Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende? BWV 27

Who knows how near my end? ( BWV 27) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig in 1726 for the 16th Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on for the first time on October 6, 1726.

History and words

Bach composed the cantata in his fourth year in office in Leipzig for the 16th Sunday after Trinity. The prescribed readings for the Sunday were Eph 3.13 to 21 LUT, " Paul prays for the strengthening of the faith of the church in Ephesus ," and Luke 7:11-17 LUT, the awakening of the young man of Nain. In Bach's time the gospel of the resurrection of the dead referred in general, combined with a longing for death. The unknown lyricists involved in the input sentence, the first verse of " Who knows how near my end? " of Aemilie Juliane of Schwarzburg- Rudolstadt one, the "who can only love God prevail " is sung to the tune of. He used as a final chorale, the first verse of " Goodbye world! , I am weary of you " by Johann Georg Albinus. Bach led the cantata on October 6, 1726 for the first time.

Scoring and structure

The cantata is staffed with four soloists, soprano, alto, tenor and bass, four - or five-part choir, horn, three oboes, oboe da caccia, two violins, viola and basso continuo.

Recordings

  • J. S. Bach: Cantatas 18 x 152, Jürgen Jürgens, Monteverdi Choir, Leonhardt Consort, Rotraud Hansmann, Helen Watts, Kurt Equiluz, Max van Egmond, Telefunken 1966
  • Bach Cantatas, Vol 1: BWV 190a, BWV 84, BWV 89, BWV 27, Diethard Hellmann, Bach Choir Mainz, Bach Orchestra Mainz, Ursula Buckel, Marie -Luise Gilles, Kurt Huber, Hartmut Ochs, DDM Records Mitterteich late 1960s?
  • J. S. Bach: The Kantatenwerk · Complete Cantatas · Les Cantates, sequence / Vol 7 - BWV 24-27, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Vienna Boys Choir, Chorus Viennensis, Concentus Musicus Wien, soloist of the Vienna Boys' Choir, Paul Esswood, Kurt Equiluz, Siegmund Nimsgern, Teldec 1973
  • Bach Cantatas Vol 4 - Sundays after Trinity I, Karl Richter, Munich Bach Choir, Munich Bach Orchestra, Edith Mathis, Julia Hamari, Peter Schreier, Dietrich Fischer- Dieskau, Archiv Produktion 1977
  • The Bach Cantata Vol 51, Helmuth Rilling, Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Edith Wiens, Gabriele terror Bach, Lutz -Michael Harder, Walter Held wine, Haenssler 1982
  • J. S. Bach: Cantatas Nos. 27, 34 & 41, Gustav Leonhardt, Tölz Boys Choir, Baroque Orchestra, soloists of the Tölz Boys Choir, Markus Schäfer, Harry van der Kamp, Sony Classical, 1995
  • Bach Edition Vol 11 - Cantatas Vol 5, Pieter Jan Leusink, Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Marjon Strijk, Sytse Buwalda, Knut Schoch, Bas Ramselaar, Brilliant Classics 1999
  • Bach Cantatas Vol 8: Bremen / Santiago, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Katharine Fuge, Robin Tyson, Mark Padmore, Thomas Guthrie, Soli Deo Gloria 2000
  • J. S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol 16, Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Johan Zomer, Annette Markert, James Gilchrist, Klaus Mertens, Antoine Marchand 2000
  • J. S. Bach: Christ who is my life - Cantates BWV 27, 84, 95 & 161, Philippe Herreweghe, Collegium Vocale Gent, Dorothee Mields, Matthew White, Hans Jörg Mammel, Thomas E. Bauer, Harmonia Mundi France 2007
  • J. S. Bach: Cantatas for the Complete Liturgical Year Vol 12: " Why art thou cast down, my heart " - Cantatas BWV 138 · 27 · 47 · 96, Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande, Gerlinde sower, Petra Noskaiová, Christoph Genz, Jan van the crabbing, Accent 2009
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis Epistle to the Ephesians Bass (voice type) Leonhardt-Consort Karl Richter (conductor) Matt White (cyclist) 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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