Stream songs including "Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: I Chorus: "Jauchzet, frohlocket"", "Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: II Evangelist: Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit"" and more. Bach took the majority of the choruses and arias from works which had been written some time earlier. Before Bach wrote the Christmas Oratorio, he already wrote some cantatas for the Christmas season. A well-known English version of that stanza is "Oh, my dear heart, young Jesus sweet", the first stanza of "Balulalow", as, for instance, sung by Sting:[47][48]. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 / Part One - For The First Day Of Christmas - No.2 Evangelist: "Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit" da Anthony Rolfe Johnson and English … Nevertheless, on two occasions Bach abandoned the original plan and was compelled to write new music for the Christmas Oratorio. However, numbers 10, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19 and 21 in Part II call for 2 oboe d'amore and 2 oboe da caccia. Parts I and III are similarly scored for exuberant trumpets, while the Pastoral Part II (referring to the Shepherds) is, by contrast, scored for woodwind instruments and does not include an opening chorus. [40], Like for most of his German-language church music, Bach used Lutheran hymns, and their Lutheran chorale tunes, in his Christmas Oratorio. Before Bach composed his Christmas Oratorio for the 1734–35 Christmas season in Leipzig, he had already composed Christmas cantatas and other church music for all seven occasions of the Christmas season: Four of these third cycle cantatas for the Christmas season, BWV 110, 57, 151 and 16, were on a text from Georg Christian Lehms's Gottgefälliges Kirchen-Opffer cantata libretto cycle, which had been published in 1711. But the epitome of Christmas music is Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, which opens with a drum roll. To reinforce this connection, between the beginning and the end of the work, Bach re-uses the chorale melody of Part I's "Wie soll ich dich empfangen" in the final chorus of Part VI, "Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen"; this choral melody is the same as of "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden", which Bach used five times in his St Matthew Passion. Part V is written for the Sunday after New Year's Day. Dass ich nimmer vergesse dein! First Sunday after Christmas (31 December): First Sunday after Christmas (30 December 1725): The chorale melody used in No. The total running time for the entire work is nearly three hours. 64, closing chorale of Part VI). Following the huge success of 2015's Magnificat & Christmas Cantata, Dunedin Consort releases its eagerly awaited follow up, Bach's Christmas Oratorio. Karl Richter’s famous 1965 recording of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with a quartet of stunning soloists 3 LP gatefold. Program Notes J.S. Each part is performed for a certain day in the Christmas season. 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The Shepherd Cantata, BWV 249a, first performed on 23 February 1725, one of Bach's secular cantatas, is an early example of such cantata. The Christmas Oratorio is a particularly sophisticated example of parody music. And never mair from thee depart. 33 of the oratorio appears to be based on, This page was last edited on 1 December 2020, at 22:47. Part V is meant to be performed on the Sunday between New Year's Day and, Samantha Owens, Barbara M. Reul, Janice B. 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Mach dir ein rein sanft Bettelein, Tönet, ihr Pauken! The six services of the Christmas season 1734–35 where the oratorio's cantatas were to be performed had these Gospel readings: As usual in most of his oratorios, and all of his Passions, the Evangelist character enunciated the Gospel text in sung recitatives, except the passages in direct speech, which were sung by soloists or choral groups representing the characters who spoke these texts according to the Gospel narrative. The Christmas Oratorio is exceptional in that it contains a few hymn settings, or versions of hymn tunes, for which there is no known earlier source than Bach's composition:[49][50], There are very few known hymn tunes by Bach (he used Lutheran hymn tunes in the large majority of his sacred compositions, but rarely one of his own invention): apart from what can be found in the Christmas Oratorio, there appears to be one, partly inspired by a pre-existing melody, in the motet Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229 (composed before 1731–32),[56] and at least one entirely by Bach, "Vergiss mein nicht, vergiss mein nicht", BWV 505, in Schemellis Gesangbuch (published in 1736).