Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est, et sanctum nomen ejus, Et misericordia ejus a progenie in progenies timentibus eum. [28][72] The wind instrument(s) cite the tonus peregrinus as a cantus firmus, on a continuo line that most of the time only changes every measure, moving one step down or up. Soprano aria from the Magnificat. Measure 61–75: in the first measure of this block the altos sing the first main motive while all instruments halt for at least a few beats. In a bit of word painting, each time the word “humilitatem” (humbled or lowly) is repeated, the soprano voice slowly lowers itself in a … 3–479, Johann Sebastian Bach: his work and influence on the music of Germany, 1685–1750, "J.S. [99] The second half of the 1960s saw the first recordings of the Christmas version of the Magnificat BWV 243.1 including the laudes, and new recordings of the D major version by von Karajan, Karl Münchinger and Daniel Barenboim. Alleluja." In Bach's time the feast day of Visitation fell on 2 July. Each verse of the canticle is assigned to one movement, except verse 48 (the third verse of the Magnificat) which begins with a soprano solo in the third movement and is concluded by the chorus in the fourth movement. [10] Bach had already composed for a SSATB choir in Weimar (Der Himmel lacht! Texts: In 1862 the orchestral and vocal score was published in Volume 11/1 of the Bach-Gesellschaft edition. | Part 2 Johann Sebastian Bach Magnificat in D BWV243 for soprano, alto, tenor and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra Magnificat anima mea (Chorus) Et exsultavit spiritus meus (Soprano) A. Vom Himmel hoch (Chorus) Quia respexit humilitatem (Soprano) Omnes generationes (Chorus) Quia fecit mihi magna (Bass) B. Freut euch und jubiliert (Chorus) Et misericordia (Alto, Tenor) Fecit In Latin, the last word is inanes (empty-handed). When Johann Sebastian had died, Carl Philipp Emanuel owned the autograph of both versions of his father's Magnificat, and staged the composition in Hamburg in 1786. English Translation by Francis Browne (September 2006)
Aria [Soprano II] Violino I/II, Viola, Continuo: Et exsultavit spiritus meus in Deo salutari meo and my spirit has exulted in God my saviour. This version, including the Christmas interpolations, was given the number 243.1 (previously 243a) in the catalogue of Bach's works. II 23→", "D-B Mus.ms. Extended settings of the Magnificat, also indicated as settings in a concertato sectional construction, that is in several movements with chorus, orchestra and vocal soloists, and a non-linear treatment of the text (parts of the text repeated multiple times by the singers), go back to the old Italian school of music. Et misericordia a progenie in progenies timentibus eum. | Cantatas BWV 101-150 Main Page Many translations of this text use familiar versions based on translations of the Greek text of Luke 1: 46-55. | Cantatas BWV 1-50 21; however, its authenticity was doubted. [23] Magnificat composers like Johann Levini, Antonio Lotti and Francesco Durante are cited as possible inspirations for Bach. 2755, Fascicle 1 (formerly Mus. Écce énim ex hoc beátam me dícent ómnes … Five vocal soloists are required: two sopranos (sI, sII), alto (a), tenor (t) and bass (b). [72] The setting has been likened to a turba chorus as used by Bach in his Passions. In Christianity, the feast commemorating that visit is called Visitation. During that period Bach had been composing a Kyrie-Gloria mass in B minor which he dedicated to the successor, Frederick Augustus II, in a letter signed 27 July 1733. | Part 3 Quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae. This banner text can have markup.. web; books; video; audio; software; images; Toggle navigation Omnes generationes (all generations) is given to the chorus in the middle of … 8, duet for soprano and bass – “Komm, mein Jesu” [88], The D major version of Bach's Magnificat didn't appear in print before the Bach-revival that followed Mendelssohn's 1829 performance of the St Matthew Passion. [44] The sound in the E-flat major version is somewhat harsher than in the D major version, for example the bass line in measure three, and in measure 24 where the first version has a dissonant dominant ninth which was changed to a less dissonant harmony in the later version. | Part 3 Check out Mendelssohn, Felix: Magnificat / Bach, J.S. It is scored for five vocal parts (two sopranos, alto, tenor and bass), and a Baroque orchestra including trumpets and timpani. [80], A new critical edition of both BWV 243.2 and 243.1 was published in 1955 as Series 2, Volume 3 of the New Bach Edition. [72] The first part of the text ends in a long cadenza. [109] Philip Pickett's 1995 recording of the E-flat major version appeared on L'Oiseau Lyre. [10] When Kuhnau died in 1722, one of the candidates applying for the post of Thomaskantor was Christoph Graupner, a former pupil of Kuhnau, who reused a Magnificat he had composed for Christmas 1722 as an audition piece in January 1723, three weeks before Bach presented his audition cantatas Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe, BWV 22 and Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn, BWV 23. [50] Further, Bach copied Latin Magnificats by other composers: Bach's Magnificat consists of eleven movements for the text of Luke 1:46–55, concluded by a twelfth doxology movement. Its CD-release as volume 8 of the Maderna Edition by Arkadia was in 1991. The movements 1 (Magnificat), 7 (Fecit potentiam) and 12 (Gloria patri) are the cornerstones of the composition: they are in the tonic key (E♭ major for BWV 243.1, D major for BWV 243.2), and are the only movements that feature a five-part chorus as well as a tutti orchestra. 