Cantata 140 "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" (FULL SCORE) - J.S. Bach
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- One of Bach's greatest and most famous Cantatas, the Cantata 140 has left behind a tremendous legacy of some of the most famous choral and vocal music written to date.
The monumental piece was composed in Leipzig and premiered in 1731.
The first movement, a Chorale fantasia, utilizes two distinct motifs, a dotted rhythm motif, and an ascending scale motif which Bach expands with the power of his free polyphony. The fantasia concludes with a beautiful melismatic fugato on the word "Hallelujah."
Of this movement, John Eliot Garden writes, "From this a rising syncopated figure emerges, taken up later on by the altos as they lead off with their funky 'alleluia' figure and adopted by all the other singers. If anyone in the posh world of classical music ever doubted that JS Bach could also be considered the father of jazz, here is the proof."
After a recitative for tenor, calling the Daughters of Zion, a beautiful aria duet ensues with a solo violin accompanying. The soprano voice represents the Soul and the bass is representative of the voice of Jesus. The violin illustrates the flickering oil lamps with its rolling cascades of semidemiquavers.
The fourth movement is the most popular: "Zion hört die Wächter singen" (Zion hears the watchmen singing). It is in the style of a choral prelude with phrases of the chorale sung as a cantus firmus by the tenor(s), which works beautiful against the famous sweeping violin melody which echoes nothing but sweetness and majesty.
After a recitative for Bass, another, this time lighter, duet ensues between the Bass and Soprano titled "Mein Freund ist mein!" (My Friend is mine!). With a beautiful oboe accompanying this time, the. soprano is once again symbolic of the soul and the bass is symbolic of Jesus Christ. Bach's setting of an operatic love-duet with its flourishing thirds and sixths to depict this symbol gives the text an added feeling of unified joy showing a relaxed mood that is yet still filled with emotional intensity.
The Cantata ends with a four voice Chorale titled: "Gloria sei dir gesungen" (Let Gloria be sung to You). It is one of Bach's most famous chorales ever written and its harmonic setting is still widely used for various hymns in Christian churches throughout the world to this day.
The Bach scholar Klaus Hofmann sees the cantata as one of the composer's "most beautiful, most mature and, at the same time, most popular sacred cantatas". Dürr notes that the cantata, especially the duets in a unity of "earthly happiness in love and heavenly bliss", are an expression of Christian mysticism in art. William G. Whittaker calls it "a cantata without weakness, without a dull bar, technically, emotionally and spiritually of the highest order"
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Wishing Bach the best 335th birthday. - Krátké a kreslené filmy
Timecodes:
I. Chorus - "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" (0:11)
II. Recitativ - "Er kommt" (7:50)
III. Aria - "Wann kommst du, mein Heil?" (8:51)
IV. Choral - "Zion hört die Wächter singen" (15:06)
V. Recitativ - (19:26)
VI. Aria - "Mein Freund ist mein!" (20:51)
VII. Chorale - "Gloria sei dir gesungen" (26:19)
Thank you so much!! This was really useful :) (I'm analyzing this piece for school, so thank you this made it a lot easier)
May you put this on the video description?
@@lauramaurer-stroh7210 share your tips on analyzing this piece especially 1,IV &VII
I'm always moved to tears at the end of this. Those last few lines are so emotive. To think that another human being wrote this is incredibly inspiring. That someone could create something so beautiful is testament to mankind's exceptional ingenuity.
Life is made worthwhile simply by the art that we share with one another.
You're totally right. I love this piece. Listen to it every Advent.
Exactly the same feeling. I don't even know how it's possible to write something like that.
@@lorenzo6614 Bach knew. Nobody else does. He is absolutely unique.
@@Egill2011 couldn't agree more.
Bach ist ein Geschenk Gottes an die Menschheit ❤❤❤
That moment where the bass takes a break in the first chorus (from the cantus firmus entry at around 3:04) is straight up sublime.
I don't think the basses are *that* bad.
Ich wundere mich täglich, das ein einziger Mensch so etwas wunderschönes schreiben und mich zum weinen kriegen kann und gleichzeitig gibt es einen Mensch, der die Welt in Choas und Krieg versetzt.
