Bach composed the cantata Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch (Truly, truly I say to you), BWV 86, for Rogation Sunday in 1724. In many respects it is a companion piece to the cantata Wo gehest du hin (Oh, where do you go?), BWV 166, performed the previous Sunday. Following tradition, the vox Christi of the opening movement is assigned to the solo bass; Bach, however, composes this arioso as a motet-like “opening chorus” with just one voice. Then we encounter an outpouring of virtuoso figuration in the second movement, an aria for solo violin and alto. The following chorale for solo soprano, two oboes d’amore, and basso continuo is another exquisite gem in the chamber-music style. After a pair of recitative-aria movements, the cantata concludes with a four-part chorale, the only tutti movement.
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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)Truly, truly I say to you:
2 Aria (Alto)
whatever you request of God the Father,
asking in my name, this he will be granting.I still trust God’s love and blessing,
3 Choral (Soprano)
though my path may be distressing.
Thus I rest in confidence,
that my asking and my pleading
through his grace he is receiving;
on his word my soul depends.Whatever our eternal God
4 Recitativo (Tenore)
has promised in his holy word,
in Christ to us is given.
His word he keeps forever true,
to heaven he will lead us through;
in Jesus Christ say: Amen!God deals unlike the world with 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)
Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch,
2 Aria (Alto)
so ihr den Vater etwas bitten werdet in meinem Namen,
so wird er’s euch geben.Ich will doch wohl Rosen brechen,
3 Choral (Soprano)
wenn mich gleich itzt die Dornen stechen.
Denn ich bin der Zuversicht,
dass mein Bitten und mein Flehen
Gott gewiss zu Herzen gehen,
weil es mir sein Wort verspricht.Und was der ewig gütig Gott
4 Recitativo (Tenore)
in seinem Wort versprochen hat,
geschworn bei seinem Namen,
das hält und gibt er g’wiss fürwahr.
Der helf uns zu der Engel Schar
durch Jesum Christum, Amen.Gott macht es nicht gleichwie die Welt,
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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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