Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe, BWV 108
Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe | |
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BWV 108 | |
Church cantata by J. S. Bach | |
Christiana Mariana von Ziegler, author of the cantata text | |
Occasion | Cantate |
Performed | 29 April 1725 – Leipzig |
Movements | 6 |
Cantata text | Christiana Mariana von Ziegler |
Chorale | by Paul Gerhardt |
Vocal |
SATB choir |
Instrumental |
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Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe (It is good for you that I leave),[1] BWV 108,[lower-alpha 1] is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for Cantate Sunday, the fourth Sunday after Easter, and first performed it on 29 April 1725.
History and words
Bach composed the cantata in his second year in Leipzig for the fourth Sunday after Easter, called Cantate.[2] The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the Epistle of James, "Every good gift comes from the Father of lights" (James 1:17–21), and from the Gospel of John, Jesus announcing the Comforter in his Farewell discourses (John 16:5–15). In his second year Bach had composed chorale cantatas between the first Sunday after Trinity and Palm Sunday, but for Easter returned to cantatas on more varied texts, possibly because he lost his librettist. It is the second of nine cantatas for the period between Easter and Pentecost based on texts of Christiana Mariana von Ziegler, after Ihr werdet weinen und heulen, BWV 103.[3][4] Bach shortened her text here as in other cantatas. It begins, as several others of the period, with a bass solo as the vox Christi delivering a quotation from the gospel (John 16:5); a second quotation appears in movement 4 (John 16:13). Movements 2 and 3 deal with the hope for salvation; movement 5 is a prayer for guidance until death.[2] The poet used as the closing chorale the tenth stanza of Paul Gerhardt's hymn "Gott Vater, sende deinen Geist" (1653),[5] expressing faith in God's guidance.[2]
Scoring and structure
The cantata in six movements is scored for three vocal soloists (alto, tenor and bass), a four-part choir, two oboes d'amore, two violins, viola and basso continuo. The duration is given as c. 20 minutes.[2]
- Basso solo: Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe
- Aria (tenor): Mich kann kein Zweifel stören
- Recitative (tenor): Dein Geist wird mich also regieren
- Chorus: Wenn aber jener, der Geist der Wahrheit kommen wird
- Aria (alto): Was mein Herz von dir begehrt
- Chorale: Dein Geist, den Gott von Himmel gibt
Music
As in the cantata for the same occasion one year before, Wo gehest du hin? BWV 166, Bach gave the first movement, the quotation of verse 7 from the gospel, to the bass as the vox Christi.[3] The movement has no title and is between aria and arioso.[2] An oboe d'amore as the obbligato instrument plays extended melodies. The following aria is dominated by a virtuoso solo violin. A short secco recitative leads to the next Bible quotation, verse 13 of the Gospel, this time rendered by the choir.[3] It is divided in three sections, similar to a da capo form. All three parts are fugues,[3] combined in motet style,[6] the instruments playing mostly colla parte with the voices.[7] The first section covers the text beginning "Wenn aber jener, der Geist der Wahrheit, kommen wird" (But when that one, the Spirit of Truth, shall come);[1] the second section begins "Denn er wird nicht vom ihm selber reden" (For He will not speak of His own accord);[1] the third section expresses "und was zukünftig ist, wird er verkündigen" (and what is to come, He will foretell)[1] on a fugue subject similar to the first.[2] The last aria is accompanied by the strings, dominated by the first violin. The closing chorale is a four-part setting on the melody of "Kommt her zu mir, spricht Gottes Sohn".[8]
Selected recordings
- The RIAS Bach Cantatas Project (1949–1952), Karl Ristenpart, RIAS Kammerchor, RIAS Kammerorchester, Ingrid Lorenzen, Helmut Krebs, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Audite 1950
- J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 67, 108 & 127, Karl Richter, Münchener Bach-Chor, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Lilian Benningsen, Peter Pears, Kieth Engen, Archiv Produktion 1958
- J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk – Sacred Cantatas Vol. 6, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Tölzer Knabenchor, Paul Esswood Kurt Equiluz, Ruud van der Meer, Teldec 1979
- Die Bach Kantate Vol. 33, Helmuth Rilling, Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Carolyn Watkinson, Peter Schreier, Philippe Huttenlocher, Hänssler 1981
- Bach Edition Vol. 15 – Cantatas Vol. 8, Pieter Jan Leusink, Holland Boys Choir, Netherlands Bach Collegium, Sytse Buwalda, Marcel Beekman, Bas Ramselaar, Brilliant Classics 2000
- Bach Cantatas Vol. 24: Altenburg/Warwick / For the 3rd Sunday after Easter (Jubilate) / For the 4th Sunday after Easter (Cantate), John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Robin Tyson, James Gilchrist, Stephen Varcoe, Soli Deo Gloria 2000
- J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 15, Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Bogna Bartosz, Jörg Dürmüller, Klaus Mertens, Antoine Marchand 2001
- J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 36 (Cantatas from Leipzig 1725) – BWV 6, 42, 103, 108, Masaaki Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan, Robin Blaze, James Gilchrist, Dominik Wörner, BIS 2006
- J.S. Bach: Cantatas for the Complete Liturgical Year Vol. 10: "Himmelfahrts-Oratorium " - Cantatas BWV 108 · 86 · 11 · 44, Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande, Siri Thornhill, Petra Noskaiová, Christoph Genz, Jan van der Crabben, Accent 2008
Notes
- ↑ "BWV" is Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, a thematic catalogue of Bach's works.
References
- 1 2 3 4 Dellal, Pamela. "BWV 108 – "Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe". Emmanuel Music. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dürr, Alfred (1981). Die Kantaten von Johann Sebastian Bach (in German) 1 (4 ed.). Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag. pp. 272–274. ISBN 3-423-04080-7.
- 1 2 3 4 Hofmann, Klaus (2006). "Es ist euch gut, dass ich hingehe / It is expedient for you that I go away, BWV 108" (PDF). bach-cantatas.com. p. 7. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
- ↑ Wolff, Christoph. "The transition between the second and the third yearly cycle of Bach’s Leipzig cantatas (1725)" (PDF). pregardien.com. p. 2. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
- ↑ "Gott Vater, sende deinen Geist / Text and Translation of Chorale". bach-cantatas.com. 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ↑ Gardiner, John Eliot (2005). "Cantatas for the Fourth Sunday after Easter (Cantate) / St Mary’s, Warwick" (PDF). bach-cantatas.com. p. 6. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
- ↑ Mincham, Julian (2010). "Chapter 44: BWV 85, BWV 108 and BWV 87, each commencing with a bass aria.". jsbachcantatas.com. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
- ↑ "Chorale Melodies used in Bach's Vocal Works / Kommt her zu mir, spricht Gottes Sohn". bach-cantatas.com. 2005. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
Sources
- Es ist euch gut, dass ich hingehe, BWV 108: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Es ist euch gut, dass ich hingehe BWV 108; BC A 72 / Sacred cantata (5th Sunday of Easter) Leipzig University
- Cantata BWV 108 Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe history, scoring, sources for text and music, translations to various languages, discography, discussion, bach-cantatas website
- Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe history, scoring, Bach website (German)
- BWV 108 Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe English translation, University of Vermont
- BWV 108 Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe text, scoring, University of Alberta
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