Hier die wunderschöne Musik und hier Mord, Vergewaltigung und Totschlag.
Was für eine Welt 😢
4th movement is always the best. I don't know why but that's always hit me the most.
I've sung this cantata 140 and it's my favorite of Bach's cantatas
Just a pedantic note: this cantata was composed for the 27th Sunday after Trinity. This is in contrast to the widely held belief that it is a cantata for the Advent season. Practically speaking, it is appropriate for Advent, but in a strictly formal sense, it is not a cantata for Advent.
Yes, it premiered Nov. 25, 1731, the final Sunday of the Church year. Notice the appropriate references therefore to finality: The Second Coming of Christ and the Nuptials of Christ with his Church.
Buxthwhuda said what? Interesting info tho. There's something magical about the way he uses 4ths and 5ths though.
So powerful. It's more than music, it's spiritual fire.
Bach never misses! If I had to pick my favorite movements they’d be I, III, and IV. They’re all masterpieces though!
Hermosa cantata , creo que también se sostiene de forma magnífica sin voces humanas. gracias.
Bach lives! Regards from Bahia, Brazil. I've sung some Cantatas in a church choir, but we have never performed that. It is my dream.
Onde você cantou?
We have to wait a few years to sing it in heaven. Praise God for His gifts to JS Bach.
Great testimony of the tenor.(and the others) they sing it like they believe it. So it becomes real evangelism.
@@DaviSilva-oc7iv na Catedral Basìlica de Salvador, e outras igrejas. Cantamos muitas cantatas.
Э́та музыка дарует жизнь
Belíssima composição e interpretação !!!!
magnifique version
Thank you for sharing. Such a joy.
Love this, touches at my hearts strings ♥
Qué bonita alabanza al Señor nuestro Dios!
BRAVI TUTTI....desde Mexico City!
Nothing in the world is weirder than the top comment on a piece by Bach.
Благослови Вас Б-г. Щебетание ангельского хора..
The 4th movement is so beautiful
I love the CHORAL.
Bellísima e impresionante interpretación de esta célebre obra de Bach en la que la parte orquestal y la coral se interponen en perfecta armonía. I am excited to hear it. Congratulations!
ReUploaded on my Birthday. Thank you so much!!! Greetings from Germany
00:06 1. Coral: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Despertad, nos llama la voz)
7:50 2. Recitativo (tenor): Er kommt (Ya viene)
8:53 3. Aria (soprano, bajo): Wenn kömmst du, mein Heil? (¿Cuándo vendrás, mi Salvador?)
15:06 4. Coral (tenor): Zion hört die Wächter singen (Sión oye cantar a los vigías)
19:27 5. Recitativo: So geh herein zu mir (Ven a mí)
20:52 6. Aria (soprano, bajo): Mein Freund ist mein! (Mi amigo es mío)
26:21 7. Coral: Gloria sei dir gesungen (Gloria canten a ti)
... Weltklasse ...
Life aquatic brought me here ♡
NO WAY, love that!
Bach is more important, more supreme than any living human being.
🙄
Où sera cette musique lorsque nous ne serons plus là ?
8:53 Erbarme dich is that you?
Has anybody listen to the eponymous organ chorale? The theme is more impressive in this cantata environment IMO.
thank you. was wondering where the old one went. who are the performers in this one?
It’s the amazingly multi - talented Netherland Bach Society :) ... conducted by Jos von Veldhoven
@@bobbyalarcon_music thanks. you should check out some of my compositions on my channel too. i try to harmonize like bach when i can
Wonderful!
"This is one of my first attempts at a score video. " Seems to me you did a good job with it. I would like to know who the performers are, also. Thanks.
I'm pretty sure it's the Netherlands Bach Society conducted by Jos van Veldhoven czcams.com/video/DqZE54i-muE/video.html
@@consti1873 That's exactly who I thought was the performers
This audio is taken from the Netherlands Bach Society, or something of that sort. If you look up this Cantata in the search bar, it's about the first video that shows. The description there has the main vocal performers' names
Thanks for uploading this and the detailed notes! However you left out almost all details of the performance and the performers. I presume John Eliot Gardiner is the conductor since you mentioned him in the notes?
