Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch, BWV 86

Verily, verily, I say unto you ( BWV 86 ) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for the fifth Sunday after Easter, Rogate, and led them on 14 May 1724 on.

History and words

Bach wrote the cantata in Leipzig for the Rogate Sunday, the fifth Sunday after Easter. The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from 1.22 to 27 Jak LUT and LUT Jn 16.23-30 from the farewell discourses of Jesus. The Gospel contains the promise of Jesus: " Verily, verily, I say unto you, ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you " who chose the unknown librettist for the first movement of the cantata. As set 3 he uses the 16th verse of the hymn Come unto me, saith the Son of God (1530) by George Gruenwald and as a final chorale, the eleventh verse of it is our salvation come from Paul Speratus ( 1524). The poet handled with care the question of how the commitment to the life experience can be reconciled. In sentence 2, he uses the image of a rose with thorns to illustrate contradictory aspects. In sets 3 and 4, it reinforces the commitment that needs to be seen, however, in the context of the time. Clause 5 deals with the waiting for the fulfillment of the promise, and the final chorale confirmed that God knows the right time. The structure of the six sets - a gospel quotation at the beginning, chorales as sets 3 and 6, the sequence of recitative and aria - is similar in Whither goest thou, listed a week ago for the first time? .

Scoring and structure

The cantata is staffed with three soloists, alto tenor and bass, four-part choir only in the final chorale, two oboe d' amore, two violins, viola and basso continuo. The cantus firmus in Theorem 3 is often taken over by the choir soprano.

Music

Bach rejected the Bible quote the bass as the Vox Christi. The instruments, strings, were probably amplified by oboes, lead a motive, which then takes over the singing voice. The bass carries the rather long text before three times, while the instruments continue to maintain the vocal motifs.

In sentence 2, the Old is accompanied by the strings and a violin obbligato, perhaps illustrate their virtuoso figurations the heavenly light, which is promised as ultimate fulfillment. In sentence three of the soprano sings the cantus firmus of the chorale in long unadorned notes, embedded in a trio of two oboes d' amore and continuo. In Theorem 5, the last aria, the violin introduces a motif of five notes, the tenor of the words " God helps certainly " takes over. The motif is played by the violin repeats, as if the promise reinforced. The final chorale is set for four voices.

Recordings

Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis Epistle of James Bass (voice type) 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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