran hymns and dicta. Hautbois. Cantatas, BWV 211–220 BWV 211: Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht (Coffee Cantata) BWV 212: Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet (Peasant Cantata) BWV 213: Laßt uns sorgen, laßt uns wachen (Hercules auf dem Scheidewege) BWV 214: Tönet, ihr Pauken! Hymns were mostly set to their Lutheran chorale tune. [example needed]. I: Die geistlichen Kantaten des 1. bis 27. A continuo bass is the rule in Baroque music; its absence is noteworthy and often has a special reason, such as describing fragility. History. The Thomanerchor has sung a weekly cantata during the evening service Motette on Saturday. 4, 6), chorale setting "Treuer Gott, ich muß dir klagen" (ss. Although classified as a cantata, it is essentially a miniature comic opera. / Viola. There is debate whether Bach performed Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten, BWV 59, there a week before he began his cantorate. for one soloist singer) and dialogue cantatas for two singers. The cantatas are also regularly performed on Sundays at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, New York City, under the direction of the Cantor (currently Donald R. The St Matthew Passion and the St John Passion were intended to be performed on Good Friday, before and after the sermon. [citation needed]. Ideally, a cantata text started with an Old Testament quotation related to the readings, and reflected both the Epistle and the Gospel, as in the exemplary Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76. The choir was the Thomanerchor, which also served the other main churches of Leipzig for which Bach was responsible. The scoring is provided, grouped by singers and groups of instruments. [6] His goal was to compose a complete set of cantatas for the liturgical year within four years. It is sortable by the cantata number which equals the number in the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV), by title, by occasion during the liturgical year, the year of composition and date of first performance, as far as known. The six parts of the Christmas Oratorio were intended to be performed on six feast days of the Christmas season, each part composed as a cantata with an opening chorus (except in Part 2) and a closing chorale. 200th Anniversary of the Augsburg Confession. Bach wrote more than 200 cantatas, of which many have survived. The Peasant Cantata is as fresh and zesty as the Coffee Cantata and performed with the usual precision and charm one comes to expect from these two artists. One of the more unique works that Bach composed at this time was the secular cantata Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht (literally “be still, stop chattering”), better known as the Coffee Cantata (BWV 211). The basso continuo consists of a group of players, depending upon the scoring of the cantata and the performance location. At Coffee Cantata, freshness is key. Distinct from the cantatas, a narrator, the Evangelist, tells a story in the exact Bible wording, while soloists and the choir have "roles" such as Mary or "the shepherds", in addition to reflective chorales or arias commenting on the story. In the early 1950s Fritz Lehmann recorded several cantatas with the Berliner Motettenchor and the Berlin Philharmonic. Geoffrey Turner. He probably composed his last cantata in 1745. Festive occasions call for richer instrumentation. Source for information on Coffee Cantata: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music dictionary. 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