Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen, BWV 249a
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Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen (Fly, vanish, flee, o worries), BWV 249a, is a secular cantata
by Johann Sebastian Bach
, first performed in 1725, also known as Shepherd cantata. Bach reworked the music in his Easter Oratorio
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and first performed at Schloss Neu-Augustusburg on 23 February 1725. The text was written by Picander
and published. The music is lost but was reworked in the Easter Oratorio
. Friedrich Smend researched that the order of movements was not changed, and that therefore the music could be reconstructed. The missing recitatives were added by Hermann Keller. It is not known if the two instrumental movements opening the oratorio were already part of the cantata.
The tenor aria Wieget euch, ihr satten Schafe is accompanied by muted violins doubled by recorders, suggesting a lullaby as well as pastoral
music.
, Hetty Plümacher, Theo Altmeyer
, Jakob Stämpfli
, Gächinger Kantorei
& Figuralchor der Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
, conductor Helmuth Rilling
, Cantate-Musicaphon 1967
Bach cantata
Bach cantata became a term for a cantata of the German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach who was a prolific writer of the genre. Although many of his works are lost, around 200 cantatas survived....
by Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist 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...
, first performed in 1725, also known as Shepherd cantata. Bach reworked the music in his Easter Oratorio
Easter Oratorio
The Easter Oratorio , BWV 249, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, Kommt, eilet und laufet , first performed in Leipzig in 1725.- History :...
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History
The cantata was written in 1725 for the 43rd birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-WeissenfelsChristian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels , was a duke of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt and member of the House of Wettin....
and first performed at Schloss Neu-Augustusburg on 23 February 1725. The text was written by Picander
Picander
Picander was the pseudonym of Christian Friedrich Henrici , a German poet and librettist for many of Johann Sebastian Bach's Leipzig cantatas...
and published. The music is lost but was reworked in the Easter Oratorio
Easter Oratorio
The Easter Oratorio , BWV 249, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, Kommt, eilet und laufet , first performed in Leipzig in 1725.- History :...
. Friedrich Smend researched that the order of movements was not changed, and that therefore the music could be reconstructed. The missing recitatives were added by Hermann Keller. It is not known if the two instrumental movements opening the oratorio were already part of the cantata.
Scoring and movements
The simple story shows four shepherds leaving their flock to congratulate. The shepherds are Doris (soprano), Sylvia (alto), Damoetas (tenor) and Menalcas (bass). The orchestra is festively scored for three trumpets, timpani, two oboes, oboe d’amore, bassoon, two recorders, transverse flute, violins, and basso continuo.- Sinfonia Allegro - Adagio
- Aria à Duetto (tenor, bass, Dacapo: soprano, alto) Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen
- Rezitativo (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) Was hör ich da? Wer unterbricht uns hier
- Aria (soprano) Hundertausend Scheicheleien
- Rezitativo (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) Wie aber, schönste Schäferin
- Aria (tenor) Wieget euch, ihr satten Schafe
- Rezitativo (alto, bass) Wohlan! Geliebte Schäferinnen
- Aria (alto) Komm doch, Flora, komm geschwinde
- Rezitativo (bass) Was sorgt ihr viel, die Flora zu beschweren
- Aria à Quartetto (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) Glück und Heil bleibe dein beständig Teil
The tenor aria Wieget euch, ihr satten Schafe is accompanied by muted violins doubled by recorders, suggesting a lullaby as well as pastoral
Pastoral
The adjective pastoral refers to the lifestyle of pastoralists, such as shepherds herding livestock around open areas of land according to seasons and the changing availability of water and pasturage. It also refers to a genre in literature, art or music that depicts such shepherd life in an...
music.
Recording
J.S. Bach: Schäferkantate BWV 249a · Doppelkonzert nach BWV 1060, Edith MathisEdith Mathis
Edith Mathis is a renowned Swiss soprano and a leading exponent of the works of Mozart. She studied in Lucerne and debuted there in 1956 in The Magic Flute...
, Hetty Plümacher, Theo Altmeyer
Theo Altmeyer
Theo Altmeyer was a German classical tenor. Although he was a successful opera singer, he is chiefly remembered for his work as an oratorio soloist...
, Jakob Stämpfli
Jakob Stämpfli (bass)
Jakob Stämpfli is a Swiss bass concert singer and an influential academic teacher and director of the conservatory in Bern, also a teacher in Saarbrücken.-Biography:...
, Gächinger Kantorei
Gächinger Kantorei
Gächinger Kantorei is an internationally known German mixed choir, founded by Helmuth Rilling in 1954 in Gächingen and still conducted by him. A "Kantorei" is a choir of high standard dedicated mostly, but not exclusively, to sacred music. The ensemble operates in Stuttgart now and is therefore...
& Figuralchor der Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart is an internationally known German instrumental ensemble, founded by Helmuth Rilling in 1965 to accompany the Gächinger Kantorei in choral music with orchestra...
, conductor Helmuth Rilling
Helmuth Rilling
Helmuth Rilling is an internationally known German choral conductor, founder of the Gächinger Kantorei , the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart , the Oregon Bach Festival , the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart and other Bach Academies worldwide, and the "Festival Ensemble Stuttgart"...
, Cantate-Musicaphon 1967
Literature
- Alfred DürrAlfred DürrAlfred Dürr was a German musicologist. He was a principal editor of the Neue Bach-Ausgabe, the second edition of the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach.- Professional career :...
: Johann Sebastian Bach: Die Kantaten. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1999 (in German) - Christoph WolffChristoph WolffChristoph Wolff is a German-born musicologist, presently on the faculty of Harvard University. Born and educated in Germany, Wolff studied organ and historical keyboard instruments, musicology and art history at the Universities of Berlin, Erlangen, and the Music Academy of Freiburg, receiving a...
, Ton KoopmanTon KoopmanTon Koopman is a conductor, organist and harpsichordist.Koopman had a "classical education" and then studied the organ , harpsichord and musicology in Amsterdam...
: Die Welt der Bach-Kantaten. Verlag J. B. Metzler, Stuttgart, Weimar 2006 (in German)
External links
- Cantata BWV 249a Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen on bach-cantatas
- Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen on the Bach website (in German)
- Entries for BWV 249a on WorldCatWorldCatWorldCat is a union catalog which itemizes the collections of 72,000 libraries in 170 countries and territories which participate in the Online Computer Library Center global cooperative...