Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben, BWV 102
Lord, your eyes shall be upon the belief, BWV 102, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, written in Leipzig in 1726 for the tenth Sunday after Trinity, August 25 in 1726.
History and Text
The cantata from Bach's third cantatas for the Tenth Sunday after Trinity was first performed on 25 August 1726, a second time around in 1737. Prescribed readings are 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 and Luke 19.41-49 LUT LUT, Jesus mourns over Jerusalem. The cantata text only generally linked to the readings and calls the soul to immediate repentance. Two sets are based on biblical texts, the opening chorus on Jer 5.3 LUT and 4 set on Rom 2:4-5 LUT. The cantata will be decided with the verses 6 and 7 of the hymn, As I live, saith thy God by Johann Heermann (1630 ). The free seal was different authors attributed CS Terry suggests Christian Weiss ago, Werner Neumann suspected Christiana Mariana von Ziegler, Christoph Walther Blankenburg helmet.
Instrumentation and structure
The cantata is set for three soloists, alto, tenor and bass, a four -part chorus, flute, two oboes, two violins, viola, and basso continuo. It consists of two parts that were making music before and after the sermon. It is unusual that the second part does not begin with the Bible word in sentence 4, 5 but with sentence
Music
The opening chorus is a mature work of Bach, which combines the instrumental and vocal parts varied and interprets the text sections obvious. The preliminary Symphony consists of two parts, which are repeated separately and together. The words of Lord, your eyes sweep three times again.
Bach used the music of the opening chorus later for the Kyrie of his Missa in G minor. Two arias ( 3 and 5) he used for Qui tollis and Quoniam the Gloria of his Missa in F major.
The bass voice in Theorem 4 are denoted by Bach himself as Arioso is treated similarly to the voice of Jesus in the Passions. The bass section was interpreted by singers who are not specialized in baroque music, as Dietrich Fischer- Dieskau with conductor Benjamin Britten at the Aldeburgh Festival.
The cantata is decided with two Choralstophen in simple four -part harmony.
Recordings
- Britten at Aldeburgh ( BBC) - Bach: Cantatas 102 & 151, Benjamin Britten, Aldeburgh Festival Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Janet Baker, Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer- Dieskau, Decca 1965
- The Bach Cantata Vol 47, Helmuth Rilling, Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Eva Randova, Kurt Equiluz, Wolfgang Schöne, Haenssler 1972
- Les Grandes Cantates de J. S. Bach Vol 27, Fritz Werner, Heinrich-Schütz -Chor Heilbronn, Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn, Barbara Scherler, Theo Altmeyer, Bruce Abel, Erato 1973
- Bach Cantatas Vol 4 - Sundays after Trinity I, Karl Richter, Munich Bach Choir, Munich Bach Orchestra, Julia Hamari, Peter Schreier, Dietrich Fischer- Dieskau, Archiv Produktion 1977
- J. S. Bach: The cantatas - Sacred Cantatas Vol 6, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Tölz Boys Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, Paul Esswood, Kurt Equiluz, Philippe Huttenlocher, Teldec 1980
- Bach Cantatas Vol 5: Rendsburg / Braunschweig, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Daniel Taylor, Christoph Genz, Gotthold Schwarz, Soli Deo Gloria 2000
- J. S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol 11, Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Bogna Bartosz, James Gilchrist, Klaus Mertens, Antoine Marchand 2002
- J. S. Bach: Cantatas for the Complete Liturgical Year Vol 3, Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande, Petra Noskaiova, Christoph Genz, Jan van der crabbing, Accent 2003
- J. S. Bach: Cantatas Vol 46, Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan, Robin Blaze, Gerd Türk, Peter Kooij, TO 2009