Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz, BWV 136

Search me, O God, and know my heart, BWV 136, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, written in Leipzig in 1723 for the eighth Sunday after Trinity, July 18, 1723.

History and Text

The cantata was performed in Leipzig on the eighth Sunday after Trinity. The sources show, however only for the central part of Theorem 3 and the final chorale a composition at this time. Other parts are probably due to a lost secular or church cantata. The text for the opening chorus is Psalm 139, verse 23 The prescribed readings for the Sunday were as Epistle Romans 8.12 to 17 LUT, " What drives the Spirit of God, are sons of God ", and as the Gospel Mt 7,15 - 23 LUT, a section of the sermon on the Mount, the warning against false prophets. The poet of recitatives and arias, which closely follow the readings is unknown. The chorale verse 9 by Johann Heermann's Where shall I fly back (1630 ), to the melody of love to my God, the stream used again in 1724 for his cantata Where shall I fly out.

Instrumentation and structure

The cantata is set for three soloists and a four -part choir, horn, oboe, oboe d' amore, two violins, viola and basso continuo.

Music

The opening chorus consists essentially of two parts, A and A ', choral fugues on the same topic on the entire text. An extended instrumental ritornello, determined from the horn will sound at the beginning, between the parts and the ending. The first joint is preceded by a vocal "Foreign Exchange ". Throughout the record, the oboes play not independent, but reinforce the violins in the ritornello and the soprano in the chorus parts. Bach used the phrase later for Cum Sancto Spiritu his Missa in A major.

The two recitatives are secco usually, only in the last bars of Theorem 4 they go about in arioso.

The aria is accompanied by the oboe d' amore, the middle part ( which was composed with Security 1723) is presto overwritten. Both violins accompany the duet in unison, while the voices sometimes imitative, sometimes homophonic singing, like in duets, Bach wrote in Köthen.

The chant is extended by a violin for five voices, as in the hymn of Erschallet, her songs erklinget, her strings! .

Recordings

  • The Bach Cantata Vol 44 conductor Helmuth Rilling, Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Helen Watts, Kurt Equiluz, Niklaus Tüller. Hänssler, 1978.
  • JS Bach: The cantatas - Sacred Cantatas Vol 7 conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Tölz Boys Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, Paul Esswood, Kurt Equiluz, Walter Held wine. Teldec, 1983.
  • JS Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol 7 conductor Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Bogna Bartosz, Gerd Türk, Klaus Mertens. Antoine Marchand, 1997.
  • JS Bach: Cantatas Vol 11 - Cantatas from Leipzig Conductor Masaaki Suzuki IV in 1723, Bach Collegium Japan, Kai Wessel, Makoto Sakurada, Peter Kooij. BIS, 1998.
  • JS Bach: Cantatas Vol 5 conductor John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Robin Tyson and Christoph Genz, Brindley Sherratt. Soli Deo Gloria, 2000.
  • Search me, O God, and know my heart. Conductor Rudolf Lutz, choir and orchestra of the JS Bach Foundation, Markus Forster, John Kaleschke, Ekkehard Abele. Bea Wyler ( reflection). DVD. Gallus Media, 2011.
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis Homophony Peter Kooy BIS Records WorldCat 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 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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