Johann sebastian bachs cantata bwv 147 is intended for the visitation of the blessed virgin mary. Inspired by this article about the endless supply of adaptations of bachs music, i started looking for some myself and found egon petris transcription of sheep may safely graze from bachs cantata 208 free score here. Bach wrote hundreds of pieces for organ, choir, as well as many other instruments. Emmanuel music is a bostonbased ensemble of singers and instrumentalists founded in 1970 by craig smith to perform the complete sacred cantatas of j. Bach, j s sheep may safely graze, from cantata bwv208 this page lists all recordings of sheep may safely graze, from cantata bwv208 schafe konnen sicher weiden by johann sebastian bach 16851750. Schafe konnen sicher weiden, bwv 208 sheet music piano. I have enough or i am content, bwv 82, is a church cantata by johann sebastian bach. Diana opens the work with a recitative and aria praising the hunt. Known in its original german diminutive as the jagdkantate, the full title of johann sebastian bachs cantata no. Gedenke, herr, wie es uns gehet, bwv 217 bach, johann sebastian authorship note recent studies have suggested that this is a work by johann christoph altnikol 17201759, a soninlaw and copyist of bach. In the other cantatas, bach provides equally beautiful obbligato parts. It is a sevenmovement setting of the lutheran chorale of the same name, preceded by a short instrumental introduction, or sinfonia. Recordings of individual movements from cantata bwv 208 recordings of cantata.
So its no wonder bachs bwv 208 is known by a few nicknames. The first performance was on july 2, 1723, also in leipzig. Browse all verses even those not used in the inspected cantata and see which other cantatas make use of the same chorale. Download cantata for windows download cantata for mac os x install it at your windows computer. Helmuth rilling has done some energetic interpretations of bachs secular cantatas, even though his various ensembles all play at a440 on 20th century instruments. He composed the solo cantata for bass in leipzig in 1727 for the feast mariae reinigung purification of mary and first performed it on 2 february 1727.
About sheep may safely graze from cantata 208 artist. The empire brass, douglas major a bach festival 1986, cd. Bach, jesus joy of mans desirin mangore bellucci guitars. The first leipzig version of the church cantata, bwv 80b also. Read music player anatomy guitar timeline skype lessons study with me. Gedenke, herr, wie es uns gehet, bwv 217 bach, johann. Many of bachs cantatas date from the years between 1723 when he took up the post of thomaskantor, cantor of the main churches of leipzig and 1745 when the last one was probably written.
Festival music for the houses of weimar, weissenfels and kothen. For the text, rightclick here, then click on open in new window. Sandy burnett talks about the bach cantata cycle in st michael and all angels church, bedford park, london w4 uk bachcantatas camera. Working especially at the thomaskirche and the nikolaikirche, it was part of his job to perform a church cantata every sunday and holiday, conducting.
Sep 07, 2016 the award winning bach cantata series was recorded live during our year long pilgrimage tour. Cantatas bwv 150 cantatas bwv 51100 cantatas bwv 101150 cantatas bwv 151200 cantatas bwv 201224 scores of other vocal works. Select references at the menu that appears from the menu button, the three lines button at the top right. He spent most of his life as a church organist and a.
Bach cantatas vol 3 bwv 3752, 5460 bach cantatas vol 4 bwv 6178 bach cantatas vol 5 bwv 7999 bach cantatas vol 6 bwv 100117 bach cantatas vol 7 bwv 1197 bach cantatas vol 8 bwv 8140, 143159, 161162 bach cantatas vol 9 bwv 163182 bach cantatas vol 10 bwv 183188, 192, 194199 includes cantatas by johann sebastian. The cantata is divided into seven sections, with the chorale melody appearing in different sections i will show where in the score the opening section is a chorus, and it is the. The transcriptions fit the guitar perfectly and parkening keeps the main voices and overall feeling intact actually, i like his transcriptions more than the. The empire brass, douglas major a bach festival 1986.
