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"Sheep may safely graze" (German: Schafe können sicher weiden) is a soprano aria by Johann Sebastian Bach to words by Salomon Franck.The piece was written in 1713 and is part of the cantata Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208 (Only the lively hunt pleases me), also known as the Hunting Cantata.
Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd (The lively hunt is all my heart's desire), BWV 208.1, BWV 208, [1] also known as the Hunting Cantata, is a secular cantata composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, belatedly for the birthday of Duke Christian of Saxe-Weissenfels on 27 February 1713. [1] A performance lasts about forty minutes.
The libretto of the original cantata was written by Salomon Franck for the occasion of the 31st birthday of Duke Christian of Saxe-Weissenfels. [1] Apart from text adjustments in Bach's autograph score, such as the replacement of the name "Christian" by "Ernst August", the music of the BWV 208.2 version is deemed identical (or at least near ...
Bach's earliest cantatas are church cantatas, although his early Wedding Quodlibet is sometimes grouped with the secular cantatas. [11] [12] The oldest extant secular cantata is from his Weimar period where he composed the Hunting Cantata (BWV 208, first version) for the birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels on 23 February 1713.
Cantata BWV 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, IX: "Schafe können sicher weiden" (Sheep May Safely Graze) / Johann Sebastian Bach; Lohengrin, Act 3, No. 1: Bridal Chorus / Wagner; Turandot, Act 3, "Nessun dorma" / Giacomo Puccini; Aida, Act 2, Triumphal March / Giuseppe Verdi; Für Elise (Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor) / Beethoven
The following year, he followed the format, now basing each cantata on a Lutheran hymn in the chorale cantata cycle. He was less rigid over the following years, but still produced new compositions in his third to fifth years , the Picander cycle of 1728–29 , and late works known up to 1745 .
Bach composed Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen in 1725 for the 43rd birthday of his patron, Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, after having written Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208, for his 31st birthday. [2] It was first performed at Schloss Neu-Augustusburg on 23 February 1725. [3] [4]
The cantata is scored for soprano soloist, flauto traverso, two oboes, two violins, viola, and basso continuo. [3] It has eight movements: Recitative: Ich bin in mir vergnügt; Aria: Ruhig und in sich zufrieden; Recitative: Ihr Seelen, die ihr außer euch; Aria: Die Schätzbarkeit der weiten Erden; Recitative: Schwer ist es zwar, viel Eitles zu ...