Conductor masaaki suzuki and the japan bach collegium, japans leading historicalinstrument ensemble, here take a break from a long series of cantata recordings to present bachs easter oratorio and ascension oratorio. Emmanuel music bach easter oratorio, bwv 249 translation. Bachs christmas oratorio is the famous one, of course, but there are two others for easter and ascension. Translation and libretto by tom wright for a setting by paul spicer. If youve already come across masaaki suzuki and his bach collegium of japan in their. Osteroratorium bwv 249 english translation interlinear. It was written for the christmas season of 1734 and incorporates music from earlier compositions, including three secular cantatas written during 1733 and 1734 and a largely lost church cantata, bwv 248a. The final version, heard on the present recording, dates from the mid1740s. The opening instrumental movement of the easter oratorio, which uses the theme from erschallet, ihr lieder of cantata bwv 172, resounds with jubilant trumpets and timpani, and the ascension oratorio begins with a chorus in which choir and orchestra praise god in his kingdoms with the splendour worthy of a great prince. If you know of a website from which can freely be downloaded a printable vocal score for this work, even though it may not be exactly the same as the one used to make the midi files below, please let me know the address here is a clickable table of the available midi files for this work versions a, b and c of no. His oratorios achieve a balance between austerity and exuberance, but. Instead bach set a commentary of events by means of nonbiblical dialogue.
Easter oratorio the story of the resurrection from the gospel according to st john, chapters 20 and 21 translation and libretto by tom wright for a setting by paul spicer part i. Bachs christmas oratorio, on the other hand, 1 for a detailed examination of the history of early oratorio, see howard e. Weihnachtsoratorium, bwv 248 bach, johann sebastian movementssections movtssecs. Bach easter oratorio, bwv 249 translation emmanuel music. Lobet gott in seinen reichen louez dieu dans ses royaumes bwv 11 aussi connue sous le.
Jenkins history and origins of the work bach composed many pieces of celebratory musc during his time in leipzig. Graun easter oratorio willns 20 written by bluesever sunday, 27 march 2016 16. Easter markets, easter bonfires, easter brunches and easter services all form a part of the easter celebrations in germany. At this time of year, concert halls everywhere echo with bachs easter oratorio and his two stunning settings of christs passion. None of these works is dramatically dissimilar to what bach calls in other situations cantata, except that the christmas oratorio is actually a set of six distinct cantatas. Its hard to decide when all factors conspire together to elevate bachs easter and ascension oratorios to the same level of recognition of their more famous cousin, the christmas oratorio. Flute solo from the easter oratorio, bwv 249 arranged for piano by eleonor bindman. Germany 1685 1750 7019 sheet music 7700 mp3 1428 midi. Close for 20 years we provide a free and legal service for free sheet music without asking you anything in exchange.
Like the ascension oratorio bwv 11, johann sebastian bachs easter oratorio bwv 249 is entirely and unjustly overshadowed by his two great passion settings. Music is another important element of the easter festivities and if you are in berlin, there is a huge repertoire of easter concerts that you can enjoy, including an easter tango festival. By contrast, the libretto of the ascension oratorio contains lines of new testament scripture sung by a narrator through recitative and interspersed with. Masses, passions, oratorios is the subject of the second series of the neue bachausgabe nba, new bach edition, a publication of johann sebastian bachs music from 1954 to 2007. List of masses, passions and oratorios by johann sebastian. On the second movement adagio is slow and is a stark contrast with ithe first movement, the overwhelming joy of the easter miracle disappears for a moment, perhaps as a. Osteroratorium, bwv 249 johann sebastian bach choralwiki. The monteverdi choir, johann sebastian bach, the english baroque soloists, john eliot gardiner, the monteverdi choir, peter harvey. Js bach and music for easter have become almost synonymous.
