Vox Christi

As Vox Christi ( Latin for voice of Christ ') are referred to in a church cantata, an oratorio or a passion solo passages in which Jesus Christ comes in the form I say. According to this medieval tradition, these passages are given to a bass. When playing in the show, this was originally the work of the priest. Oldest form of recitative presentation of the biblical text in the text, the part of the Evangelist ( narrator ) is taken over by the tenor. In the practice of music of the Baroque, especially in the work of Johann Sebastian Bach, can be found beyond ariosos and arias, where a Word of Christ is as a text basis, as well as free madrigalische seals that Christ be put in the mouth, often in the context of dialogues with of the soul, whose part is sung by the soprano.

Vox Christi in Bach Cantatas

The Vox Christi comes in a series of Bach cantatas before:

  • In King of Heaven, would be welcome (25 March 1714), Bach's first cantata in Weimar, for Palm Sunday, in the year with the Annunciation of the Lord, are treated Psalm verses when Jesus talks. The only recitative of the cantata expands to Arioso: " Behold, I come, in the book it is written of me " Ps 40.7 to 8 LUT.
  • In Erschallet, her songs, erklinget, her strings! (20 May 1714) for Pentecost, the bass sings the words of Jesus from the Gospel, " Whoever loves me will keep my word ," John 14:23 LUT.
  • Come In Now, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61 (2 December 1714) sings the words of Christ in Rev 3:20 LUT Bass: " Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him and he with me. "
  • In merciful heart of the Eternal Love ( BWV 185, July 14, 1715 ), the bass admonitions from the Sermon summarizes each time preceded by "This is the Christian art."
  • In Prepares the way, preparing the web! BWV 132 ( December 22, 1715 ) sings the bass, the question " Who are you? " Which is addressed to John in the Gospel, as if the listener Jesus ask this question.
  • In O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60 (7 November 1723) is set in 4 recitative of fear from the bass as the Vox Christi answered with " Blessed are the dead ."
  • In acting, dear God, as my enemy, BWV 153 (2 January 1724), the bass sings the Bible word " Fear not, I am with you " (Is 41,10 EU), as if Jesus himself said.
  • In My dearest Jesus is lost (9 January 1724) sings the bass in an arioso the response of the twelve year old Jesus on the question of his desperate parents: "Know ye not that I must be about, which is my father? " ( Lk 2,49 EU).
  • In Jesus sleeps, what hope? ( BWV 81, January 30, 1724), the bass sings in the central arioso of the cantata " O ye of little faith, why are you so afraid? " (Mt 8,26 EU)
  • The cantata Whither goest thou? ( BWV 166, May 7, 1724) is opened by the bass with a quote from the third farewell speech, which is to be understood as a question of the fundamental direction of the life cycle.
  • In Verily, verily, I say unto you ( BWV 86, May 14, 1724), the bass sings in the first sentence the promise of a farewell speech of Jesus (Jn 16,23 EU).
  • In Jesus, thou my soul, BWV 78 (10 September 1724) is the bass recitative " The wounds, nails, crown and grave " of strings accompanied as the Vox Christi in Bach's St. Matthew Passion.
  • The cantata Blessed is the man, BWV 57 (26 December 1724) is ( soul ) a dialogue between Jesus and the anima.
  • In the first set of They shall put you out of the synagogue, BWV 183 (13 May 1725) the announcement will be carried forward from the farewell speeches as short recitative in only cycles, accompanied by long-held chords of four oboes, two oboi da caccia and two oboi d 'amore over a pedal point of the continuo.
  • The central movement of the cantata with the hungry thy bread, BWV 39 (23 June 1726) is a line from Hebrews 13:16 LUT: " But to do good and to communicate forget not " that can speak Bach Jesus.
  • In Behold, I will send for many fishers ( BWV 88, June 23, 1726) is set 4, a verse from the Gospel, the center of the composition. The tenor announces as an evangelist: "Jesus said to Simon ." The direct speech of Jesus, who appoints Peter as the disciple is sung by the bass: "Fear not; because from now on you will be catching men. "
  • In the central set of He has showed you, O man, what is good ( BWV 45, August 11, 1726), which begins Part II, the Vox Christi half Vivaldi concert, semi- opera scene appears in a highly virtuosic aria, said John Eliot Gardiner.
  • In It 's all waiting for you, BWV 187 (4 August 1726), in the fourth sentence, the Bible words from the Sermon on the Mount entrusted to the bass as the Vox Christi, accompanied by the violins in unison and the continuo, which is involved in the motifs.
  • In Lord, your eyes shall be upon the belief, BWV 102 (25 August 1726) is the bass voice in sentence 4, referred to as Arioso by Bach himself, treated similarly as the voice of Jesus in the Passions.
  • In Awake, the voice calls us, BWV 140 (25 November 1731) Jesus appears to the soul in a duet, "When you come, my salvation? ".

In the chorale cantata There is salvation come from us, BWV 9, three bass recitative, Umdichtungen of many verses of the hymn of the same name, as a Lutheran sermon on topics from the Sermon on the Mount to be construed.

Singer

Some basses and baritones are especially known for their design of the words of Jesus in the Passions, including:

Bass (voice type) Evangelist (Bach) Psalms Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe, BWV 185 Oboe da caccia Antonio Vivaldi Peter Kooy
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