Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130

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Lord God, we praise all ( BWV 130 ) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig in 1724 for the feast Michaelis and led them on 29 September 1724 on.

History and words

Bach composed the cantata in his second year in Leipzig for the feast of the Archangel Michael and all the angels on September 29. In Leipzig there was a trade fair that day. Bach composed this year, a cycle of chorale cantatas, which he had begun on the 1st Sunday after Trinity. The prescribed readings for the Sunday were Rev. 12.7 to 12 LUT, Michael's fight with the dragon, and 18.1 to 11 Mt LUT, " the children belongs the kingdom of heaven, their angels behold the face of God."

The cantata based on the song in twelve stanzas of Paul Eber ( 1554 ), a paraphrase of Philipp Melanchthon's Latin " Dicimus grates tibi ". Each stanza has four lines. The melody was first printed in 1551 in Geneva Psalter. You will Loys Bourgeois attributed and is very well known in the English-speaking world as a melody of the small doxology, " Praise God, from splat all blessings flow".

Scoring and structure

The cantata is festively decorated with four soloists (soprano, alto, tenor and bass), four-part choir, three trumpets, timpani, Flauto traverso, three oboes, two violins, viola and basso continuo.

Music

In the opening chorus of Bach can sing to each other in choirs, by assigning various instrument groups different subjects, countries strings, oboes and trumpets, in the festive cast that was like Christmas common in Leipzig for the High Holy days. Mincham is compared to the 15 input choirs of the previous cantatas of the cycle notes that this is the most lavishly orchestrated and highly extroverted festive character ("... the most lavishly Scored chorus so far and Certainly the most extrovertly festive in character".

In sentence 3 trumpets and drums accompany the bass in a picture of the struggle against the " old dragon ". A gentle duet between soprano and tenor reminiscent of the Guardian Angel, save Daniel in the lions' den and the three men in the fiery furnace. John Eliot Gardiner associated the flute part in a gavotte for tenor with the scene in which Elijah goes to heaven by angels. The final chorale is dominated again by the trumpets.

Recordings

Guido Reni Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis Louis Bourgeois (composer) Bass (voice type) Karl Richter (conductor) Peter Harvey (baritone) 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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