Pieces for easter sunday content is available under the creative commons attributionsharealike 4. Johann sebastian bachs easter oratorio bwv 249 bach cantatas. House of saxony in the years 17334 he constructed both the christmas oratorio and the easter oratorio out of arias and choruses that would, otherwise, have only received a oneoff performance. The exquisite and early 1708 actus tragicus is a funeral cantata for an unknown person. Ba ch composed it in leipzig and first performed it on 1 april 1725. We believe that personal and family wealth is a critical ingredient of both. From theology to music and back again the latter is an article by wright which explains how the oratorio came about, as part of the lichfield festival in july 2000 the lichfield festival is a wonderful annual musical event and in my teenage and early twenties i often. The easter oratorio, like many another bach composition, underwent many metamorphoses. Bach easter oratorio and ascension orator bis records. The two oratorios are really large cantatas, with their music imported from a variety of. Theories connecting eostre with records of germanic easter customs, including hares and eggs, have been proposed. Chorus on the seventh day god rested in the darkness of the tomb. As these were only destined to receive one performance it is not surprising to find movements from them reappearing in the. Pdf scanned by usr carolus 2011126 arranger daniel friedrich eduard wilsing 18091893, piano reduction language german pub lisher.
Gardiners note mentions two possible subjects, but both are speculative. Some were birthday odes for members of the ruling family. Hard on the heels of volume 29 in the bach cantata series and their recording of the orchestral suites comes this new disc from. Bach composed it in leipzig and first performed it on 1 april 1725. Our mission is to help you live a free and inspired life. This includes building wealth in ways that build real wealth in the wider economy. Emmanuel music is a bostonbased ensemble of singers and instrumentalists founded in 1970 by craig smith to perform the complete sacred cantatas of j. Sir john eliot gardiner, 20 sir john eliot gardiner conductor hannah morrison soprano, proms debut artist meg bragle mezzosoprano, proms debut artist nicholas.
Osteroratorium, bwv 249 bach, johann sebastian imslp. In the bachwerkeverzeichnis bwv, catalogue of bachs compositions masses, passions and oratorios refers to two chapters. Weihnachtsoratorium, bwv 248 bach, johann sebastian. Their articulation is clear and clean without ever being fussy. In 18th century germany christmas, easter, and pentecost were each celebrated for. Bach and the organ at easter the gift of music blog. Bach bwv249 easter oratorio trumpet sheet music and play. Nevertheless circumstantial evidence seems to point strongly toward the local poet, christian friedrich henrici his penname was picander 17001764 who had just begun his collaboration with bach in february, 1725. Bachs christmas oratorio is a series of six cantatas for the first, second and third days of christmas, new years day, epiphany, and the first sunday after new year. The work which he prepared for the feast of the ascension in 1735, and which was first performed on. This osteroratorium easter oratorio was first performed on. Easter, ascension day, and pentecost, and the assigned texts naru which narrative was favored spanned good friday through the twelve days of the christmas observance. Bach easter oratorio bwv 249 sinfonia adagio solari report.
Componirt anno 1734, im 50ten jahre des verf composed in 1734, in the 50th year of the composer. Their delivery is forward without straying into ostentation. Smither, a history of the oratorio, volume i chapell hill, 1977 2. The first and, so far as we know, only performances of the complete oratorio during. The story of the resurrection from the gospel according to st john, chapters 20 and 21. The other occasions on he context of bachls christmas oratorio, heard in six parts almost always drawn from lukes gospel, and this, of course, was ti. The ba di g ital ch edition table of contents page 2 vol. Johann sebastian bach was a prolific german composer and organist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity. Johann sebastian bach 16851750 easter oratorio, bwv249 1725, revised. Actually, these recordings are very much of a piece with suzukis cantata discs. Bachs easter oratorio continues to suffer comparative neglect, which is puzzling when you consider that it contains a spectacular opening chorus and one or two of his very best arias.
Its also, like the everpopular magnificat, very concise. The fact that bachs easter oratorio bwv 249 has not found the same high level of acceptance and. Bachs easter oratorio possesses some unusual features, notably omitting the biblical story and therefore the traditional tenor role of evangelist as narrator. Easter oratorio bwv 249 come, hurry and run, you swift feet event. Weihnachtsoratorium, bwv 248, is an oratorio by johann sebastian bach intended for performance in church during the christmas season. 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. Georg philipp telemann 16811767 brockespassion, twv 5. Particularly prior to the discovery of the matronae austriahenae and further developments in indoeuropean studies, debate has occurred among some scholars about whether or not the goddess was an invention of bede.
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