Nimm, was dein ist, und gehe hin, BWV 144

Samuel Rodigast, Albrecht of Prussia

Take what is thine, and go thy way ( BWV 144 ) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for Sunday Septuagesimae and led them for the first time on February 6, 1724.

History and words

Bach wrote the cantata in his first year in Leipzig for Sunday Septuagesima, the third Sunday before Ash Wednesday, and led them on 6 February 1724 on. The prescribed readings were 1 Corinthians 9:24 LUT - 1 Cor 10.5 LUT " race to win ", and Mt 20:1-16 LUT, the parable of the laborers in the vineyard. The unknown librettist takes the Gospel only one thought: the frugality is a key word of his text. The opening chorus is based on verse 14 of the Gospel. Theorem 3 is the first verse of Samuel Rodigasts Choral What God does is well done. The final chorale is the first verse of the song by Albrecht of Prussia What my God willing, the always g'scheh ( 1547).

Scoring and structure

The cantata is staffed with three soloists, soprano, alto and tenor, four-part choir, two oboes, oboe d' amore, two violins, viola and basso continuo.

Music

Bach composed the extremely short Bible text of the input as a choir motet fugue, which is played by the instruments colla parte. He achieved increased attention to the words. The text part " go away " is first introduced in the slow theme, but then repeats as counter-subject twice in a four-fold speed. " Had placed " " the noble declamation " that " the composer in the main clause and in a small special games with the " go thy way: This text treatment was admired in 1760 by the Berlin music theorist Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg. Bach repeated the lively " go away " motif sixty times in 68 cycles. The first aria has minuet character. In " Murmur not, dear Christian ," the grumbling is made ​​audible by repetition in the accompaniment. Theorem 3 is the first verse of a hymn, the creek a year later completely 99 used for his chorale cantata BWV, and again in the 1730s, 100 for BWV Its beginning " What God does is well done " is in the following recitative as free Arioso taken up again. A obbligato oboe d' amore accompanied the following soprano aria. Instead of a da capo of the text is repeated in free variation. The final chorale is simply four voices.

Recordings

  • Bach Made in Germany Vol 1 - Cantatas III, Günther Ramin, St. Thomas Choir, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Elisabeth Meinel Asbahr, Lotte Wolf- Matthew, Gert Lutze, Eterna 1952
  • The Bach Cantata Vol 25, Helmuth Rilling, Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Arleen Augér, Helen Watts, Adalbert Kraus, Haenssler 1978
  • J. S. Bach: The cantatas - Sacred Cantatas Vol 8, Gustav Leonhardt, Hannover Boys Choir, Collegium Vocale Gent, Leonhardt Consort, soloist of the Hannover Boys Choir, Paul Esswood, Kurt Equiluz, Teldec 1984
  • J. S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol 7, Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Lisa Larsson, Bogna Bartosz, Gerd Türk, Antoine Marchand 1997
  • J. S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol 9, Pieter Jan Leusink, Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Ruth Holton, Sytse Buwalda, Knut Schoch, Brilliant Classics 1999
  • Bach Cantatas Vol 20: Naarden / Southwell, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Miah Persson, Wilke te Brummelstroete, James Oxley, Soli Deo Gloria 2000
  • J. S. Bach: Cantatas Vol 17 - Cantatas from Leipzig in 1724, Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan, Yukari Nonoshita, Robin Blaze, Gerd Türk UNTIL 2001
Jan Luyken Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis First Epistle to the Corinthians Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 99 Knabenchor Hannover Leonhardt-Consort BIS Records Werner Neumann Christoph Wolff Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, BWV 3 Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 33 Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, BWV 39 Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats, BWV 42 Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, BWV 68 Alles nur nach Gottes Willen, BWV 72 Alles, was von Gott geboren, BWV 80a Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen, BWV 87 Ach, lieben Christen, seid getrost, BWV 114 Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 121 Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein, BWV 128 Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131 Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn! BWV 132 Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz, BWV 136 Bringet dem Herrn Ehre seines Namens, BWV 148 Ach! ich sehe, itzt, da ich zur Hochzeit gehe, BWV 162 Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe, BWV 185 Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199 Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen, BWV 249a St Mark Passion (Bach)
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