Does anyone know what the previous recording was? This is a great recording, I just liked the tempo of the other one better.
This is great! may i know which recording is this?
I am pretty sure that this is the 1966 Mauersberger recording.
Now I begin to ask myself why they don't connect the notes in the main melody. (time for breathing ?) it's nicer when it's connected.
Was there a previous video with different performers?
A perfect union of homophonic and polyphonic textures.
TKS FROM BRAZIL
BRAZIL!?!??!?NOT POSSIBLE
@@RETIN_LASER YES, IT IS POSSIBLE. HUGS AND LOVE
@@RETIN_LASER why is it not possible?
I think it could be in the same tune that the picture
Looks and sounds so much like mozart. The longer I live, the more I believe mozart and Bach are one in the same, picking from the same celestial musical tree.
sounds like mozart? If it does it's because Mozart is from the tradition that learnt from Bach.
Sounds like nothing of Mozart.
Please can you tell me the performers that this version replaced. I loved the soloists.
Soprano - Maria Keohane ; Alto - Tim Mead ; Tenor - Daniel Johannseb ; Bass - Matthew Brook A full list of the performers can be found here www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-140/ :)
@@bobbyalarcon_music Thanks so much
Ok found reply
15:06
i just can't believe it's possible for one man to do this
Looks like many questions no answers
In the last aria: 'Mein Freund ist mein, und ich bin dein'. I am hearing 'sein' sung instead of 'dein'. Why?
And earlier, in the first aria: 'Wann koemmst du'. I am hearing 'wenn' sung rather than 'wann'. Can someone explain?
I know the text uses sein at the end as it’s referring to heaven. May just be a performance choice to use the formal instead of the informal form. This is a Dutch performance and they may have more conservative standards 😝
Originally the text says, "Mein Freund ist mein und ich bin sein". My friend is mine and I am HIS....ich bin dein means I am YOURS.
You can see the musicians performing here: czcams.com/video/DqZE54i-muE/video.html
That you conduct this version of the cantata with your orchestra?
Olla-vogala reupload?
I have the soprano solo ☺️
0:08
May i ask, what interpretation / version is this ?
Sounds identical to another Bach piece (from St Johns Passion?). Just slower.
It's not. Nothing in St John or St Matthew sounds like the opening chorus of BWV 140. If you are referring to the sopranos singing a hymn on top of the alto, tenor, bass ... Bach has done that in multiple cantatas; the opening of St Matthew is actually quite different: a hymn sung by the sopranos on top of 2 separate choirs of sopranos, altos, tenors, basses.
Buxthehuda said what?
Is a translation available?
Very famous piece, should be available online.
Taille? English Horn? Confused
It is a special Baroque tenor oboe tuned in F. It is similar to an English Horn, but the timbre is a bit more piercing so it was only used in the context of larger tutti instrumentations.. not really a solo instrument :-)
The best (better as Mattheus passion)
This one is too slow. It is "Sleepers, awake!" not "Sleepers, go back to bed".
THIS MUST BE THE MOST BAROQUE SONG EVER XD
Thank you for uploading this video with score! But unfortunately the score is a very old edition with B-clef for soprano, alto, and tenore. That is useless for most choir singers, who want to practice with CZcams or just want to sing with CZcams-possibilities in Corona-times, because nowadays it´s common to print choir scores with G-clef(= «violin-clef») and bass-clef, not with B-clef. So the choir singers haven´t learned to sing with B-clef. B-clef requires transposing. That is difficult. If you consider to produce more videos with partitures, please use modern partitures! Thanks!
Yea it is annoying reading those clefs isn’t it! And while you are correct that modern choral scores use more simplified notation, a classically trained vocalist will still know how to read soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and even mezzo-soprano clefs. When dealing with historical performance, dealing with these clefs are inevitable. (I once had to sight read a handwritten part in mezzo-soprano clef on the harpsichord!) it is best practice to learn them in order to expand the reach and skills of your musicianship, especially if you are interested in Baroque music :)
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