Es ist dir gesagt, Mensch, was gut ist, BWV 45

He has showed you, O man, what is good ( BWV 45 ) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed the two-part cantata in Leipzig in 1726 for the 8th Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on for the first time on August 11, 1726.

History and words

Bach composed the cantata in Leipzig in 1726 for the 8th Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on for the first time on August 11, 1726. It is attributed to his third cantata cycle. 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 prophet. As in Behold, I will send for many fishermen, three weeks previously composed the text resembles cantatas by Johann Ludwig Bach. He is Ernst Ludwig I attributed and appeared in a collection from the year 1705., The poet chose for getting a verse from the Old Testament the prophet Micah, Wed 6.8 LUT, " He has showed you, O man, what is good and what the Lord requires of you, that keep God's word and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God ", which corresponds Jesus from the Gospel with the well-known words, " By their fruits ye shall know them. Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord, come into the kingdom of heaven, but to do the will of my Father in heaven. " The poet draws the image of the servant approach, according to the Evangelist Luke, Luke 12.42-47 LUT and LUT Lk 16.1 to 9. The second part to play music after the sermon begins with the central set of a symmetric structure on verse 22 of the Gospel, " Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? Have we not in thy name cast out demons? Have we not in thy name done many miracles? ' ". The following aria is a paraphrase of Matthew 10:32 LUT. The cantata will be decided with the second verse of Johann Heermann's chorale O God, thou good God (1630 ).

Scoring and structure

The cantata is staffed with three soloists, alto, tenor and bass, four-part choir, two flauti traversi, two oboes, two violins, viola and basso continuo.

Music

The opening chorus is a complex structure that begins with an extended instrumental section. Then change fugal parts with passages where the voices are embedded in the concerto the orchestra. Both recitatives are secco. The periodically structured Tenor Aria with dance character is accompanied by the strings.

The central biblical quotation is entrusted to the bass as the Vox Christi ( voice of Christ ). Bach Arioso it overwrites. The strings in lively motion give the words passionate emphasis. They open the set and repeat this three more times music in different keys. The singing voice is performed in daring jumps and extensive coloratura. Also in rich figuration accompanies the solo flute alto in the following aria, which brings comforting aspects. The final chorale melody of Ahasuerus Fritsch is set in four parts.

Recordings

  • Bach Cantatas Vol 4 - Sundays after Trinity I, Karl Richter, Munich Bach Choir, Munich Bach Orchestra, Hertha Topper, Ernst Haefliger, Kieth Engen, Archiv Produktion 1959
  • J. S. Bach: Cantatas No.. 105 & No.. 45, Ernest Ansermet, Choeur Pro Arte de Lausanne, L' Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Helen Watts, Ian Partridge, Tom Krause, Decca 1966
  • J. S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 45, BWV 176, Helmuth Rilling, Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Norma Procter, Kurt Equiluz, Erich Wenk, Cantate 1967
  • J. S. Bach: The cantatas - Sacred Cantatas Vol 3, Gustav Leonhardt, Hannover Boys Choir, Leonhardt Consort, René Jacobs, Kurt Equiluz, Hanns -Friedrich Kunz, Teldec 1974
  • The Bach Cantata Vol 45, Helmuth Rilling, Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Julia Hamari, Aldo Baldin, Philippe Huttenlocher, Haenssler 1982
  • Bach Edition Vol 9 - Cantatas Vol 4, conductor Pieter Jan Leusink, Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Sytse Buwalda, Knut Schoch, Bas Ramselaar, Brilliant Classics 1999
  • Bach Cantatas Vol 5: Rendsburg / Braunschweig / For the 8th Sunday after Trinity, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Robin Tyson and Christoph Genz, Brindley Sherratt, Archiv Produktion 2000
  • J. S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol 18, Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Bogna Bartosz, Christoph Prégardien, Klaus Mertens, Antoine Marchand 2002
  • J. S. Bach: Cantatas Vol 46 - Cantatas from Leipzig in 1724, Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan, Robin Blaze, Gerd Türk, Peter Kooy, TO 2009
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis Ernst Ludwig I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen Book of Micah Bass (voice type) Ahasverus Fritsch Karl Richter (conductor) Decca Records Knabenchor Hannover Leonhardt-Consort BIS Records 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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