After delving into bachs solo works, cantatas, passions. It was guitarist christopher parkeningwho recorded a series of splendid bach cantatas that became very popular in the recording collection of many players of my generation. Bach for the 31st birthday of duke christian of saxeweissenfels on 23 february 17. Cass angel records digital, angel records digital, emi, emi 4ds37353, 4ds 37353. Complete recordings of cantata bwv 208 recordings of individual movements from cantata bwv 208 recordings of cantata bwv 208a. There was plenty of time in the service for a twentyminute cantata in bachs church. The fortieth cantata of the cycle for the annunciation of the blessed mary. This cantata is planned to be discussed in the bach cantatas mailing list later this year on the week of december 10, 2000. Sheep may safely graze by bachpetri bwv 208 cory hall. This disc contains very satisfying performances of bach cantatas. In retrospect, this cantata takes on a special significance because it was the last of. A lot of this is available cheaply via, for example, dover or kalmus reprints. Chorusfantasiarecit tenoraria soprecit bassaria tenorchorale. Because all movements contain the chorale melody and text, this cantata is termed a chorale cantata.
Sheep may safely graze is a soprano aria by johann sebastian bach setting words by salomon franck. Its rare to have a piece of music known by so many names, and cantata no. In the meantime i found one orchestral rendering of this aria for you. Bible the app contains the complete king james bible with an interactive concordance to bachs cantatas. Although best known for sheep may safely graze, this particular work is described as bachs hunting cantata a reference to its secular opening lyrics. Birthday of duke christian of sachsenweissenfels, 17. Use of this document whether all or a portion of this music.
Discussions part 1 1 st round discussions part 2 2 nd round discussions part 3 discussions part 4 3 rd round discussions part 5 4 th round bach hits back by swingle singers. Context view to show artist, album, and song information of current track. Ill admit that i have an ideal aural concept of the hunting cantata which no recording has yet approached, but this performance is inadequate in every. Bach gesellschaft, johann sebastian bachs werke bg, 18501900. Double concerto for two violins mary rowell and erin green, violinists j. The cantatas title translates the lively hunt is all my hearts desire, and it is. Gedenke, herr, wie es uns gehet, bwv 217 bach, johann sebastian authorship note recent studies have suggested that this is a work by johann christoph altnikol 17201759, a. So its no wonder bach s bwv 208 is known by a few nicknames. By the time of bach, the cantata had become a short oratorio, with an.
Chapter 41 bwv 1 the cantatas of johan sebastian bach. Cantata is an open source graphical client for mpd. Although best known for sheep may safely graze, this particular work is described as bach s hunting cantata a reference to its secular opening lyrics. Renato bellucci teaches bach cantata 208, sheep may safely grace. In a version for soprano, bwv 82a, possibly first performed in 1731, the part of the obbligato oboe is.
Emmanuel music continues to perform cycles of largescale and chamber works by bach, handel, mozart, schubert, brahms, debussy, haydn, schoenberg, weill, wolf, medelssohn, and schumann under artistic director ryan turner. For the music, rightclick here, then click on open in new window. S cantatas for solo soprano, bwv 51, 52, 84, 199 thornhill, cologne chamber orchestra, mullerbruhl among j. Critical scores of two of the best known of the cantatas from a well known bach. Live recordings from the bach cantata pilgrimage, at st grumbertus, ansbach, germany. Bachs 200 or so surviving church cantatas, these four for solo soprano include the popular jauchzet gott in allen landen. Select references at the menu that appears from the menu button, the three lines button at the top. Download cantata installation file for windows or mac os x from below link and install it at your computer. Bach sheep may safely graze from the secular cantata bwv 208 transcription for piano solo virtual sheet music pdf files license agreement carefully read all the terms and conditions of this license agreement prior to use of this document. William blake, christ appearing to his disciples after the resurrection, national gallery of art, washington, d. Here it is performed by yeol eum son, silver medalist in the 2009 van cliburn competiton. It is bachs earliest surviving secular cantata, composed while he was employed as court.
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