Angenehmes Wiederau, BWV 30a
Angenehmes Wiederau, freue dich in deinen Auen (Pleasant Wiederau, rejoice in thy meadows),
Freue dich, erlöste Schar, BWV 30.2, one of his church cantatas, which was nearly entirely modelled after the secular composition.[2]
History and text
Angenehmes Wiederau was composed in Leipzig in 1737 by which time most of Bach's cantatas had already been completed. It was an homage to Johann Christian von Hennicke , who had acquired an estate at Wiederau in Pegau near Leipzig. The work was performed on 28 September at Hennicke's Wiederau manor .[1]
The
Scoring and structure
The piece is scored for basso continuo , along with four vocal soloists (soprano as Zeit (Time), alto as Glück (Good Fortune), tenor as Elster (River Elster), bass as Schicksal (Fate)) and four-part choir.[1][4]
The cantata has thirteen movements:
- Chorus: Angenehmes Wiederau
- Recitative (bass, soprano, alto, tenor): So ziehen wir
- Aria (bass): Willkommen im Heil, willkommen in Freuden
- Recitative (alto): Da heute dir, gepriesner Hennicke
- Aria (alto): Was die Seele kann ergötzen
- Recitative (bass): Und wie ich jederzeit bedacht
- Aria (bass): Ich will dich halten
- Recitative (soprano): Und obwohl sonst der Unbestand
- Aria (soprano): Eilt, ihr Stunden, wie ihr wollt
- Recitative (tenor): So recht! ihr seid mir werte Gäste
- Aria (tenor): So, wie ich die Tropfen zolle
- Recitative (soprano, bass, alto): Drum, angenehmes Wiederau
- Chorus: Angenehmes Wiederau
Music
The eleventh movement, a tenor aria, is a reworking of a soprano aria from
Recordings
- Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir; Ton Koopman. J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 22. Antoine Marchand
- Hänssler
- Leipziger Universitätschor, Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum; Max Pommer. Kantate "Angenehmes Wiederau" BWV 30a. Eterna/Berlin Classic
- Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles/Café Zimmermann; Gustav Leonhardt. J.S. Bach: Weltliche Kantaten BWV 30a & 207 (Integrale delle Cantate profane Vol. 5). Alpha 118
- Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki. J. S. Bach: Secular Cantatas, Vol. 10. BIS, 2018.
References
- ^ a b c d Work 00039, Angenehmes Wiederau, freue dich in deinen Auen, at Bach Digital website.
- ^ Work 00038, Freue dich, erlöste Schar, at Bach Digital website.
- ^ Walter F. Bischof, Text and orchestration for BWV 30a, Bach Cantatas, University of Alberta (in German).
- ^ Julian Mincham
- ^ Classical Net
Sources
- ISBN 3-7618-1476-3
- Alfred Dürr: The Cantatas of J.S. Bach, Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN 0-19-929776-2
- ISBN 3-7651-0054-4
- ISBN 3-89948-073-2 (Carus-Verlag)
- ISBN 978-3-476-02127-4
External links
- Angenehmes Wiederau, BWV 30a: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Z. Philip Ambrose. BWV 30a: Angenehmes Wiederau, freue dich in deinen Auen! – English translation of the libretto at University of Vermont website.
- Schloss Wiederau: Gerettet vor den Braunkohle-Baggern at www
.burgerbe .de (in German) – history of Wiederau manor