Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen, BWV 175

He calleth his sheep by name ( BWV 175 ) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for the 3rd day of Pentecost, and led them on 22 May 1725 the first time.

History and words

Bach composed the cantata in his second year in Leipzig for the 3rd day of Pentecost, and led them on 22 May 1725 the first time. 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 third day of Pentecost, the Bach cantata later his third cycle then assigned.

The prescribed readings for the feast were Acts 8:14-17 and John 10:1-10 LUT LUT, the meeting of Jesus with Nicodemus. The cantata addresses two issues in the sets 1 to 4 the Good Shepherd, and the sheep hear his voice, in sets 5-7 those who did not hear him. The poet uses for them the phrase " blind reason" and thus speaks to the tendency of the early Enlightenment. The cantata ends with the ninth verse of Johann Rist O Spirit of God, my comfort and peace.

Scoring and structure

The cantata is busy with an unusual instrument. Three soloists, alto, tenor and bass, and a four-part choir in the final chorale music with three recorders, two trumpets, violoncello piccolo, two violins, viola, and basso continuo. The recorders emphasize the pastoral aspect.

Music

The introductory quotation from the Bible is sung by the tenor, the voice of the evangelist. Three Recorders, instruments of pastoral music that accompany this recitative "He calleth his sheep by name and leads them out ." The recorders also give the first aria in 12/8-Takt characteristic color. The following brief recitative asks in dramatic excitement full of dissonance, like a lost sheep after his shepherds: " Where can I find you Oh, where have you hidden? ". To describe the relief of his arrival be painted, Bach transposed the seventh movement of his congratulatory cantata Durchlauchtster Leopold, an extended da capo Bourrée with obbligato cello and bassoon in unison, a minor third for a fünfsaitiges violoncello piccolo. The meter of poetry is not tailored as if Bach had not matched the intent of the parody with the poet.

The central recitative in Theorem 5 is the movement of the cantata, which is accompanied by the strings. He begins with a Bible quote that is presented by the Old, " but you do not heard what it was that he had had said to them ," and does not lead to a bass arioso on the last line, a warning, the words of Jesus to overhear. The warning is reinforced by the accompaniment with two trumpets in the following aria, which speaks of hell and death: "Jesus swore to you that he killed devil, death." The trumpets are silent in the middle part that mentions the gifts of Jesus ' grace, Gnüge, full life. " You may also see this aria is a parody, but the source is unknown.

The chorale is repeated from the Whitsun Cantata Whoever loves me will keep my word, BWV 59 set The melody of the Pentecostal hymn Come, Holy Spirit, God Herre is for four-part choir. Three separate recorder parts take the instrumentation of the beginning again.

Recordings

Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis Bass (voice type) Pastorale Evangelist (Bach) St. James' Church, Hamburg Hans-Joachim Rotzsch Karl Richter (conductor) Anna Reynolds (singer) Knabenchor Hannover Leonhardt-Consort Peter Kooy 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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