Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht, BWV 124

I will not let my Jesus ( BWV 124) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed the chorale cantata, based on the chorale of Christian Keymann, in Leipzig for the 1st Sunday after Epiphany and first performed it on January 7, 1725 for the first time on.

History and words

Bach wrote the cantata in his second year in Leipzig for the 1st Sunday after Epiphany ( Epiphany ). The prescribed readings for the Sunday were Rom. 12:1-6 LUT, the duties of Christians, and Lk 2:41-52 LUT, searching and finding of the twelve year old Jesus in the temple. Last year, Bach had the same occasion in My dearest Jesus the human situation is considered lost, the lost to Jesus. This text is based on the chorale cantata in six stanzas of Christian Keymann ( 1658). The chorale text begins, as in the work of the previous year, with a parallel to the Gospel: The believer does not want to lose Jesus, just as the parents of twelve year old did not want to lose him. In the further course of the chorale follows the idea of ​​being associated with Jesus after death. The unknown librettist retained the first and last verse in the text and wrote the remaining stanzas to the same number of alternating recitatives and arias to. Bach led the cantata for the first time on January 7, 1725, one day after Liebster Immanuel, Herzog of the pious to Epiphany.

Scoring and structure

The cantata is staffed with four soloists, soprano, alto, tenor and bass, four-part choir, horn for amplification of the soprano in the chorale, oboe d' amore, two violins, viola and basso continuo.

Music

In the opening chorus wear soprano and horn line by line, the cantus firmus in front of a tune by Andreas Hammerschmidt, who worked with Keymann, the lower voices are performed predominantly homophonic, while the orchestra own thematic material used in foreplay, interludes and accompaniment. The set has minuet character, with the oboe d' amore takes a concert leading role. The phrase " velcro looking to stick to him," is illustrated in the lower voices by a three bars long held "sticky " sound. A brief secco recitative leads to a tenor aria, accompanied by the oboe, while the strings expressed by a " drumming " motif repeated fast notes "shock and awe ". Alfred Dürr compares this picture with a similar figure in the alto recitative " Why do you want to scare ", set 49 in Bach's Christmas Oratorio, Part VI. In another secco recitative, the words " vollbrachtem run" can be illustrated by an ascending run over one octave. A duet of soprano and alto, accompanied only by continuo, similar to a dance, which is divided into uniform sections of four bars. The cantata will be decided by the last verse of the hymn in four-part set.

Recordings

  • Bach Cantatas Vol 1 - Advent and Christmas, Karl Richter, Munich Bach Choir, Munich Bach Orchestra, Lotte Schädle, Hertha Topper, Ernst Haefliger, Theo Adam, Archiv Produktion 1967
  • The Bach Cantata Vol 21, Helmuth Rilling, Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Arleen Augér, Helen Watts, Aldo Baldin, Wolfgang Schöne, Haenssler 1980
  • J. S. Bach: The cantatas - Sacred Cantatas Vol 7, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Tölz Boys Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, soloist of the Tölz Boys Choir, Kurt Equiluz, Thomas Thomaschke, Teldec 1980
  • Bach Cantatas Vol 18: Berlin / Weimar / Leipzig / Hamburg / For Christmas Day & for Epiphany / For the 1st Sunday after Epiphany, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Claron McFadden, Michael Chance, James Gilchrist, Peter Harvey, Soli Deo Gloria 2000
  • J. S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol 12, Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Lisa Larsson, Annette Markert, Christoph Prégardien, Klaus Mertens, Antoine Marchand 2000
  • Bach Edition Vol 20 - Cantatas Vol 11, Pieter Jan Leusink, Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Ruth Holton, Sytse Buwalda, Knut Schoch, Bas Ramselaar, Brilliant Classics 1999
  • J. S. Bach: Cantatas Vol 32, Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan, Yukari Nonoshita, Robin Blaze, Andreas Weller, Peter Kooij UNTIL 2005
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis Bass (voice type) Homophone Motif (music) 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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