By verse, this is what the harmonic structure looks like:[69][70], Regarding voices and orchestration the four Magnificat verses between the first and the seventh movement, and those between the seventh and the last, have a less symmetrical build-up: here the idea is rather that after a tutti movement there are two or three arias building up to the next choral movement:[69], The last aria in each of these sets of arias is first a solo, then a duet, then a terzet (trio). It is scored for five vocal parts (two sopranos, alto, tenor and bass), and a Baroque orchestra including trumpets and timpani. Schilke Brass Trumpets. Through the course of almost half a century, J.S. You heard it in the lowest notes of the Fuga sopra il Magnificat, performed on the Rieger organ at the Scots’ Church in Melbourne, Australia, by Douglas Lawrence. Zamów dostawę do dowolnego salonu i zapłać przy odbiorze! The San Francisco Choral Society performed the Magnificat in D by J.S. All notes and texts are included in English, German and French translations. Łukasza 1,46.. Prawykonanie pierwszej wersji (BWV 243a) miało miejsce w Boże Narodzenie 1723. Nach dem Urtext der Neuen Bach-Ausgabe. [13] The tonus peregrinus (or ninth tone) is associated with the ninth mode or Aeolian mode. 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"). 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. [83], The score of the E-flat major version of Bach's Magnificat was first published by Simrock in 1811, edited by Georg Pölchau, however with printing errors,[84] and without the Christmas hymns. [4][37] The E-flat major version of the Magnificat including these interpolations is known as BWV 243.1 (previously BWV 243a). [70], The structure of Bach's Magnificat has been compared with that of Kuhnau's, which he probably knew, and with that of Johann Philipp Krieger's Magnificat of 1685, which Kuhnau probably knew. This version of Bach's Magnificat is known as BWV 243.2 (previously BWV 243).[2]. Toni cum canticis Ecclesiasticis, Magnificat (with German interpolations for Christmas), SSWV 299, "Die Leipziger Neukirchenmusik und das "Kleine Magnificat" BWV Anh. Magnificat (BWV 243) – kompozycja Jana Sebastiana Bacha, do łacińskiego tekstu Wulgaty pochodzącego z Ew. [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. 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. It is possible that Bach produced his new version of the Magnificat for this occasion, although Christmas of the same year as first performance date for the new version is possible too: it can not be determined with certainty on which day around 1732–1735 the D major version of the Magnificat was first performed, and until when Bach amended the score to its final state. Bach also included three settings of the chorale melody in his Christmas Oratorio. Bradley Lehman wrote (November 4, 2003): As the text of Mary’s song continues, each line is exquisitely revealed in the music, from the meditative…. The continuo part is played by organ, bassoon, cello and violone in most movements. Bach: Leipzig Christmas cantatas; Magnificat/Herreweghe", Performance of the Magnificat in D major (BWV 243), Masses, magnificat, passions and oratorios, List of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Magnificat_(Bach)&oldid=1000737435, Articles with International Music Score Library Project links, Wikipedia articles with CANTIC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz work identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Et misericordia ejus a progenie in progenies, Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, Christmas interpolations: traditional German/Latin texts. Martin Brass Trumpets. Around the time when the D major version of the Magnificat originated, he composed for the same extended chorus in his Mass for the Dresden court. [85][86] It was the first composition of Bach for vocal soloists, chorus and orchestra that was printed in orchestral score,[87] but at the time this publication had little success in sales. 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. [110], Novello published both the E-flat major and the D major version of the Magnificat in a single publication in 2000, edited by Neil Jenkins. 2755, Fascicle 1 (formerly Mus. A DVD of the recording, which included a performance of Kuhnau's Magnificat with his four Christmas interpolations, and of Bach's German Magnificat BWV 10, was released in 2004. [62] The last measures of the Virga Jesse, missing from the autograph score, were in this edition completed on the base of a similar composition by Bach. In this second of three blocks for the singers, the only text they sing is a repetition of the word "magnificat". [3][44] Where the Latin of the preceding movements may have been largely incomprehensible for the congregation in Bach's time, here is a first movement that was not only recognizable for the words, but also for the melody: the Vom Himmel hoch chorale would have been sung by the congregation the preceding evening during the Christmas Eve service.[44]. [62], Philippe Herreweghe's 2002 recording of BWV 243.1 with Collegium Vocale Gent was released by Harmonia Mundi in 2003. 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. Bach set the Magnificat for SSATB five-part choir. It is the first major liturgical composition on a Latin text by Bach. Along the way, if you’d like to see a translation of the text of Magnificat, including the so-called “Christmas interpolations,” from Boston’s Emmanuel Music, just visit us online at Classical WCRB dot org. [79] By the end of that century "The Magnificat in D (was) considered one of the grandest illustrations of Bach's genius. Such compositions with an extended choir are however outside Bach's usual routine for liturgical music. Review by: David Vernier. Like the Gloria, the Magnificat text comes from the Gospel of Luke—“My soul doth magnify the Lord” (i.46–55)—and it is typically sung at Vespers, the sunset service that was the most musical of the church offices. [62] This edition also offered a transposed version of the Christmas 1723 laudes so that they could be fitted in performances of the D major version of the Magnificat. 