Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 33

Only to you, Lord Jesus Christ, ( BWV 33) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He wrote the chorale cantata in 1724 for the 13th Sunday after Trinity, and led them on 3 September 1724 on. It is based on the eponymous hymn by Conrad Hubert ( 1540).

History and words

Bach composed the cantata in his second year in Leipzig for the 13th Sunday after Trinity. In this year he wrote a series of chorale cantatas. The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from 3.15 to 22 Gal LUT Paul on "Law and Promise," and Luke 10.23-37 LUT, the parable of the Good Samaritan.

The text of an unknown poet is based on the song by Conrad Hubert that was printed in Nuremberg in 1540 with an additional fourth stanza. Each stanza consists of nine lines. The poet maintained the first and the last verse in the text, the two inner verses he composed in each case to a sequence of recitative and aria. The song, whose theme is the repentant sinner, refers only generally to the gospel. The poet deepens the reference in clause 4, "Give me a mercy / the true Christian faith " as well as in sentence 5, " Grant that I / as myself love the neighbor of pure instincts that receives the core set of the gospel.

An anonymous song melody alone to you, Lord Jesus Christ was printed in 1541 in Wittenberg. She was often processed musical, first of Sethus Calvisius, later by Michael Praetorius and others. After Klaus Hofmann was in 1512 by Paul Hofhaimer written for a secular song. In the cantata, Bach uses it as usual in the Choral Fantasy at the beginning and a four -part harmony at the end, he also plays in a duet (set of 5) on them.

Scoring and structure

The cantata is staffed with three vocal soloists ( alto, tenor and bass), four-part choir, two oboes, two violins, viola and basso continuo

Music

In his first year in Leipzig Bach had the same occasion you shall the Lord thy God, love ( BWV 77) composed, beginning with a choral writing about the ultimate commandment of God and neighbor to love, to which, according to the parallel passage in the Gospel of Matthew 22:34-40 LUT, hang the law and the prophets.

The opening chorus of unique to you, Lord Jesus Christ is a chorale fantasy. Using the cantus firmus in the soprano, the lower voices mostly homophonic, sometimes polyphonic, and extensive ritornellos and interludes that frame all nine song lines

In the alto aria ( set 3) " How scary shook my steps " to play the first violins with mutes and the other strings pizzicato to express the fear. The fluctuating steps appear in full figures syncope. Theorem 5, a duet of tenor and bass " God, who is called love " ), represents God's love is in the consonances of sixth - and third - parallels. The final chorale is a four-part set, which interweaves the lower voices in expressive lines.

Recordings

  • J. S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 33 & BWV 95 Hans Heintze, Cathedral Choir & Bremer Bach Orchestra, Eva Bornemann, Georg Jelden, Roland Kunz. Cantate / Vanguard, 1962.
  • J. S. Bach: The cantatas - Sacred Cantatas Vol 2 Gustav Leonhardt, Hannover Boys Choir, Leonhardt Consort, René Jacobs, Marius van Altena, Max van Egmond. Teldec, 1974.
  • Bach Cantatas Vol 4 - Sundays after Trinity I. Karl Richter, Munich Bach Choir, Munich Bach Orchestra, Julia Hamari, Peter Schreier, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Archiv Produktion, 1976.
  • The Bach Cantata Vol 49 Helmuth Rilling, Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Helen Watts, Frieder Lang. Philippe Huttenlocher. Hänssler, 1979.
  • Bach Edition Vol 4 - Cantatas Vol 1 Pieter Jan Leusink, Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Sytse Buwalda, Knut Schoch, Bas Ramselaar. Brilliant Classics, 1999.
  • Bach Cantatas Vol 6: Köthen / Frankfurt. John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Nathalie Stutzmann, Christoph Genz, Jonathan Brown. Soli Deo Gloria, 2000.
  • J. S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol 13 Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Franziska Gottwald, Paul Agnew, Klaus Mertens. Antoine Marchand, 2000.
  • J. S. Bach: Cantatas Vol 24 - Cantatas from Leipzig 1724 Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan, Robin Blaze, Gerd Türk, Peter Kooij. . BIS, 2002.
  • Alone with You, Lord Jesus Christ. Rudolf Lutz, choir and orchestra of the JS Bach Foundation, Ruth Sandhoff, Andreas Post, Markus Volpert, Gallus Media, St. Gallen, 2008.
Konrad Hubert Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis Epistle to the Galatians Bass (voice type) Homophone Syncopation Knabenchor Hannover Leonhardt-Consort Karl Richter (conductor) Peter Kooy Werner Neumann Christoph Wolff Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid, BWV 3 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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