Английская Википедия:Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott, BWV 127

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Шаблон:Infobox Bach composition Шаблон:Lang (Lord Jesus Christ, true Man and God),[1] Шаблон:AbbrШаблон:Nbsp127, is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for use in a Lutheran service. He composed the chorale cantata in 1725 in Leipzig for the Sunday Шаблон:Lang, the Sunday before Lent. It is based on Paul Eber's 1582 hymn in eight stanzas "Шаблон:Lang". Bach first performed it on 11 February 1725.

History and words

Bach held the position of Thomaskantor (director of church music) in Leipzig from 1723. During his first year, beginning with the first Sunday after Trinity, he wrote a cycle of cantatas for the occasions of the liturgical year. In his second year he composed a second annual cycle of cantatas, which was planned to consist exclusively of chorale cantatas, each based on one Lutheran hymn.[2]

Bach composed the chorale cantata Шаблон:Lang for Estomihi (Quinquagesima), the last Sunday before Lent, when Leipzig observed tempus clausum and no cantatas were performed.[2][3] In 1723, Bach had probably performed two cantatas in Leipzig on that Sunday, Шаблон:Lang, composed earlier in Köthen, and Шаблон:Lang, both audition pieces to apply for the post of Шаблон:Lang in Leipzig.[4]

The prescribed readings for the Sunday were taken from the First Epistle to the Corinthians, "praise of love" (Шаблон:Sourcetext), and from the Gospel of Luke, healing the blind near Jericho (Шаблон:Sourcetext). The Gospel also announces the Passion.[2] The text is based on the funeral song "Шаблон:Lang" in eight stanzas by Paul Eber (1562).[5] The hymn suites the Gospel, stressing the Passion as well as the request of the blind man in the final line of the first stanza: "Шаблон:Lang" (Be merciful to me, a sinner).[1] The song further sees Jesus' path to Jerusalem as a model for the believer's path to his end in salvation. An unknown librettist kept the first and the last stanza and paraphrased the inner stanzas in a sequence of recitatives and arias. Stanzas 2 and 3 were transformed to a recitative, stanza 4 to an aria, stanza 5 to a recitative, stanzas 6 and 7 to another aria.

Bach first performed the cantata on 11 February 1725.[2] It is the second to last chorale cantata of his second annual cycle, the only later one being Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1, for the feast of Annunciation which was celebrated even if it fell in the time of Lent.[6]

Scoring and structure

The cantata in five movements is richly scored for three vocal soloists (soprano, tenor and bass), a four-part choir, trumpet, two recorders, two oboes, two violins, viola and basso continuo.[2][3][7]

  1. Chorale: Шаблон:Lang
  2. Recitative (tenor): Шаблон:Lang
  3. Aria (soprano): Шаблон:Lang
  4. Recitative and aria (bass): Шаблон:Lang
  5. Chorale: Шаблон:Lang

Music

The opening chorale is structured by an extended introduction and interludes. These parts play on a concertante a motif derived from the first line of the chorale,[6][8] but also have a Шаблон:Lang of the chorale "Шаблон:Lang", the Lutheran Шаблон:Lang,[9] first played by the strings, later also by the oboes and recorders. It appears in a similar way to the chorale as the Шаблон:Lang in the opening chorus of his later St Matthew Passion, "Шаблон:Lang". Its request "Шаблон:Lang" (have mercy upon us)[1] corresponds to the request of the blind man.[2] A third chorale is quoted repeatedly in the continuo, "Шаблон:Lang".[3] Christoph Wolff notes that on Good Friday of that year Bach would perform the second version of his St John Passion, replacing the opening and the closing movement of the first version by music based on chorales, "Шаблон:Lang" which would become the final movement of the first part of the St Matthew Passion, and again "Шаблон:Lang".[3]

Bach chose a rare instrumentation for the first aria, the oboe plays a melody, supported by short chords in the recorders, in the middle section Шаблон:Lang (funeral bells) are depicted by pizzicato string sounds. Movement 4 illustrates the Day of Judgement. On the text "Шаблон:Lang" (When one day the trumpets ring out),[1] the trumpet enters. The unusual movement combines an accompagnato recitative with an aria, contrasting the destruction of heaven and earth with the security of the believers, the latter given in text and tune from the chorale. John Eliot Gardiner describes it as a "grand, tableau-like evocation of the Last Judgement, replete with triple occurrences of a wild 6/8 section when all hell is let loose in true Monteverdian concitato ("excited") manner".[9] He compares it to the "spectacular double chorus" from the St Matthew Passion, Шаблон:Lang.[9]

The closing chorale is a four-part setting with attention to details of the text, such as movement in the lower voices on "Шаблон:Lang" (also may our faith be always brave)[1] and colourful harmonies on the final line "Шаблон:Lang" (until we fall asleep contentedly).[1][2]

BWV 127/1 (variant)

Шаблон:See A reworked and transposed version of the cantata's opening movement opens the second part of the Passion pasticcio Wer ist der, so von Edom kömmt. This version of the cantata's opening movement is known as Шаблон:Nowrap, or Шаблон:Nowrap.[10]

Recordings

The selection is taken from the listing on the Bach-Cantatas website.[11]

Notes

Шаблон:Notelist

References

Шаблон:Reflist

Sources

Шаблон:Bach cantatas Шаблон:Church cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach Шаблон:Authority control

  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок Dellal не указан текст
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  10. Bach Digital Work Шаблон:BDW at Шаблон:Url
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