The text of the cantata "Seht, wir gehen hinauf gen Jerusalem" was probably performed for the first time in 1729; this would make the cantata the last one that Bach performed in Leipzig before the performance of the St Matthew Passion. No other Estomihi text by Bach points so clearly to the Passion. In terms of both content and form, Picander's text forges a link with the St Matthew Passion, whose dialogue structure is anticipated in the cantata. If both works were actually performed in 1729, this would be an exciting bridge from Picander text to Picander text.
Explore
Additional material
- Purchase additional material as a download product.
-
Digital text (without sheet music) incl. printing licence, html file, singing text, english translationhtml file, singing text, english translation (Sample)1 Arioso e Recitativo (Basso, Alto)Basso
Come ye,
Alto
Come, look ye now, and say
where goes our Lord today?
Basso
our way is up
Alto
O weary road, to climb,
O rocky, rough ascent, we sinners all must mount it!
How ever hard and steep we count it!
Basso
to Jerusalem.
Alto
Ah! go thou not!
for there thy Cross is now prepared,
where thou must hang and bleed and suffer;
thy cruel foes will lash thee
and will scourge thee,
...
-
Digital text (without sheet music) incl. printing licence, html file, singing text, originalhtml file, singing text, original (Sample)1 Arioso e Recitativo (Basso, Alto)
Basso
Sehet!
Alto
Komm, schaue doch, mein Sinn,
wo geht dein Jesus hin?
Basso
Wir gehn hinauf
Alto
O harter Gang! hinauf?
O ungeheurer Berg, den meine Sünden zeigen!
Wie sauer wirst du müssen steigen!
Basso
gen Jerusalem.
Alto
Ach, gehe nicht!
Dein Kreuz ist dir schon zugericht',
wo du dich sollst zu Tode bluten;
hier sucht man Geißeln vor, dort bindt man ruten;
die Bande warten dein;
...
Purchase
Additional product information
-
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
-
Editor
Hans Grischkat
| 1903-1977
-
Songwriter / Librettist
Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander)
| 1700-1764
-
Translator
Henry Drinker
Reviews on our website can only be submitted by customers with a registered user account. A check whether the rated products were actually purchased does not take place.
No feedback available for this product.
Frequent questions about this work
There are no questions and answers available so far or you were unable to find an answer to your specific question about this work? Then click here and send your specific questions to our Customer Services!