4. [103] Nicolaus Harnoncourt's first recording of the D major version followed in 1984. [4] For that performance Bach composed four laudes, songs of praise partly in German, partly in Latin to be inserted at certain points in the E-flat major version of the Magnificat. [14] For the traditional setting of Luther's German Magnificat that is the minor mode for which the last note of the melodic formula is the tonic, a fifth below its opening note. Aria "Quia respexit". The text is the first stanza of "Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her", a hymn by Martin Luther paraphrasing the annunciation to and adoration of the shepherds from Luke 2:8–18. Bach set the Magnificat for SSATB five-part choir. | Privacy Policy In the 1840s a piano reduction by Robert Franz of Bach's D major version of the Magnificat appeared. [95] Performances of the Magnificat by, among others, Serge Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony Orchestra were recorded in the 1940s and appeared on 78 rpm records. [40][41], The text, "Gloria in excelsis Deo et in terra pax homínibus bona voluntas", is a variant of the opening verse of the Gloria. Apart from an early setting of the Kyrie, on a mixed Latin and German text (BWV 233a),[6][7] all of Bach's known liturgical compositions in Latin were composed during his tenure as Thomaskantor in Leipzig, from 1723 until his death in 1750. The D major version of Bach's Magnificat (BWV 243.2) may have been performed on 2 July 1733, as part of the church service in the St. Thomas Church (Thomaskirche) in Leipzig. Part 1 He did the same in his funeral motet Jesu, meine Freude. This version of Bach's Magnificat is known as BWV 243.2 (previously BWV 243).[2]. Nach dem Urtext der Neuen Bach-Ausgabe. [72] In the second development, soprano I begins, followed by alto, tenor and bass. Texts & Translations: Ed. 21", "Meine Seele rühmt und preist BWV 189 / Anh. [72] Almost the only leaps in the whole measure occur on the word recordatus, with a downward quart on each syllable. [71][44] The symmetry of the Christmas version can be pictured as follows:[70], This is also 5 times two verses of the Magnificat followed by a movement with a text that comes from elsewhere, the only bible quote of these other texts (movement C, also a doxology like the last movement) being coupled with the central 7th movement. | Copyright Policy In that publication the hymns were however not transposed to fit in the D major setting of the Magnificat. Vocibus cum Basso continuo", pp. Quia respexit 4. [41] The autograph of the E-flat major version of the Magnificat (BWV 243.1) suggests that Bach intended to perform the first version of his Magnificat also without the laudes, depending on circumstances, for example on other feasts than Christmas. Movement A (Vom Himmel hoch) is the only a cappella movement. Quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae; ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes. [3][44], Quia respexit humilitatem (Because he has looked upon the humility) is an aria sung by soprano I with an obbligato oboe (oboe d'amore in the D major version). [72] The second thought of the verse, beginning with et exaltavit humiles (and exalted the humble), is sung without introduction. Kuhnau's has five choral movements, like Bach's, but his second is verse 4 (instead of 3b for Bach), and his last is only verse 12, where for Bach that final chorus sets both verse 11 and 12. ms. Bach P 39", "Magnificat D-Dur BWV 243 (mit den vier Einlagesätzen aus der Es-Dur-Fassung BWV 243a, transponiert) für Soli (SSATB), Chor (SSATB), Orchester und Orgel (lat). Suscepit Israel puerum suum recordatus misericordiae suae. It has no virtuoso pyrotechnics for the singer, but to my ears it is one of Bach's special arias which let out the best in the soprano voice. Aria "Quia respexit". The traditional division of the Magnificat, as used by composers since the late Middle Ages, was in 12 verses: it differs from Bach's 12 movements in that Luke's verse 48 is one verse in the traditional division, while the doxology is divided into two verses. [92] In 1880, when Bach's autographs of the composition were already kept in the Royal Library (later State Library) of Berlin, Philipp Spitta devoted many pages to the Magnificat in his Bach-biography, considering it recognized as one of the greatest achievements of the composer's genius. Check out J.S. 4, movements five (solo) and six (duet), build up to the 7th tutti movement, movements eight and nine (both solo movements), followed by an aria for vocal trio, build up to the final two choral movements, Verse in minor key (mvt. [62], Philippe Herreweghe's 2002 recording of BWV 243.1 with Collegium Vocale Gent was released by Harmonia Mundi in 2003. [13] The tonus peregrinus (or ninth tone) is associated with the ninth mode or Aeolian mode. ", "Ein weiterer Kantatenjahrgang Gottfried Heinrich Stölzels in Bachs Aufführungsrepertoire? Aria: 'Et Exultavit' (Soprano) • 3. Chorus: 'Omnes generationes' (Choir SSATB) • 5. ⇒ 12 more: 2. [15] He uses it again in his "German Magnificat", i.e. Trascrizione per Soprano e Organo manualiter concertato. It is one of Bach's most popular vocal works. [101] Wolfgang Gönnenwein's Bach: Magnificat in D (Including Christmas Interpolations), with the Deutsche Bachsolisten and the Süddeutscher Madrigalchor appeared in the 1970s. More recently publishers offer such transposed (and completed) versions of the hymns, so that they can be performed as part of the D major version of the Magnificat, for instance Novello in 2000 (Neil Jenkins) and Bärenreiter in 2014. [42], Fecit potentiam (He shows strength) shares key and scoring with the first movement. 