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Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 33

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Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (Towards you alone, Lord Jesus Christ), BWV 33, is a church cantata composed by Johann Sebastian Bach.

It was composed in Leipzig in 1724 for the thirteenth Sunday after Trinity, which fell that year on 3 September, date of the work's premiere.

The prescribed readings for the day are Galatians 3: 15-22 and Luke 10: 23-37.

Most of the texts are of unknown authorship[1], with the exception of the opening and closing movements, for which Bach used verses 1 and 4 of Konrad Hubert's original hymn[2].

The chorale theme Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (Zahn 7292b) is of unknown authorship and was first documented in a 1541 Wittenberg publication, but had been used extensively by Bach's time[3], for example by Sethus Calvisius and Michael Praetorius[4].

Scoring and structure

The piece is scored for oboes I/II, violins I/II, viola, and basso continuo, along with three vocal soloists (altus, tenor, bass) and four-part choir. It is in six movements:

  1. (Coro): "Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" for choral and orchestral tutti.
  2. Recitativo: "Mein Gott und Richter" for bass and continuo.
  3. Aria: "Wie furchtsam wankten meine Schritte" for altus, strings, and continuo.
  4. Recitativo: "Mein Gott, verwirf mich nicht" for tenor and continuo.
  5. Aria (Duetto): "Gott, der du die Liebe heißt" for tenor and bass, oboes, and continuo.
  6. Chorale: "Ehr sei Gott in dem höchsten Thron" for choral and orchestral tutti colle parti.

Recordings

References

  1. ^ Christoph Wolff (Ed.): Die Welt der Bach-Kantaten, Metzler/Bärenreiter, Stuttgart und Kassel, 3 Bände Sonderausgabe 2006 ISBN 3-476-02127-0
  2. ^ C. S. Terry and D. Litti, Bach's Cantata Libretti, Journal of the Royal Musical Association 1917 44(1):71-125; doi:10.1093/jrma/44.1.71
  3. ^ Neue Bach-Ausgabe, vols. III/2.1 & 2.2 in particular [Bärenreiter, 1954 to present] and the BWV ("Bach Werke Verzeichnis") [Breitkopf & Härtel, 1998]
  4. ^ Grove Music Online, Oxford University Press, 2008,

Sources

  • Craig Smith, Programme notes - BWV 33, Emmanuel Music.
  • Walter F. Bischof, Text and orchestration for BWV 33, Bach Cantatas, University of Alberta.
  • Alfred Dürr: Johann Sebastian Bach: Die Kantaten. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1999, ISBN 3-7618-1476-3
  • Alfred Dürr: The Cantatas of J.S. Bach, Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN 0-19-929776-2
  • Werner Neumann: Handbuch der Kantaten J.S.Bachs, 1947, 5th Ed. 1984, ISBN 3-7651-0054-4
  • Hans-Joachim Schulze: Die Bach-Kantaten: Einführungen zu sämtlichen Kantaten Johann Sebastian Bachs. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt; Stuttgart: Carus-Verlag 2006 (Edition Bach-Archiv Leipzig) ISBN 3-374-02390-8 (Evang. Verl.-Anst.), ISBN 3-89948-073-2 (Carus-Verl.)
  • Christoph Wolff/Ton Koopman (Eds.): Die Welt der Bach-Kantaten, Metzler/Bärenreiter, Stuttgart und Kassel, 3 Bände Sonderausgabe 2006 ISBN 3-476-02127-0
  • Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini. Studi sui testi delle Cantate sacre di J. S. Bach. Università di Padova, pubblicazioni della Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, vol. XXXI, Padova & Kassel, 1956, xv-291.
  • Geoffrey Turner. Singing The Word: The Cantatas of J S Bach. New Blackfriars, volume 87, issue 1008, pages 144-154.
  • J. C. J. Day. The texts of Bach's Church cantatas: some observations. German Life and Letters, volume 13 (1960), num. 2, pages 137-144.
  • Harald Streck. Die Verskunst in den poetischen Texten zu den Kantaten J. S. Bachs. Dissertation: Universität Hamburg 1971, 214 pages.
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