Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit, BWV 111

What my God willing, this is always g'scheh ( BWV 111 ) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed the chorale cantata in Leipzig for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany on the hymn of Albrecht of Prussia and first performed it on January 21, 1725 for the first time on.

History and words

Bach wrote the chorale cantata in his second year in Leipzig for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany ( Epiphany ). The prescribed readings for the Sunday were Romans 12.17-21 LUT, Christian rules of life, and from 8.1 to 13 Mt LUT, the healing of a leper. The well-known hymn consists of four stanzas. Three of them were written by Albrecht of Prussia, who had introduced the Reformation in the Duchy of Prussia, another verse was added by an anonymous poet at the first release in 1554. The text of the first and the last verse was maintained for the cantata in the text, an unknown librettist wrote the inner two verses to each of a series of aria and recitative. Similarly as in the cantata that Bach had a year previously written for the occasion, Lord, as Thou wilt so chic to me, the text deals with the submission to the will of God.

Scoring and structure

The cantata is staffed with four soloists, soprano, alto, tenor and bass, four-part choir, two oboes, two violins, viola and basso continuo.

Music

In the opening chorus the soprano sings the chorale melody as a cantus firmus in long notes. The melody appears in an interesting alternate version in which portions of two bars and three bars, while Bach for his St. Matthew Passion as a set of 25 selected a version in which all phrases are two bars long. In the cantata, the lower voices prepare any use of the cantus firmus by imitation, sometimes they repeat the line in the long sustained final note of the soprano. The voices are embedded in an independent orchestral writing, concerts in the oboes and strings.

In sentence 2, a bass aria, the librettist was a line of the chorale unchanged, " God is your comfort and confidence ." For this line, and even for its continuation " and your souls life " quotes Bach chorale melody in embellished form. Sentence 4 is a duet of alto and tenor, "So I'll go with courageous steps ". The decisive steps are taken together in a minuet, accompanied by dotted rhythms over a pedal point. Theorem 5, a soprano recitative, emphasizing the last words, " O blessed, desired end " as arioso. It leads directly to the final chorale in a simple four -part harmony.

Recordings

  • Bach Made in Germany, Vol 1 - Cantatas II Günther Ramin, St. Thomas Boys Choir, the Gewandhaus Orchestra, Agnes Giebel, Annegret Haussler, Gert Lutze, John Oettel. Eterna, 1953.
  • Bach Made in Germany, Vol 2 - Cantatas IV Kurt Thomas, St. Thomas Boys Choir, the Gewandhaus Orchestra, Elisabeth Grummer, Marga Höffgen, Hans -Joachim Rotzsch, Theo Adam. Eterna, 1960.
  • Bach Cantatas, Vol 1 - Advent and Christmas. Karl Richter, Munich Bach Choir, Munich Bach Orchestra, Edith Mathis, Anna Reynolds, Peter Schreier, Theo Adam. Archiv Produktion, 1972.
  • The Bach Cantata Vol 23, Helmuth Rilling, Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Arleen Augér, Helen Watts, Lutz -Michael Harder, Philippe Huttenlocher. Hänssler, 1980.
  • JS Bach: The cantatas - Sacred Cantatas Vol 6 Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Tölz Boys Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, soloist of the Tölz Boys Choir, Paul Esswood, Kurt Equiluz, Ruud van der Meer. Teldec, 1981.
  • Bach Edition Vol 5 - Cantatas Vol 2 Pieter Jan Leusink, Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Ruth Holton, Sytse Buwalda, Nico van der Meel, Bas Ramselaar. Brilliant Classics, 1999.
  • JS Bach: Cantatas for the 3rd Sunday of Epiphany. John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Joanne Lunn, Sara Mingardo, Julian Podger, Stephen Varcoe. Archiv Produktion, 2000.
  • JS Bach: Complete Cantatas, Vol 12, Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Lisa Larsson, Annette Markert, Christoph Prégardien, Klaus Mertens. Antoine Marchand, 2000.
  • JS Bach: Cantatas Vol 32 - BWV 111, 123, 124, 125 Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan, Yukari Nonoshita, Robin Blaze, Andreas Weller, Peter Kooij. BIS, 2005.
  • " What my God wants the g'scheh all times ". Cantata BWV 111 Rudolf Lutz, choir and orchestra of the JS Bach Foundation, Noëmi Nad son, Claude Eichenberger, Hans Jörg Mammel, Peter Harvey. Velvet introductory workshop and reflection by Bernd Rüthers. Gallus Media, 2013.
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis Protestant Reformation Bass (voice type) Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra Kurt Thomas (composer) Hans-Joachim Rotzsch Karl Richter (conductor) Anna Reynolds (singer) Peter Kooy Peter Harvey (baritone) 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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