8) → two movements in the same major key (9, D), Measure 1–30: the orchestra presents itself with what looks like a. Fecit potentiam in bracchio suo; Dispersit superbos mente cordis sui. [37] In the movements for vocal soloists the instrumentation is as usual in Bach's cantata's: the soloists are accompanied by an obbligato instrument, only strings and/or continuo. Visitation was the first feast day of his tenure, which called for exceptionally festive music.[39]. The Christmas additions are separated by two Magnificat verses, the first addition being after the second verse. [42][43] Apart from the extant copies of the Latin Magnificat BWV 243, of the German Magnificat BWV 10 and of the chorale harmonisation BWV 324, a Magnificat for soprano solo was considered lost in the 19th century. [113] Thomas Hengelbrock's recording of BWV 243.1, with the Balthasar-Neumann-Chor and Ensemble, was released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi in 2008. from the Magnificat, BWV 243, soprano aria – “Quia respexit” Quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae; ecce enim ex For he has looked with favor on the lowliness of his maidservant; hoc beatam me dicent – from now on [all generations] will call me blessed – from Cantata 21, No. (1955) Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke, Series 2: Messen, Passionen und oratorische Werke, Volume 3: This page was last edited on 16 January 2021, at 13:22. Für Soli (SSATB), Chor (SSATB), Orchester und Orgel (lat). [36][37][38] That would have been exactly ten years before the transposed version, and composed for the same Marian feast. Quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae. Quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae; ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent. [72], The work is concluded by the doxology, Gloria Patri (Glory to the father), performed by the complete ensemble. the cantata Meine Seel erhebt den Herren BWV 10 composed for Visitation of 1724, in the chorale harmonisations BWV 323 and 324, and in the fourth Schübler Chorale BWV 648. Quarter of a century later Bach returned to the chorale melody of "Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her", writing a set of five canonic variations on that theme (BWV 769), one of a few compositions printed during the composer's lifetime. [41], The text is "Virga Jesse floruit, Emanuel noster apparuit, Induit carnem Hominis, Fit puer delectabilis. Bach follows the change of tone in the next line, “Quia respexit,” with another aria for soprano, accompanied by the darkly resonant sound of an oboe d’amore. Measure 1–15: the motive played by oboe I in the first measure sets the jubilant tone of the tutti. [72] After a shorter ritornello, the tenor sings the complete text again, the first part in a slightly modified version, but the exaltation considerably expanded after which the ritornello in full length is repeated at the end.[72]. cammarota Ô omnes generationesÕ allegroin contrast with Ò Quia respexit,Ó marked adagioby Bach.This custom developed as a result of the 1862publica-tion of the Magni”catby the Bach-Gesellschaft, from which a number of performing editions were subsequently prepared.2Unfamiliar with the way late 17th- and early 18th-century composers set this verse, and con- [44] The score of that so-called "little" Magnificat (Kleine Magnificat) was rediscovered in the 20th century, and listed as BWV Anh. Deposuit potentes de sede, et exaltavit humiles. The better known version from the Vulgate, ending on "... bonae voluntatis", is an incorrect rendering of the original Greek version of Luke 2:14, there said by angels in the Christmas night. [102], Bruno Maderna recorded BWV 243.1, with the choir and orchestra of the Südwestdeutscher Rundfunk, and Hedy Graf, Hildegard Laurich, Adalbert Kraus and Michael Schopper as vocal soloists, in 1971. The Vulgate version translates as "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will", while the end of the Greek version is rendered more correctly as "Peace on earth, and good will towards men", as it was understood by Luther ("Friede auf Erden und den Menschen ein Wohlgefallen"). [11], Another characteristic of Bach's Magnificat is that it is set for a five-part chorus. | Chorales BWV 250-438 Verse 6 (movement 7, followed by movement C in the Christmas version): Verse 8 (movement 9, followed by movement D in the Christmas version): major key different from tonic, Verse 9 (movement 10): relative minor key. [45] In 1982 Melchior Hoffmann was identified as the composer of this German Magnificat Meine Seel erhebt den Herren. [97], The Neue Bach Ausgabe published Bach's Magnificat (both BWV 243.1 and BWV 243.2) in 1955, edited by Alfred Dürr. [16][17] Also in BWV 733, Fuga sopra il Magnificat, the melodic formula is used as a theme: this chorale prelude may however be the work of Bach pupil Johann Ludwig Krebs. Ed. 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