O God, what glut of care and pain (Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid) Cantata for the Sunday after New Year by Johann Sebastian Bach Orchestra - Sheet Music
By Johann Sebastian Bach
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O God, what glut of care and pain (Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid)
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Orchestra SB vocal soli, 2 oboes, taille (english horn), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo - Grade 3
SKU: CA.3105800
Cantata for the Sunday after New Year. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Reinhold Kubik. Arranged by Paul Horn. This edition: Paperbound. German title: Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, New year. Full score. Composed 1733/1734. BWV 58. 52 pages. Duration 17 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.058/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3105800).ISBN 9790007043193. Key: C major. Language: German/English.
The cantata "O God, what glut of care and pain" BWV 58, which Bach subtitled "Dialogus" and wrote for the Sunday after New Year, limits itself accordingly to the dialog couple consisting of soprano and bass; further soloists or a choir are not required. In the framing movements, the dialog takes on the form of a chorale arrangement: the soprano presents a cantus firmus whose words are consolingly commented on by the bass. Both the expansive chorale arrangements leave room for an aria which is framed by two recitatives. The cantata was composed for the Sunday after New Year 1727, but the received form is from a subsequent performance that took place six or seven years later. For this performance, Bach not only expanded the instrumentation but also replaced an entire aria. Later, he assigned the cantata to his annual cycle of chorale cantatas, probably due to its high proportion of chorales; this Sunday was missing in that annual cycle as there was no Sunday between New Year and Epiphany in 1725.
