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Johann Sebastian Bach Be not afraid, I am with you

Motette BWV 228

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The motet Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir has long posed various puzzles for Bach scholars. Nothing is known about the occasion or date of its composition, and the musical text itself only survives in contradictory and partially incorrect sources. This motet possibly came from Bach’s Weimar period. The double-choir first section of the motet – beginning with the basses of both choirs declaiming the first line of text like a motto in unison – is followed by a second part in which the biblical text is simultaneously combined with a chorale (here in the soprano), a popular stylistic device in Thuringian and Saxon motets throughout the 18th century.
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  • Be not afraid

    Be not afraid, I am with you;
    tremble not, for I am your God.
    I strengthen you, I give you my help,
    I uphold you now through the right hand
    of my righteousness.
    Be not afraid,
    for in truth I have redeemed you,
    for by your name
    I now have named you and called you.
    Isaiah 41:10 and 43:1

    Choral

    Lord, my shepherd, source of gladness,
    thou art mine, I am thine,
    no one can divide us.
    I am thine, for by thy passion,
    with thy blood, for my good,
    thou hast brought salvation.

    Thou art mine, for I shall hold thee;
    from my heart, O my light,
    I will never yield thee.
    Let me give thee my devotion,
    that for me thou mayst be
    my belov’d possession.
    Paul Gerhardt 1653,
    „Warum sollt ich mich denn grämen“ (verse 11, 12)


    Be not afraid, thou art mine.

    Translation: Jean Lunn

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  • Fürchte dich nicht

    Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir;
    weiche nicht, denn ich bin dein Gott!
    Ich stärke dich, ich helfe dir auch,
    ich erhalte dich durch die rechte Hand meiner Gerechtigkeit.
    Fürchte dich nicht,
    denn ich habe dich erlöset,
    ich habe dich bei deinem Namen gerufen.
    Jesaja 41,10 und 43,1

    Choral

    Herr, mein Hirt, Brunn aller Freuden,
    du bist mein, ich bin dein,
    niemand kann uns scheiden.
    Ich bin dein, weil du dein Leben
    und dein Blut mir zugut
    in den Tod gegeben.

    Du bist mein, weil ich dich fasse
    und dich nicht, o mein Licht,
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  • Text from the CD Carus 83.298

    Uwe Wolf
    Translation (abridged): Elizabeth Robinson

    The first printed edition of Johann Sebastian Bach’s motets appeared in Leipzig in 1802/03, over fifty years after the composer’s death. This was not only the first edition of the famous motets, but was also the first printed edition of Bach’s vocal works at all since 1708. It differs in some respects from our present-day editions, primarily in the inclusion in the place of the motet Lobet den Herrn of Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn, attributed a little later to Johann Christoph Bach. In reprints of the first printed edition, accordingly, this was replaced by Lobet den Herrn, establishing the group of six motets which ultimately found their place in the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (Bach Works Catalog) as BWV 225–230, where they long held an undisputed position.

    But doubts remain about Lobet den Herrn. There is so much which is curious about this motet, which breaks every rule, so that in the form in which it is known to us, it may well not be by Bach. On the other hand, we nevertheless believe that we find so much of Bach in it that hardly any other composer can be contemplated. We

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  • Booklet-Text der CD Carus 83.298

    Uwe Wolf

    Gut 50 Jahre nach dem Tod des Komponisten erschien in Leipzig 1802/03 eine erste gedruckte Ausgabe der Motetten Johann Sebastian Bachs. Dies war nicht nur die erste Ausgabe der berühmten Motetten, es war zugleich die erste Druckausgabe Bachscher Vokalwerke überhaupt seit 1708. Herausgegeben wurden die Motetten von dem vielseitigen Leipziger Musiker Johann Gottlieb Schicht, damals Gewandhauskapellmeister, Musikdirektor der Leipziger Neukirche und der Leipziger Singakademie; 1810 wurde Schicht schließlich selbst als vierter Nachfolger Bachs Thomaskantor in Leipzig.

    Schichts Ausgabe unterscheidet sich in manchem von unseren heutigen Ausgaben – vor allem an den Texten hatte Schicht Modernisierungen vorgenommen –, aber bereits mit dieser ersten Ausgabe wird die Sechszahl der Motetten Bachs etabliert, die bis heute viele Ausgaben und Einspielungen bestimmt. Die Erstausgabe enthielt allerdings nur fünf der „traditionellen“ Motetten Bachs: Anstelle der Motette Lobet den Herrn BWV 230 war nämlich Ich lasse dich nicht, du segnest mich denn BWV Anh. 159 enthalten. Erst deutlich später erschien 1821 die Erstausgabe von Lobet den Herrn,

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