Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim, BWV 89

What shall I give thee up, Ephraim ( BWV 89 ) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig in 1723 for the 22th Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on for the first time on October 24, 1723.

History and words

Bach composed the cantata in 1723 in his first year in Leipzig for the 22th Sunday after Trinity. The prescribed readings for the Sunday were Phil 1:3-11 LUT, " thanksgiving and of Paul to the church in Philippi ," and Matthew 18:23-35 LUT, the parable of the unforgiving servant.

The unknown librettist stressed the given in the Gospel contrary to God's righteousness and unrighteousness of man. He begins with an appropriate quotation from the prophet Hosea, Hos 11.8 LUT. The next two sets, recitative and aria, sinful man, a further coupling of recitative and aria, however, treat the grace of God. The final chorale is the seventh stanza of Johann Heermann's Where shall I fly back (1630 ), a chorale, the creek a year later in his chorale cantata Where shall I fly back treated.

Scoring and structure

The cantata is staffed with three soloists, soprano, alto and bass, four-part choir only in the final chorale, horn, two oboes, two violins, viola and basso continuo.

Music

The cantata is busy chamber music. Only the chant is in four parts, the alto sings of sin, the grace of soprano, the bass is the voice of God in the input sentence. Some copies of individual parts refer to the set as Aria, but it is not known whether the name of Bach is authorized. It bears some traits of an aria, for example, a refrain at the beginning and as an outline, but also features a Arioso, for example, the free treatment of the text sections. The last section, which speaks of God's loving mercy ( " my compassion is kindled " ) is embedded in the ritornello, after which the ritornello is repeated again instrumental. A motif of the ritornello is similar to a character from the choir Let not rend the St. John Passion and can stand us in both cases for indecision.

The following three sets, two recitatives and an expressive aria, accompanied only by continuo. In the final aria plays an obbligato oboe. The final chorale is in four parts, the melody in the soprano is amplified by horn, the oboe and violin I.

Recordings

  • J. S. Bach: Cantatas Cantatas · No. 89, No. 90, No. 161, Jaap Schröder, boy choir, Concerto Amsterdam, Sheila Armstrong, Helen Watts, Max van Egmond, Telefunken 1969
  • The Bach Cantata Vol 56, Helmuth Rilling, Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Arleen Augér, Helen Watts, Philippe Huttenlocher, Haenssler 1977
  • J. S. Bach: The cantatas - Sacred Cantatas Vol 5, Gustav Leonhardt, Hannover Boys Choir, Leonhardt Consort, soloist of the Hannover Boys Choir, Paul Esswood, Max van Egmond, Telefunken 1979
  • J. S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol 8, Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Dorothea Rosch man Bogna Bartosz, Klaus Mertens, Antoine Marchand 1998
  • Bach Edition Vol 15 - Cantatas Vol 8, Pieter Jan Leusink, Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Ruth Holton, Sytse Buwalda, Bas Ramselaar, Brilliant Classics 2000
  • Bach Cantatas Vol 12: Bach Cantatas Vol 12: Tooting / Winchester / For the 22nd Sunday after Trinity, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Joanne Lunn, Robin Tyson, Peter Harvey, Soli Deo Gloria 2000
  • J. S. Bach: Cantatas Vol 14 - Cantatas from Leipzig in 1723, Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan, Midori Suzuki, Robin Blaze, Chiyuki Urano UNTIL 2000
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis Epistle to the Philippians Bass (voice type) Motif (music) Knabenchor Hannover Leonhardt-Consort 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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