Johann Sebastian Bach: Lord my God, my heart and soul were sore distrest BWV 21

Beskrivning

Cantata for the 3rd Sunday after Trinity

The cantata “ Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis ” dates from around 1713 and was probably performed for the first time that year in the Liebfrauenkirche in Halle . Its assigning to the third Sunday after Trinity probably only occurred the following year. With its large-scale structure and strong emphasis on biblical texts, it was extremely popular in the 19th century and remains one of Bach’s best-known cantatas today. The cantata is published here in a vocal score based on the New Bach Edition with an idiomatic, straightforward piano reduction by Martin Focke .


- One of Bach’s best-known cantatas
- Urtext based on the “ New Bach Edition”
- Clear straightforward piano reduction

Content
1. Sinfonia
2. Chorus: Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis / Lord, my God, my heart and soul
3. Aria: Seufzer, Tränen, Kummer, Not / Sighing, weeping, sorrow, care
4. Recitativo: Wie hast du dich, mein Gott / Why hast Thou then, my God
5. Aria: Bäche von gesalznen Zähren / From my eyes salt tears are flowing
6. Chorus: Was betrübst du dich, meine Seele / What doth trouble thee, o my spirit
7. Recitativo: Ach Jesu, meine Ruh / Ah, Jesus, my repose
8. Aria Duetto: Komm, mein Jesu, und erquicke / Come, my Jesus and restore me
9. Chorus: Sei nun wieder zufrieden / Come again and be rested
10. Aria: Erfreue dich, Seele / Rejoice O my spirit
11. Chorus: Das Lamm, das erwürget ist / The Lamb that was sacrificed