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O my God, when shall I perish
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SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, flute, 2 oboe d'amore, [horn], 2 violins, viola, basso continuo (Soli SATB, Coro SATB, Pic (Fl), 2 Obda, Cor, 2 Vl, Va, Bc) - Grade 4
SKU: CA.3100803
16th Sunday after Trinity. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Reinhold Kubik. Arranged by Paul Horn. This edition: Paperbound. German title: Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Special days, Mourning, death. Vocal score. Composed 1724. BWV 8. Duration 23 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.008/03. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3100803).ISBN 9790007041922. 7.5 x 10.67 inches. Key: E major. Language: German/English. Text: Caspar Neumann.
In its original form (BWV 8.1), the cantata Liebster Gott, wenn wird ich sterben (Oh my God, when shall I perish) belongs to Bach’s chorale cantata cycle of 1724/25 and was first performed on the 16th Sunday after Trinity (24 September 1724). The opening chorus is dominated by the warm sound of the oboes d’amore. The strings provide a pizzicato accompaniment of broken chords while the flute performs a death knell of very high repeated notes. The chiming of the final hour is also the theme of the following tenor aria, now accompanied by oboe d’amore, in which the death-bells can be heard as staccato eighth notes. After a harmonically remarkable alto accompagnato, the flute takes on a solo role in the joyous and dance-like bass aria that follows. Finally, in the exuberant and unusual concluding chorale (for once with the voices not moving as one), the flute echoes the chorale melody in the upper octave. The original score features two flutes in all movements: An early part for flauto piccolo (a high recorder) and a second for the more common transverse flute. Even today, the first might be the more appealing option, though the second is certainly easier to realize.
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