Wer da gläubet und getauft wird, BWV 37

Who believeth and is baptized ( BWV 37) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for Ascension and led them on May 18, 1724 the first time.

History and words

Bach wrote the cantata for the Feast of the Ascension. The prescribed readings for the feast day were 1.1 to 11 Acts LUT, the prologue last promise and ascension of Jesus, and Mk 16.14-20 LUT, mission and baptize, Ascension.

An unknown librettist began with a quote from the Gospel, verse 16, He did not address the Ascension, but focused on the Lutheran justification of baptized Christians by faith, but he divided the text into two sections which he each case by a Choral graduated, in sentence 3, the fifth verse of Philipp Nicolai's " How beautifully shines the morning star" ( 1599) and in the final sentence 6 of the fourth stanza of Johann Kolroses I thank you, dear Lord ( c. 1535). The first section considers the love of Jesus, thanks for the chorale, the second section introduces how a sermon based on Paul ( Rom 3:28 LUT) of that good works alone are not sufficient for a happy life if they do not by the beliefs are justified. The final chorale is another song of thanksgiving.

Klaus Hofmann points out that the cantatas of the two previous Sundays, Whither goest thou? and Verily, verily, I say unto you, show the same text structure, which points to the same poet of these works. Werner Neumann suggested that it might have been Christian Weiss.

Bach led the cantata on 18 May 1724 for the first time. It was estimated in the 19th century.

Scoring and structure

The cantata is staffed by four vocal soloists (soprano, alto, tenor and bass), four-part choir, two oboes d' amore, two violins, viola and basso continuo. The cantata contains six sets.

Music

Although the verse, which is the first set based is spoken in the Gospel of Jesus himself, Bach makes him sing the chorus, as if the Christians had instructed to go into all the world, already internalized. The set begins with an extended instrumental introduction, in the three melodic lines appear simultaneously, a subject of the oboe, which is later taken over by the voices, a second in the violins, the Luther song reminds These are the holy Ten Commandments, and a third in the continuo, the How lovely shines the morning star in the chorale occurs. In two sections, the votes are embedded in a repeat of the introduction.

Set 2 is an aria for a solo violin voice is not obtained, as the New Bach Edition notes. In sentence 3 Bach processed the chorale in the older form of the chorale concerto, as it used to Johann Hermann Schein. The melody appears changed, where certain words to be emphasized. The following recitative is accompanied by the strings. They also play in the final aria, while an oboe d' amore alternately add occurs and stays away, which Bach interesting sound effects achieved. The final chorale is a four-part set.

Recordings ( selection)

  • JS Bach: Cantatas BWV 37, BWV 76 Wilhelm Ehmann, Westfälische Kantorei, German Bach Soloists, Nelly van der Spek, Frauke Haase man, Johannes Hoefflin, Wilhelm Pommerien. Cantate 1965.
  • JS Bach: The cantatas (2). Hans Grischkat, Swabian Singkreis Stuttgart, Stuttgart Bach Orchestra, Csilla Zentai, Elisabeth Wacker, Kurt Huber, Michael Schopper. FSM Candide, 1972.
  • JS Bach: The cantatas - Sacred Cantatas Vol 3 Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Vienna Boys Choir, Chorus Viennensis, soloist of the Vienna Boys' Choir, Paul Esswood, Kurt Equiluz, Ruud van der Meer. Teldec, 1974.
  • J. S. Bach: Ascension Cantatas. John Eliot Gardiner, Nancy Argenta, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Michael Chance, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Stephen Varcoe. Archiv Produktion, 1996.
  • JS Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol 9 Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Sibylla Rubens, Bernhard Landauer, Christoph Prégardien, Klaus Mertens. Antoine Marchand, 1998.
  • Bach Edition Vol 4 - Cantatas Vol 1 Pieter Jan Leusink, Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Ruth Holton, Sytse Buwalda, Knut Schoch, Bas Ramselaar. Brilliant Classics, 1999.
  • JS Bach: Cantatas Vol 19 - Cantatas from Leipzig 1724 Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan, Yukari Nonoshita, Robin Blaze, Makoto Sakurada, Stephan MacLeod.. BIS, 2001.
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis Bass (voice type) Neue Bach-Ausgabe Johann Schein 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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