O how can I surrender Ephraim
Cantata for the 22nd Sunday after Trinity BWV 89, 1723
Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim? (What am I to make of you, Ephraim?), BWV 89, was written for the 22nd Sunday after Trinity in 1723. The plea that opens the work is delivered by solo bass rather than by the choir in a form somewhere between arioso and aria. In addition to the strings, the orchestra consists of just two oboes and one of those strange horn parts (“corne du chasse”) typical of Bach’s first months in Leipzig in which the hornist merely “fills out” the other parts. The cantata’s internal movements are rather sparsely orchestrated. The first aria, like the two recitatives, is only scored for voice and continuo; this is supplemented in the second aria by an oboe. Only in the final chorale of this chamber cantata do the full ensemble return.
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Digital text (without sheet music) incl. printing licence, html file, singing text, english translationhtml file, singing text, english translation (Sample)1 Aria (Basso)O how can I surrender Ephraim?
2 Recitativo (Alto)
How can I guard you, Israel?
And should you not be like Admah destroyed forever,
receive like Zeboim your judgment?
But now my heart is turned within me,
I am compassionate, full of mercy.Yes, surely God could speak a word of condemnation
3 Aria (Alto)
and let his vengeance treat all foes’ most rude derision.
Yes, countless is the sum of your transgressing
and still great patience God reveals,
but your most hostile spirit is rejecting
the mercy God is off’ring.
Now when you merciless do deal,
God’s wwrath is kindled by your sinning.The judgment that will come upon us
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Digital text (without sheet music) incl. printing licence, html file, singing text, originalhtml file, singing text, original (Sample)1 Aria (Basso)
Was soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim?
2 Recitativo (Alto)
Soll ich dich schützen, Israel?
Soll ich nicht billig ein Adama aus dir machen
und dich wie Zeboim zurichten?
Aber mein Herz ist anders Sinnes,
meine Barmherzigkeit ist zu brünstig.Ja, freilich sollte Gott
3 Aria (Alto)
ein Wort zum Urteil sprechen
und seines Namens Spott
an seinen Feinden rächen.
Unzählbar ist die Rechnung deiner Sünden,
und hätte Gott auch gleich Geduld,
verwirft doch dein feindseliges Gemüte
die angebotne Güte und drückt den Nächsten um die Schuld;
so muss die Rache sich entzünden.Ein unbarmherziges Gerichte
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Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
| 1685-1750Johann 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.
Bach vocal
Ever since Carus-Verlag was founded in 1972, publishing the music of Johann Sebastian Bach has been a special focus for us. In the 2017 Reformation anniversary year we completed the Bach vocal project. Bach's complete sacred vocal works are now available in modern Urtext editions, together with performance material. A complete edition of all the full scores is also available in a high quality box set. Personal details
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Editor
Reinhold Kubik
| 1942-2024
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Continuo realization
Paul Horn
| 1922-2016Paul 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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Translator
Vernon Wicker
| 1934-2024
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