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Cantata BWV 10
Meine Seel erhebt den Herren
Discussions - Part 4 |
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Continue from Part 3 |
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Discussions in the Week of December 16, 2012 |
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Ed Myskowski wrote (December 15, 2012):
Introduction to BWV 10 -- Meine Seel erhebt den Herren
Weekly reminder:
This week we continue discussions of cantatas for feast days with BWV 10, the second of three works for the Feast of Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (July 2). Details of text, commentary, recordings, and previous discussion for this week are accessible via: http://www.bach-cantatas.com/BWV10.htm
The commentary by Julian Mincham, music examples included, is especially recommended as an introduction to listening.
The BWV 10 page has convenient access to notes from the Gardiner, Koopman (notes by Christoph Wolff), Suzuki, and Leusink (and more!) CD issues, via link beneath the cover photo.
The chorale text and melody are accessible via links at the BWV 10 page. Francis Browne has recently added new commentary on the cantata texts to his interlinear translations, linked via [English 3]. We can expect these to continue, not necessarily weekly. Douglas Cowling and William Hoffman are also posting relevant to chorales and other music for the Lutheran Church Year, accessible via LCY pages
I do not always take the time to check all links before posting. Special thanks to the folks who provide timely corrections. |
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Charles Francis wrote (December 17, 2012):
The surviving performance parts for this cantata are available at: http://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalSource_source_00003224
There is also a manuscript score, but for some reason it is not included on the Bach Digital site.
With regard to the closing chorale, the Cornet-Ton transpose for organ is in the key of F-minor (four flats), a dark sonority that Bach typically uses for death and despair: the praise in the chorale text accordingly seems tempered by such thoughts as "God casts the strong down from their seat Headlong into the sulph'rous pit".
For my Cornet-ton rendition of this chorale, I've concatenated five performances on virtual copies of historic organs - Czech, Hungarian, Saxon (2) and North German: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCjXBMiEGLQ
A third version of BWV 147-6 is also online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h6d0Ovw79I |
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Cantata BWV 10 : Details & Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements | Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 |
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