Emmanuel music is a bostonbased ensemble of singers and instrumentalists founded in 1970 by craig smith to perform the complete sacred cantatas of j. The lone excerpt from part three is a duet for alto and baritone, a prayer that hrists arrival might awaken the faithful to renewed reverence. Johann sebastian bachs markuspassion historically justified, and what sources. S christmas oratorio, bwv 248 remastered the christmas oratorio german. Bach s celebrated christmas oratorio forges a link between birth and deliverance. S christmas oratorio, bwv 248 add to wishlist which format should i. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way.
A duet of the cantata and the duet et in unum dominum from his mass in b minor share a common lost base. Bwv 248 ii was first performed in the thomaskirche on 26 december 1734 and repeated during a vespers service at the nikolaikirche the same day. The original score alto, v1, v2, vla, cello and continuo arrangement for alto, solo instrument v1, organ and cello. Bach composed the piece for the 11th birthday of crown prince friedrich christian of saxony. Program notes christmas oratorio the christmas of 173435 must have been a very busy one for the musicians of leipzig. Schliesse, mein herze keep, o my spirit johann sebastian bach stabat mater.
If printed, the edition would also be very wasteful of paper. Liebster jesu, mein verlangen, bwv 32 bach, johann. Bach schlafe, mein liebster youtube organ concerto b flat major op. Reflections on bach s christmas oratorio by john harbison composer john harbison, whose ties to bostons cultural and educational communities are longstanding. The music on this recording reflects both the lyrical side of bach s compositional genius as well as the wide variety of his musical invention. Later bach was to combine these two sets of fifteen pieces in a single volume entitled. Wordforword translations and ipa transcriptions of songs and arias in latin, italian, german, and french in pdf format. Konnen tranen meiner wangen if my tears be unavailing. This pdf file will be updated with these liner notes. Schlafe, mein liebster, weihnachtsoratorium, j s bach ivonne fuchs, alt drottningholms barockensemble bengt eklund, dirigent. The lullabylike character of the alto aria schlafe, mein. Pieces such as schlafe, mein liebster seem deceptively simple. If you are interested in downloading a pdf of this material, please visit.
The bach cantatas website bcw is a comprehensive site covering all aspects of j. Alongside the rias chamber choir and the rias chamber orchestra and under the direction of karl ristenpart, they created a recording which both embraces bach interpretation of the time on a high level, and also heralds historically informed performance practice, particularly in. It is an unconventional oratorio for rather than following the pattern of italian oratorios, as he did for. Reflections on bachs christmas oratorio by john harbison. The emotional high points are provided by recitatives that combine. This file is licensed under the creative commons attribution 3. It was written for the christmas season of 1734 and incorporates music from earlier compositions, including three secular cantatas written during 1733 and 1734 and a largely lost church cantata, bwv 248a. Sa choir, piano sheet music book by johann sebastian bach 16851750. William joseph westbrook 1831 1894 arranger primary item type. Bach used the aria schlafe, mein liebster in a revised form in part ii of his. Bwv 24819 schlafe, mein liebster bach cantatas website. Schlafe, mein liebster, weihnachtsoratorium, j s bach.
One of bach s most serene and beautiful arias, which appears both in the christmas oratorio and the hercules cantata bwv 2. Inflammatus et accensus antonin dvorak dixit dominus. Shop and buy the oratorio anthology altomezzo soprano sheet music. Weihnachtsoratorium, bwv 248 bach, johann sebastian. Johann sebastian bach 16851750 christmas oratorio, bwv248 1734 download the translation as a pdf file. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. If you use and like, thank you to consider support donation. Concerning the arrangement, the solo instrument must stop playing at measure 114 and restart at measure 140. Bach wrote the work in leipzig in 1734 and 1735 for christmas day i, boxing day ii, the third day of christmas iii, new year iv, the. Bach s cantatas and his other vocal works and many of his instrumental works. Schlafe, mein liebster aria from bwv248 johann sebastian bach.
Weinachts oratorium christmas oratorio, bwv 248 johann. Performers of bach s works, including their biographies, bach discographies. As far as the aria in question is concerned it is movement 3, an aria for soprano, schlafe, mein liebster, bach writes both. Weihnachtsoratorium, bwv 248, is an oratorio by johann. No movement is more fascinating in this respect than schlafe, mein liebster from part ii, now a delightful lullaby for the infant jesus, but originally embodying the temptation offered by the shady character of wollust. Cantata 32 liebster jesu, mein verlangen was composed for the first. Sleep, my dearest, enjoy the rest, follow the lure of tempting thoughts. It was first performed in leipzig on 5 september 1733 at zimmermanns coffeehouse the locale celebrated in the coffee cantata. Santa barbara music publishing at sheet music plus. Schlafe, mein liebster by johann sebastian bach 16851750. World wide shipping for 20 years we provide a free and legal service for free sheet music. In that year they first performed johann sebastian bach s weinachtsoratorium christmas oratorio.
Emmanuel music continues to perform cycles of largescale and chamber works by bach, handel, mozart, schubert, brahms, debussy, haydn, schoenberg, weill, wolf, medelssohn, and schumann under artistic director ryan turner. Weihnachtsoratorium, bwv 248, is an oratorio by johann sebastian bach intended for performance in church during the christmas season. Bachs cantatas for every sunday and feast day of the church year were closely associated. For 20 years we provide a free and legal service for free sheet music without asking you anything in exchange. Before bach composed his christmas oratorio for the 173435 christmas season. Weihnachtsoratorium, bwv 248 bach, johann sebastian imslp. This complete recording of the christmas oratorio from 1950 presents the leading bach singers of that time. Bach schlafe mein liebster download free sheet music and scores. The christmas oratorio is a series of 6 separate cantatas, collectively relating the story from christmas through to twelfth night.
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