[57]. In his German-language church music, Bach uses Lutheran chorale melodies. Parts I and III are written in the keys of D major, part II in its subdominant key G major. In detail: The oratorio was written for performance on six feast days of Christmas during the winter of 1734 and 1735. Stream songs including "Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: No.1 Chorus: "Jauchzet, frohlocket"", "Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: No.2 Evangelist: "Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit"" and more. It is a reference to the pastoral music tradition of shepherds playing. For the 1723–24 Christmas season, during his first year as musical director of Leipzig's principal churches: Christmas Day: repeat performance of BWV 63, For the 1724-25 Christmas season, as part of his. The instruments used in part II are 2 oboes d'amore, 2 violins, viola, and the basso continuo. By notational convention the recitatives are in common time. BACH - CHRISTMAS ORATORIO (BWV 248) IV - VI Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts The Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists in a performance of Bach's Christmas Oratorio (IV-VI), a series of cantatas intended for performance on the major feast days of the Christmas period. Bach removed the content for the Third Day of Christmas (December 27), John's Gospel, and split the story of the two groups of visitors—Shepherds and Magi—into two. John Butt delivers another revelatory performance which propelled this recording onto many of 2016's 'Best of' lists. In the early 1730s, Bach composed a number of secular cantatas, including: Movements from the BWV 213, 214 and 215 cantatas form the basis of several movements of the Christmas Oratorio. The oratorio has 6 parts. Zu ruhn in meines Herzens Schrein, The alto aria in Part III, "Schließe, mein Herze" was originally to have been set to the music for the aria "Durch die von Eifer entflammten Waffen" from BWV 215. The Christmas Oratorio (German: Weihnachtsoratorium) BWV 248, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach intended for performance during the Christmas season. [46], Martin Luther's 1539 "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her" melody appears in three chorales: twice on a text by Paul Gerhardt in Part II of the oratorio, and the first time, in the closing chorale of Part I, with the 13th stanza of Luther's hymn as text. Most of this music was 'secular', that is written in praise of royalty or notable local figures, outside the tradition of performance within the church.[1]. 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. Each section combines choruses (a pastoral Sinfonia opens Part II instead of a chorus), chorales and from the soloists recitatives, ariosos and arias. Instead, he used the model from BWV 215 for the bass aria "Erleucht' auch meine finstre Sinnen" in Part V. Similarly, the opening chorus to Part V, "Ehre sei dir Gott!" J.S. [PDF] + Video - Choir and Orchestra - Baroque * License : Public Domain - 6 Parts/Days, 64 pieces : I. Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage (Cantata for Christmas Day) 1. The author of the text is unknown, although a likely collaborator was Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander). Listen to Bach, J.S. On this occasion, however, the parody technique proved to be unsuccessful and Bach composed the aria afresh. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 / Part Four - For New Year's Day - No. : Christmas Oratorio, St. Matthew Passion, St. John Passion, Mass in B minor by English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner on Apple Music. In addition to the new compositions listed above, special mention must go to the recitatives, which knit together the oratorio into a coherent whole. In Germany, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio is the seasonal equivalent to the English-speaking world’s Messiah. 5); Martin Luther (Mvts. Christmas Oratorio II 1 (10). Part III is written for the third day of Christmas (December 27). The Christmas Oratorio is by far the longest and most complex work of the three.[1]. Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein, Examples: for his 1973 recording, The different types of oboes referred to above are mostly called for at different points in each section. 38 and 40 which frame the "Echo Aria" ("Flößt, mein Heiland"), no. ‘There is no more life-giving, joy-enhancing experience in Bach’s music than a great performance of the Christmas Oratorio,’ writes the composer’s biographer Nicholas Kenyon. [88] It was a translation of a 2002 Dutch-language study by Ignace Bossuyt [fr; nl].[89]. J.S. Similar Terms. Bach: Christmas Oratorio WEIHNACHTS-ORATORIUM, BWV 248. Like for his other oratorios, and his Passion settings, Bach employed a narrative based on the Gospel in his Christmas Oratorio. Mastered from original tapes and pressed on 180g vinyl Includes artist photos and liner notes in English and German. Recit. Oh, my deir hert, young Jesus sweit, The instruments used in part II are 2 flutes, 2 oboes d'amore, 2 oboes da caccia, 2 violins, viola, and the basso continuo. It was incorporated within services of the two most important churches in Leipzig, St. Thomas and St. Nicholas. Share on Facebook. is believed to be from a similarly lost source, and the chorus from the same section "Wo ist der neugeborne König" is from the 1731 St Mark Passion, BWV 247. John Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio, composed in 1734, both reflects this new piety and conveys the composer's experience living through this tumult during his own childhood and early career. Part II is written for the second day of Christmas (December 26). Presented as an evening, all six cantatas, it is a challenging form. The Christmas Oratorio (German: Weihnachts-Oratorium), BWV 248, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach intended for performance in church during the Christmas season. 