Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, BWV 68

For God so loved the world ( BWV 68) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for the second Pfingstfesttag and led them on 21 May 1725 the first time.

History and words

Bach wrote the cantata for 2 Pfingstfesttag. The prescribed readings for the feast were Acts 10.16-21 LUT and LUT Jn 3.16 to 21, the meeting of Jesus with Nicodemus. In his second year in office Leipzig Bach had to Palm Sunday consistently composed chorale cantatas for his second cantata cycle from the first Sunday after Trinity, but was passed over for Easter again cantatas on freer textual basis. These included nine cantatas on texts of the poet Christiana Mariana von Ziegler, including the Cantata for the 2nd day of Pentecost. Bach and arranged them on Ascension alone later his second cantata cycle, even though they are not based on a chorale, but start with a chorale fantasy. Start The other seven cantatas of the author, who predominantly with a bass solo as Vox Christi ( voice of Christ ), he took the other hand, in the third cantata cycle.

The poet chose for the first set of Pentecost cantata with the first verse of Solomon Liscows Hymn (1675 ), which begins with the same words as the words of the Gospel: "For God so loved the world ". The last sentence of five-movement work she quoted verse 18 of the Gospel, the Bach worked in an unusually extensive choral setting.

Bach led the cantata on 21 May 1725 for the first time.

Scoring and structure

The cantata is occupied by two vocal soloists ( soprano and bass), four-part choir, horn, zinc, three trumpets, two oboes, taille ( tenor oboe ), two violins, viola and basso continuo. The cantata contains five sets.

Music

The opening chorus is a chorale fantasy, as in Bach's chorale cantatas. The melody of Gottfried Vopelius ( 1682) is sung by the soprano and amplified by the horn. Bach changed the rhythm of the melody to 12/8-Takt and decorated them.

The two arias are based on Bach's Cantata hunting What pleases me is only the sprightly hunting, BWV 208 The soprano aria " My faithful heart " is based on an aria of the goddess Pales "Because want ranging herds ". Bach uses obbligato instrument as a cello piccolo one, as in other cantatas of his second cycle ( 1724-25 ). The bass aria is based on an aria of the god Pan, " A prince is his country Pan".

The last sentence is not, as in most church cantatas a simple four-part chorale, but a large-scale structure to a verse of John's Gospel. Bach expresses the contrast of "who believeth in him " and "nothing but believeth " out in a double fugue with two contrasting themes, the votes from the zinc (soprano) and three trombones (alto and bass) are amplified.

Recordings ( selection)

  • JS Bach: Cantatas BWV 68 & BWV 70 Kurt Thomas, Kantorei Dreikönigskirche Frankfurt, Collegium Musicum, Ingeborg Reichelt, Erich Wenk. L' Oiseau -Lyre, 1962?
  • Bach Made in Germany Vol 2 - Cantatas IV Kurt Thomas, St. Thomas Boys Choir, the Gewandhaus Orchestra, Elisabeth Grummer, Theo Adam. Eterna, 1960.
  • Les Grandes Cantates de JS Bach Vol 14, Fritz Werner, Heinrich-Schütz -Chor Heilbronn, Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra, Agnes Giebel, Jakob Stämpfli. Erato, 1963.
  • JS Bach: " Ring out, her songs ," Cantata BWV 172; "For God so loved the world ," Cantata BWV 68 Klaus Martin Ziegler, Vocal Ensemble Kassel, German Bach Soloists, Ursula Buckel, Jakob Stämpfli. Cantate, 1966.
  • Bach Cantatas Vol 3 - Ascension Day, Whitsun, Trinity. Karl Richter, Munich Bach Choir, Munich Bach Orchestra, Edith Mathis, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Archiv Produktion, 1975.
  • JS Bach: The cantatas, Episode 17 - BWV 65-68. Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Tölz Boys Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, soloist of the Tölz Boys' Choir, Ruud van der Meer. Teldec, 1975.
  • The Bach Cantata, Vol 37 Helmuth Rilling, Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Arleen Augér, Philippe Huttenlocher. Hänssler, 1981.
  • Bach Made in Germany Vol 4 - Cantatas II Hans -Joachim Rotzsch, St. Thomas Boys Choir, the Gewandhaus Orchestra, Arleen Augér, Theo Adam. Leipzig Classics, 1981.
  • JS Bach: Cantatas with violoncello piccolo. Christophe Coin, Choeur de Chambre Accentus, Ensemble Baroque de Limoges, Barbara Schlick, Gotthold Schwarz. Auvidis Astrée, 1995.
  • Bach Cantatas Vol 26: Long Melford / For Whit Sunday / For Whit Monday. John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Lisa Larsson, Panagiotis Iconomou. Soli Deo Gloria 2000.
  • Bach Edition Vol 21 - Cantatas Vol 12 Pieter Jan Leusink, Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Marjon Strijk, Bas Ramselaar. Brilliant Classics, 2000.
  • JS Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol 14 Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Deborah York, Klaus Mertens. Antoine Marchand, 2001
  • JS Bach: Cantatas Vol 39 - BWV 28, 68, 85, 175, 183 Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan, Carolyn Sampson, Peter Kooij. BIS, 2007.
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein, BWV 128 Bass (voice type) Kurt Thomas (composer) Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Karl Richter (conductor) Hans-Joachim Rotzsch Peter Kooy Werner Neumann Klaus Hofmann 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 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 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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