Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange? BWV 155

My God, how long, how long? ( BWV 155) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in 1716 in Weimar for the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany and first performed it on January 19, 1716 for the first time on.

History and words

Bach wrote the cantata as concertmaster at the court of Johann Ernst of Saxe -Weimar for the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany and first performed it on 19 January 1716 in the castle church for the first time on. The prescribed readings were Romans 12.6 to 16 LUT and Jn 2:1-11 LUT, the wedding at Cana. The cantata text was written by the court poet Salomon Franck and published 1715 in Protestant devotional Opffer. He deepened a thought of the Gospel: Jesus is still hidden, but the soul must trust that he will appear at the right time. Franck mentions the word wine and alluding to the miracle at Cana, for example, " The tear is always full measure eingeschenket, the joys lacks wine." The final chorale is the twelfth verse of Paul Speratus ' It is our salvation come from.

Bach led the cantata in a revised version in Leipzig on January 16, 1724.

Scoring and structure

Like other cantatas of the Weimar period is the work of chamber music filled with four soloists, soprano, alto, tenor and bass, four-part choir chorale, bassoon, two violins, viola and basso continuo.

Music

The recitative speaks of eager anticipation over a quivering organ point of more than eleven bars. Only with the words " wine of joy lacks " the bass gets in motion, even if the lack of joy is mentioned in order to " Mir drops almost all confidence " again to sink back. In the following, a virtuoso bassoon duet in far-flung figurations accompanies the predominantly parallel guided voices. Theorem 3 brings comforting words, the Bach entrusted to the bass as the Vox Christi. On the words "For his mercy light appears more lovely you" a Arioso developed. In the final aria illustrate lively dotted rhythms in the strings and later the singing voice, "Throw, my heart, throw yourself still in the Highest Love arms ". The chorale on the melody of a Easter hymn from the 15th century decided in a four-part set of the cantata.

Recordings

Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis Bass (voice type) Peter Kooy 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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