Alles nur nach Gottes Willen, BWV 72

All just by God's will ( BWV 72) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig in 1726 for the third Sunday after Epiphany, January 27, in 1726. Bach later used the opening chorus of the Gloria of his Mass in G Minor, BWV 235

Emergence and words

Bach wrote the cantata in 1726 in his third cantata cycle in Leipzig for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany, 27 January 1726th The prescribed readings are Rom. 12.17 to 21 Mt from 8.1 to 13 LUT and LUT. The cantata text was published in 1715 by Salomon Franck in Weimar in Protestant devotional Opffer. Bach set to music in Leipzig him only, similar to the cantata You, who do you call yourselves from Christ. The final chorale What my God willing, the always g'scheh was written by Albrecht of Prussia 1547. The melody of Claudin de Sermisy first appeared in 1528 in the collection of songs Trente et quatre chansons. Bach had the chorale a year before his chorale cantata What my God willing, the always g'scheh, BWV 111, based on the same for Sunday.

Bach worked the opening chorus later to go to the Gloria of his Mass in G Minor, BWV 235

Scoring and structure

The cantata is set for three soloists, soprano, alto and bass, four -part choir, two oboes, two violins, viola and basso continuo.

Music

Although Franck had referred to the first sentence as aria, Bach set to music it was a choral setting. An instrumental ritornello is dominated by two-measure semiquaver figures in the violins, which are picked up towards the end also by the continuo. The voices take over the figures on the word everything, first the soprano, then the other clock for clock. In a quieter middle section on the words of God will me to be silent canonical imitations of voices accompanied by the orchestra. The next words in the clouds and sunshine will again painted by figures as at the beginning, but starting in the lower register. The first and last section end with chorus installation in the ritornello.

In his adaptation of the Gloria of the Mass Bach left out the introductory ritornello for use in the liturgy. He put the words Gloria in excelsis Deo to the first part, Et in terra pax on the middle part and Laudamus te to the ending section.

The first recitative secco begins, but develops into the arioso on the words Lord, if Thou wilt, which are repeated nine times, each time with a different continuation, culminating in so I do not mortal.

In the following aria, the voice begins immediately, it only follows an unusual ritornello, a fugue of violins and continuo of.

In the second aria -song - dance-like character of the instruments play a refrain and repeat it after a short motto: My Jesus wants to do it, he wants to sweeten up your cross. In the main part of the singing voice is embedded in the ritornello. In the middle part is though your heart is much sorrows expressed by minor turbidity. After another ritornello the voice repeated in conclusion: my Jesus wants to do it.

The final chorale is in four parts.

Recordings

  • Bach Made in Germany Vol 1 - Cantatas III, Günther Ramin, St. Thomas Choir, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, boy soloists, Hans Hauptmann, Leipzig Classics 1956
  • The Bach Cantata Vol 24, Helmuth Rilling, Figuralchor the Memorial Church Stuttgart, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Arleen Augér, Hildegard Laurich, Wolfgang Schöne, Haenssler 1972
  • Les Grandes Cantates de J. S. Bach Vol 29, Fritz Werner, Heinrich-Schütz -Chor Heilbronn, Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn, Ingeborg Reichelt, Barbara Scherler, Bruce Abel, Erato 1973
  • J. S. Bach: The cantatas - Sacred Cantatas Vol 4, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Tölz Boys Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, boy soprano Wilhelm Wiedl, Paul Esswood, Ruud van der Meer, Teldec 1977
  • J. S. Bach: Cantatas for the 3rd Sunday of Epiphany, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Joanne Lunn, Sara Mingardo, Stephen Varcoe, Archiv Produktion 2000
  • J. S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol 19, Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Sandrine Piau, Bogna Bartosz, Klaus Mertens, Antoine Marchand 2002
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis 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, 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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