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. The … It was preceded by Advent, and followed by the period of the Sundays after Epiphany. Bach: Christmas Oratorio Bach, Johann Sebastian (Composer), Gardiner, Sir John Eliot (Conductor), Monteverdi Choir (Orchestra), English Baroque Soloists (Orchestra), Argenta, Nancy (Performer), Otter, Anne Sofie von (Performer), Rolfe Johnson, Anthony (Performer), Blochwitz, Hans-Peter (Performer) & 5 more Format: Audio CD In the Christmas Oratorio, Bach took virtually every solo from sacred music he had composed earlier and combined them with other choruses and instrumentals that were both new and old. The edition has not only a title—Weihnachts-Oratorium—connecting together the six sections, but these sections are also numbered consecutively. Part VI is written for the holiday of Epiphany. Jordan Smith-Sep 25, 2016. Also 26 and 27 December (second and third day of Christmas) were commonly considered feast days, with festive music in church. The work belongs to a group of three oratorios written in 1734 and 1735 for major feasts, the other two works being the Ascension Oratorio (BWV 11) and the Easter Oratorio (BWV 249). Part IV is written in F major (the relative key to D minor) and marks the furthest musical point away from the oratorio's opening key, scored for horns. That Bach saw the six parts as comprising a greater, unified whole is evident both from the surviving printed text and from the structure of the music itself. Coro: Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf preiset die Tage (D major) 2. Ausgabe, "Ein weiterer Kantatenjahrgang Gottfried Heinrich Stölzels in Bachs Aufführungsrepertoire? Bach (1685-1750) created his Christmas Oratorio during 1734 for performance in church over the ensuing Christmas period. 38 Rezitativ: "Immanuel, o süßes Wort" Arioso (Chor-Sopran, Baß): "Jesu, du mein liebstes Leben"-"Komm ich will dich mit Lust umfassen" von Nancy Argenta & Olaf Bär & English Baroque Soloists & John Eliot Gardiner 2:15 1,06 € The Gospel narrative of this oratorio followed, to a certain extent, the respective Gospel readings of the church services where the six cantatas of the Christmas Oratorio were to be performed for the first time. Impachetare gratuita; Livrare gratuita la comenzi peste 59 de lei; Poti returna acest produs in 14 zile; Comenzi telefonice: 0725.982.036 In his German-language church music, Bach uses Lutheran chorale melodies. Part I is written for Christmas Day (December 25). Bach's Christmas Oratorio was compiled for the Christmas church festival at Leipzig for the season of 1734-5. Clocking in at well over three hours of music, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio is rarely heard in full in the UK. The first part (for Christmas Day) describes the Birth of Jesus, the second (for December 26) the annunciation to the shepherds, the third (for December 27) the adoration of the shepherds, the fourth (for New Year's Day) the circumcision and naming of Jesus, the fifth (for the first Sunday after New Year) the journey of the Magi, and the sixth (for Epiphany) the adoration of the Magi. » Im Forum nach Christmas Oratorio [J S Bach and gen ] fragen: Recent Searches. [36][37][38] In addition to these sources, the sixth cantata is based on a largely lost church cantata, BWV 248a, of which at least the opening chorus is based on the lost secular cantata BWV 1160. In the oratorio there is, however, no association with the pain and suffering evoked in the Passion. [24][25] In the second half of the 1720s Bach often collaborated with Picander as a librettist for his cantatas. Parts Part I. Until 1999 the only complete English version of the Christmas Oratorio was that prepared in 1874 by John Troutbeck for the music publisher Novello. Tweet on Twitter. In particular, Bach made particularly effective use of recitative when combining it with chorales in no. Part I is written for Christmas Day (December 25). Musicologist Alfred Dürr[69] and others, such as Christoph Wolff[70] have suggested that Bach's sometime collaborator Picander (the pen name of Christian Friedrich Henrici) wrote the new text, working closely with Bach to ensure a perfect fit with the re-used music. The first English-language monography on the Christmas Oratorio was published in 2004. Evangelista: Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit (B minor) 3. Find release reviews and credits for Bach: Christmas Oratorio - John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir on AllMusic - The words tell the story of the birth of Jesus. Bach then embarks upon a journey back to the opening key, via the dominant A major of Part V to the jubilant re-assertion of D major in the final part, lending an overall arc to the piece. The date is confirmed in Bach's autograph manuscript. (T) Evangelist And there were shepherds in that very region in the field nearby their sheepfolds, who kept their watch by night over their flocks. And I sall rock thee in my hert, [43][44][45] The first chorale tune appears in the 5th movement of Part I: it is the tune known as Herzlich tut mich verlangen, that is, the same hymn tune which Bach used in his St Matthew Passion for setting several stanzas of Paul Gerhardt's "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden" ("O Sacred Head, Now Wounded"). In the liturgical calendar of the German reformation era in Saxony, the Christmas season started on 25 December (Christmas Day) and ended on 6 January (Epiphany). 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