Ein ungefärbt Gemüte, BWV 24
Ein ungefärbt Gemüte (An unstained spirit), BWV 24, is a church cantata composed by Johann Sebastian Bach.
It was composed in Leipzig in 1723 for the fourth Sunday after Trinity, which fell that year on 20 June, date of the work's premiere.
The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the Epistle to the Romans, Romans 8:18–23, "For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God." and from the Sermon on the Mount: Luke 6:36–42, the admonition to "be merciful", "judge not". The texts are of mixed authorship, with Erdmann Neumeister responsible for those of movements 1, 2, 4 and 5, Johann Heermann for that of the final chorale, and the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 7, verse 12, for that of the third movement.
The chorale theme O Gott, du frommer Gott (Zahn 5148) is of unknown authorship, but it was used by Heermann to set his hymn to music in 1630 and appeared in virtually all hymnals by the end of the following decade.
Scoring and structure
The piece is scored for clarino, oboes I/II, oboes d'amore I/II, violins I/II, viola, and basso continuo, along with three vocal soloists (altus, tenor, bass) and four-part choir. It is in six movements:
- Aria: "Ein ungefärbt Gemüte" for altus, strings, and continuo.
- Recitativo: "Die Redlichkeit ist eine von den Gottesgaben" for tenor and continuo.
- (Coro): "Alles nun, das ihr wollet" for choir, clarino, oboes, strings, and continuo.
- Recitativo: "Die Heuchelei ist eine Brut" for bass, strings and continuo.
- Aria: "Treu und Wahrheit sei der Grund" for tenor, oboes d'amore, and continuo.
- Chorale: "O Gott, du frommer Gott" for choir, clarino, oboes, strings, and continuo.
Recordings
- Bach Made in Germany Vol. 1 - Cantatas VI, Günther Ramin, Thomanerchor, Gewandhausorchester, Eva Fleischer, Gert Lutze, Hans Hauptmann, Leipzig Classics 1952
- J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 2, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Wiener Sängerknaben & Chorus Viennensis, Concentus Musicus Wien, boy soloist, Paul Esswood, Kurt Equiluz, Max van Egmond, Teldec 1973
- Bach Cantatas Vol. 3 - Ascension Day, Whitsun, Trinity, Karl Richter, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchener Bach-Orchester, Anna Reynolds, Peter Schreier, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Archiv Produktion 1975
- Die Bach Kantate Vol. 41, Helmuth Rilling, Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Arleen Augér, Helen Watts, Adalbert Kraus, Wolfgang Schöne, Hänssler 1978
- J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 7, Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Bogna Bartosz, Gerd Türk, Klaus Mertens, Antoine Marchand 1997
- J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 9 - Leipzig Cantatas, Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan, Robin Blaze, Gerd Türk, Chiyuki Urano, BIS 1998
- Bach Cantatas Vol. 3: Tewkesbury/Mühlhausen, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Nathalie Stutzmann, Paul Agnew, Nicolas Testé, Soli Deo Gloria 2000
- Bach Edition Vol. 21 - Cantatas Vol. 12, Pieter Jan Leusink, Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Sytse Buwalda, Marcel Beekman, Bas Ramselaar, Brilliant Classics 2000
References
Sources
- Craig Smith, Programme notes - BWV 24, Emmanuel Music.
- Walter F. Bischof, Text and orchestration for BWV 24, Bach Cantatas, University of Alberta.
- Alfred Dürr: Johann Sebastian Bach: Die Kantaten. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1999, ISBN 3-7618-1476-3
- Alfred Dürr: The Cantatas of J.S. Bach, Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN 0-19-929776-2
- Werner Neumann: Handbuch der Kantaten J.S.Bachs, 1947, 5th Ed. 1984, ISBN 3-7651-0054-4
- Hans-Joachim Schulze: Die Bach-Kantaten: Einführungen zu sämtlichen Kantaten Johann Sebastian Bachs. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt; Stuttgart: Carus-Verlag 2006 (Edition Bach-Archiv Leipzig) ISBN 3-374-02390-8 (Evang. Verl.-Anst.), ISBN 3-89948-073-2 (Carus-Verl.)
- Christoph Wolff/Ton Koopman: Die Welt der Bach-Kantaten Verlag J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart, Weimar 2006 ISBN 978-3-476-02127-4
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