Lord God, your eyes are seeing truth in trusting
Cantata for the 10th Sunday after Trinity BWV 102, 1726
In 1726 Johann Sebastian Bach performed a series of cantatas by his Meiningen cousin Johann Ludwig, then continued this series with his own works, but remained faithful to the textual models used his cousin: a Meiningen cycle of texts by an unknown author from the early 18th century. All these texts share the characteristic of including two quotations from the bible: one from the Old Testament at the beginning, and another from the New Testament in the middle. These cantatas include "Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben" (Lord God, your eyes are seeing truth in trusting) BWV 102. The opening chorus in several sections is one of Bach’s masterpieces of choral composition. The cantata is also one of those works on which Bach’s later reputation was based: performances are documented from 1776 in Hamburg and in Berlin by Zelter’s Sing-Akademie from 1813 onwards. In 1830 it was one of the very first cantatas by Bach to appear in print.
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Digital text (without sheet music) incl. printing licence, html file, singing text, english translationhtml file, singing text, english translation (Sample)Parte 1ma 1 CoroLord God, your eyes are seeing truth in trusting.
2 Recitativo (Basso)
You smite them all, but they are grieving not,
you plague them all, but they do change nevermore.
Their face is immovable and harder than rock
and none of them are returning.Where has the image gone that God has set before us,
3 Aria (Alto)
when the prepost’rous will against him is presumpt’ous?
Where is the strength of his own word,
when all desire for good abandons mind and heart?
The Most High surely seeks with tenderness to tame us
and wants our straying mind to change from sin and darkness.
But, if we let our stubborn mind decide,
God leaves us to our heart’s own foolish pride.Woe, you spirit, who in harmful blindness stay,
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and God’s wrath upon them gathers day by day!
Yes, they part themselves from mercy, go astray....
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Digital text (without sheet music) incl. printing licence, html file, singing text, originalhtml file, singing text, original (Sample)Parte 1ma 1 Coro
Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben!
2 Recitativo (Basso)
Du schlägest sie, aber sie fühlen's nicht;
du plagest sie, aber sie bessern sich nicht.
Sie haben ein härter Angesicht denn ein Fels
und wollen sich nicht bekehren.Wo ist das Ebenbild, das Gott uns eingepräget,
3 Aria (Alto)
wenn der verkehrte Will sich ihm zuwiderleget?
Wo ist die Kraft von seinem Wort,
wenn alle Besserung weicht aus dem Herzen fort?
Der Höchste suchet uns durch Sanftmut zwar zu zähmen,
ob der verirrte Geist sich wollte noch bequemen;
doch, fährt er fort in dem verstockten Sinn,
so gibt er ihn ins Herzens Dünkel hin.Weh der Seele, die den Schaden
nicht mehr kennt
und, die Straf auf sich zu laden,...
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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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Vernon Wicker
| 1934-2024
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