Bach, J.S.: Soprano Cantatas, Bwv 199, 202 And 209

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Cat No: 8550431

Release Date: 12 January 1999

Label: Naxos - Nxc / Naxos Classics

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Barcode: 4891030504318

Genres: Classical

Composer/Series: BACH, J.S.

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199 Weichet nur, betr??bte Schatten, BWV 202 "WeddingCantata" Non sa che sia dolore, BWV 209 The career of Johann Sebastian Bach, the most illustrious of aprolific musical family, falls neatly into three unequal parts. Born in 1685 in Eisenach,from the age of ten Bach lived and studied music with his eider brother in Ohrdruf, afterthe death of both his parents. After a series of appointments as organist and briefly as acourt musician, he became, in 1708, court-organist and chamber-musician to Duke WilhelmErnst of Weimar, the eider of the two brothers who jointly ruled the duchy. In 1714 he waspromoted to the position of Konzertmeister to the Duke, but in 1717, after a brief periodof imprisonment for his temerity in seeking to leave the Duke's service, he abandonedWeimar to become court Kapellmeister to Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cothen, a position heheld until 1723. From then until his death in 1750 he lived in Leipzig, where he wasThomaskantor, with responsibility for the music of the five principal city churches, in1729 assuming direction of the university collegium musicum, founded by Telemann in 1702.At Weimar Bach had been principally employed as an organist,and his compositions of the period include a considerable amount written for theinstrument on which he was recognised as a virtuoso performer. At Cothen, where Pietisttraditions dominated the court, he had no church duties, and was responsible rather forcourt music. The period brought the composition of a number of instrumental works. Thefinal 27 years of Bach's life brought a variety of preoccupations, and while his officialemployment necessitated the provision of church music, he was able to provide music forthe university collegium musicum and to write or re-arrange a number of important worksfor the keyboard.The cantata for soprano, oboe, strings and basso continuo, Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199, was written in1714 for performance on 12th August, the 11th Sunday after Trinity. In that year Bach hadbeen appointed Konzertmeister in Weimar and here set words by G.C. Lehms, as he had amonth earlier in Widerstehe doch der S??nde. The year saw the composition of eight churchcantatas, as did the following year, a fraction of what Bach was later to write inLeipzig.In addition to the 200 or so surviving church cantatas Bachwrote a number of secular cantatas for a variety of occasions. Weichet nur, betr??bte Schatten, BWV 202, scored forsoprano, oboe, strings and basso continuo, was seemingly written during the composer'scontented stay in Cothen, a period brought to an end by the marriage of Prince Leopold toa woman that Bach later described as "amusica". The work is a wedding cantata, acomposition intended for performance during a wedding banquet, its text a poem aboutspring and love, the author of which remains unknown, but might have been Salomo Franck,court poet and librarian at Weimar. One of the arias from this can
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