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Freue dich, erlöste Schar, BWV 30

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Freue dich, erlöste Schar (Rejoice, ransomed throng), BWV 30, is a church cantata composed by Johann Sebastian Bach.

It was composed in Leipzig in or around 1738 for the feast of St. John the Baptist, which falls yearly on 24 June, date of the work's premiere. The underlying secular cantata, BWV 30a, was composed in 1737 in Leipzig to celebrate the acquisition of the manor and estate at Wiederau by Johann Christian von Hennickes, who was one of Graf Brühl's protégés.

The prescribed readings for the day are Isaiah 40: 1-5 and Luke 1: 57-80.

The text of the chorale movement is by Johann Olearius; Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander)[1] has been proposed as the author of the remaining poetry.

The chorale theme is Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele, which was codified by Louis Bourgeois when setting the Geneva Psalm 42 in his collection of Pseaumes octante trios de David (Geneva, 1551). Bourgeois seems to have been influenced by the secular song Ne l’oseray je dire contained in the Manuscrit de Bayeux published around 1510.

Scoring and structure

The piece is scored for oboe d'amore, oboes I/II, flauto traverso I/II, violins I/II, viola, and basso continuo, along with four vocal soloists (soprano, altus, tenor, bass) and four-part choir. It is in twelve movements, divided in two parts:

  1. Coro: "Freue dich, erlöste Schar" for choir, flauti traversi, oboes, strings, and continuo.
  2. Recitativo: "Wir haben Rast" for bass and continuo.
  3. Aria: "Gelobet sei Gott, gelobet sein Name" for bass, strings, and continuo.
  4. Recitativo: "Der Herold kömmt und meldt den König an" for altus and continuo.
  5. Aria: "Kommt, ihr angefochtnen Sünder" for altus, flauto traverso, strings, and continuo.
  6. Chorale: "Eine Stimme lässt sich hören" for choir and orchestral tutti colle parti.
  7. Recitativo: "So bist du denn, mein Heil, bedacht" for bass, oboes and continuo.
  8. Aria: "Ich will nun hassen" for bass, oboe d'amore, violino solo, strings, and continuo.
  9. Recitativo: "Und obwohl sonst der Unbestand" for soprano and continuo.
  10. Aria: "Eilt, ihr Stunden, kommt herbei" for soprano, violins, and continuo.
  11. Recitativo: "Geduld, der angenehme Tag" for tenor, and continuo.
  12. Coro: "Freude dich, geheilgte Schar" for choir, orchestral tutti, and continuo.

Recordings

References

  1. ^ 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

Sources

  • Craig Smith, Programme notes - BWV 30, Emmanuel Music.
  • Walter F. Bischof, Text and orchestration for BWV 30, 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: Die Welt der Bach-Kantaten Verlag J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart, Weimar 2006 ISBN 978-3-476-02127-4

External links

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