Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen, BWV 249a

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Neu-Augustusburg Castle, where the cantata was first performed

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" or "Shepherds' Cantata" (German: Schäferkantate). Bach reworked the music in his Easter Oratorio.

History

The cantata was written in 1725 for the 43rd birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels. Bach had composed Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208 for the 31st birthday of the same patron. It was first performed at Schloss Neu-Augustusburg on 23 February 1725. The text was written by Picander and published. The music is lost but can be reconstructed from a related work, the Easter Oratorio, which Bach also premiered in 1725. The German researcher Friedrich Smend determined that the order of movements was not changed in the Easter Oratorio, and that therefore the music of the Shepherd Cantata 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.

  1. Sinfonia: Allegro – Adagio
  2. Aria à duetto (tenor, bass; da capo: soprano, alto): Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen
  3. Recitative (soprano, alto, tenor, bass): Was hör ich da? Wer unterbricht uns hier
  4. Aria (soprano): Hundertausend Scheicheleien
  5. Recitative (soprano, alto, tenor, bass): Wie aber, schönste Schäferin
  6. Aria (tenor): Wieget euch, ihr satten Schafe
  7. Recitative (alto, bass): Wohlan! Geliebte Schäferinnen
  8. Aria (alto): Komm doch, Flora, komm geschwinde
  9. Recitative (bass): Was sorgt ihr viel, die Flora zu beschweren
  10. 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 music.

Recording

J.S. Bach: Schäferkantate BWV 249a · Doppelkonzert nach BWV 1060, Edith Mathis, Hetty Plümacher, Theo Altmeyer, Jakob Stämpfli, Gächinger Kantorei & Figuralchor der Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, conductor Helmuth Rilling, Cantate-Musicaphon 1967

Literature

  • Alfred Dürr: Johann Sebastian Bach: Die Kantaten. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1999 (in German)
  • Christoph Wolff, Ton Koopman: Die Welt der Bach-Kantaten. Verlag J. B. Metzler, Stuttgart, Weimar 2006 (in German)

External links

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