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"Erbarme dich", for alto, and "Mache dich, mein Herze, rein", for bass, are examples of such arias in Part Two of the oratorio. In these movements the singers are accompanied by one or a few solo instruments and continuo, occasionally completed by other instrument groups of the orchestra.
The soprano aria expresses like a prayer "Liebster Gott, erbarme dich" (Beloved God, have mercy). [1] The two oboes da caccia illustrate a movement of supplication even together with the soprano voice. [2] The final chorale is sung on the melody of ""Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten", which Bach also used in his choral cantata BWV 93. [2] [4]
Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit: 1: Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit: 25: four-part chorale Christian Keymann: 1658: Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht: 6: Jesum laß' ich nicht von mir: 29 [b] four-part chorale Sebald Heyden: 1525: O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß: 1: O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß: 29 [c] cantus firmus in choral ...
The 1727 aria Erbarme dich, mein Gott ("Have mercy my God") for alto and violin from the St Matthew Passion is identical melodically, although the phrasing is slightly different. This musical motif is one that Bach often associates with "pity".
The following closing chorale is verse 6 of Johann Rist " Werde munter, mein Gemüte" (1642). Bach used the same verse later in his St Matthew Passion, again following Erbarme dich, the aria of Peter, regretting his denial of Jesus. [1] [2] Bach led the first performance on 17 November 1726. [2]
Geistliches Lied (English: "Sacred Song" or "Spiritual Song"), Op. 30, by Johannes Brahms is an 1856 work for four-part mixed chorus accompanied by organ or piano.The composition is in the form of a double canon set to text by Paul Flemming.
"Vater unser im Himmelreich " (Our Father in Heaven) is a Lutheran hymn in German by Martin Luther. He wrote the paraphrase of the Lord's Prayer in 1538, corresponding to his explanation of the prayer in his Kleiner Katechismus (Small Catechism).
"Ermuntre dich, mein schwacher Geist" is a German Christmas carol with lyrics by Johann Rist and a melody by Johann Schop, first published in 1641. Historically it was contained in Protestant hymnals, but the current one, Evangelisches Gesangbuch , uses only three of its stanzas , the ninth, the second and the twelfth, titled " Brich an, du ...