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Johann Sebastian Bach Jesus, you have freed my spirit

Cantata for the 14th Sunday after Trinity BWV 78, 1724

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The cantata Jesu, der du meine Seele (Jesus, you have freed my spirit) BWV 78 is today one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s best known vocal compositions. Its popularity is not least due to the extraordinary combination of contrapuntal density in the opening movement, accessible themes in the arias, and drastic intensity in the recitative movements. This chorale cantata is based on a Passion chorale by Johann Rist (1641) and was first performed on 10 September 1724.
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    1 Coro

    Jesus, you have freed my spirit
    through your cross and bitter death
    from the devil’s gloomy cavern
    and that burden of the soul;
    mightily redeemed and rescued,
    of this all you have assured me
    through your comfort giving word.
    Shield me now, O God, my Lord!

    2 Aria. Duetto (Soprano, Alto)

    We hasten with feeble, most desperate longing
    to Jesus, O Master, for help we do plea.
    For all those in need you are faithfully searching.
    O hear us, o hear, we lift up our voices
    to ask you for healing.
    O let now you merciful face shine upon us!

    3 Recitativo (Tenore)

    O by nature I am sinful,
    so bewildered, restless here.
    My sin destroys like leprosy most dreadful;

    ...
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    1 Coro

    Jesu, der du meine Seele
    hast durch deinen bittern Tod,
    aus des Teufels finstern Höhle
    und der schweren Seelennot
    kräftiglich herausgerissen
    und mich solches lassen wissen,
    durch dein angenehmes Wort,
    sei doch itzt, o Gott, mein Hort!

    2 Aria. Duetto (Soprano, Alto)

    Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten,
    o Jesu, o Meister, zu helfen zu dir.
    Du suchest die Kranken und Irrenden treulich.
    Ach höre, wie wir
    die Stimmen erheben, um Hülfe zu bitten!
    Es sei uns dein gnädiges Antlitz erfreulich!

    3 Recitativo (Tenore)

    Ach! ich bin ein Kind der Sünden,
    ach! ich irre weit und breit.
    Der Sünden Aussatz, so an mir zu finden,

    ...
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  • Johann Sebastian Bach is one of the most important composers of Western music history. He came from a widely ramified musical dynasty, which produced numerous musicians and organists in the Thuringian-Saxon area.

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  • Paul Horn war ein deutscher Kirchenmusiker, Organist, Komponist und Musikwissenschaftler. Er studierte Kirchenmusik und Orgel an der Evangelischen Kirchenmusikschule Esslingen am Neckar bei Hans-Arnold Metzger und Musikwissenschaft, Theologie und Geschichte an der Universität Tübingen. Seine berufliche Laufbahn begann als Kantor an der Evangelischen Michaelskirche in Stuttgart-Degerloch. 1954 wurde er Kantor an der Evangelischen Stadtkirche Ravensburg, eine Position, die er bis zu seiner Pensionierung innehatte. Als Musikwissenschaftler arbeitete Horn bis ins hohe Alter eng mit Carus zusammen. So stammen zahlreiche Carus-Klavierauszüge aus seiner Feder. Personal details

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