Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

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 Oboe 1
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 Violin 1
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 Continuo
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 Complete Score
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 Complete Score
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Carolus (2012/10/11)

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Arranger Otto Taubmann (1859–1929) Language German / English Translator Constance Bache (1846–1903), English text Publisher. Info. Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.[1891]. Plate J.S.B. I.56 Copyright Public Domain [tag/del/mrg] Misc. Notes Vocal Scores based on Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe This file is part of the Sibley Mirroring Project. Purchase Javascript is required for this feature.

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For the 19th Sunday after Trinity

Commentary on the movements

1. Aria: Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen. An aria in Bar form. The expressivity of this thematic material also fits the text beautifully. The Abgesang section is truly different from the ‘’Stollen’’ here.
2. Recitativo: Mein Wandel auf der Welt. A recitative with obbligato cello illustrating the motion of the water. This accompaniment stops at “So tret ich aus dem Schiff in meine Stadt”¹.
3. Aria: Endlich, endlich wird mein Joch. In this, the longest movement of the cantata, Bach uses the pastoral and relaxed colour of solo oboe to great effect, forming a beautiful contrast to the agitated movements preceding.
4. Recitativo: Ich stehe fertig und bereit. A reprise of part of the first movement, with a recitative introduction.
5. Choral: Komm, o Tod, du Schlafes Bruder. A plain chorale setting. However, this is “an exceptional masterpiece…truly inspired…We seem able to perceive directly the soul passing through the pain of death into glory.”¹

Print Sources Consulted

• Dürr, Alfred. The Cantatas of J.S. Bach. 2 ed. Richard D.P. Jones (Trans).

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.