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. Measure 1–15: the motive played by oboe I in the first measure sets the jubilant tone of the tutti. [72] Almost the only leaps in the whole measure occur on the word recordatus, with a downward quart on each syllable. [108], Before the end of the century CD recordings of the D major version of Bach's Magnificat by Sigiswald Kuijken, Robert Shaw, Andrew Parrott, Philippe Herreweghe, Neville Marriner, Peter Schreier, Harry Christophers, Ton Koopman, and by the Bach Collegium Japan had been released. [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. [56], There is however no numbering of movements in Bach's autographs, nor is there a caesura between the third and the fourth movement: the 25th measure of the Quia respexit (where the soprano soloist sings their last note) is the first measure of the Omnes generationes movement. [72] The second thought of the verse, beginning with et exaltavit humiles (and exalted the humble), is sung without introduction. The same edition printed the Christmas interpolations for the first time. [36][37][38] That would have been exactly ten years before the transposed version, and composed for the same Marian feast. [77][78], After the composer's death the autographs of both the E-flat major and the D major version of the Magnificat were owned by his son Carl Philipp Emanuel. Its CD-release as volume 8 of the Maderna Edition by Arkadia was in 1991. [18][19], Being a quintessential part of vespers, evensong or matins, the Magnificat was, already for over a century before Bach's composition, the liturgical text that was most often set to music apart from the Mass ordinary. [111][112] In 2003 Ton Koopman recorded the Christmas version of Bach's Magnificat with Amsterdam Baroque in the St. Thomas church in Leipzig. Stuart gives us some advice you need to have to play the piccolo sweetly and without difficulty. 1 – mm. BWV 606 (in the Orgelbüchlein), 700, 701, 738 and 738a are chorale preludes based on the "Vom Himmel hoch" theme. Identified by their loud buzzing noises, they are one of the most distinctive instruments in the brass family. Sigiswald Kuijken: La Petite Bande. The Magnificat is the first large choral work that Bach composed after his appointment in Leipzig in the spring of 1723. BM: Then there’s the humble character of a soprano solo on the words “For he has regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden,”. In Christianity, the feast commemorating that visit is called Visitation. 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. [103] Nicolaus Harnoncourt's first recording of the D major version followed in 1984. In this block the chorus takes a leading role, limited groups of instruments accompanying with short ideas taken from the opening tutti, until in the last two measures all instruments join, ending with the second main motive played by trumpet I in measure 60. and is a fragment of a longer Christmas hymn that was printed in Gottfried Vopelius' Neu Leipziger Gesangbuch. [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. There are now many other great recordings of the Magnificat of course to compete with this one, but where this disc really stands out is for the cantata "Jauchzet Gott in allen landen" BWV 51. [41] Bach's Magnificat was performed several times in the last quarter of the 19th century, for instance in Germany and the Netherlands. [65] In movements three and four the oboes are replaced by oboes d'amore (Oa). [72] The ritornello of eight measures introduces a motiv moving up, on a continuo of steady quarter note, for four measures, later sung on Esurientes implevit bonis (He hath filled the hungry with good things), while downward lines and a continuo moving in eighth notes later go with et divites dimisit (and the rich he hath sent away). [36], In 1749, a year before his father's death, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's Magnificat in D major had been performed in Leipzig, like his father's an extended setting. Here is organist Douglas Lawrence, preceded by the Martin Luther’s version of the chant itself, sung by the organist’s son, Jacob, here on the Bach Hour. N. Jenkins)", "Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot BWV 39; BC A 96 / Cantata", "Bach Cantata Translations / BWV 243a – "Magnificat" (E-flat Major)", "Bachs Es-Dur-Magnificat BWV 243a – eine genuine Weihnachtsmusik? However, the piccolo trumpet is an instrument you need to know how to play because it doesn’t respond in the same way as a normal trumpet does. And on Christmas Day, this community heard his most elaborate sacred work to date, a setting of the Song of Mary from the Gospel of Luke, the Magnificat. Bach’s Magnificat enters its final chapter, the music returns to what began the piece, expressing what’s described in the text: As it was in the beginning, is now and forever. [11][12] Bach assumed the position of Thomaskantor on 30 May 1723, the first Sunday after Trinity, performing an ambitious cantata in 14 movements, Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75, followed by a comparable cantata, Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76 the next Sunday. Lutheran theologians thus rejected the Vulgate version (they would have the verse end on "... bonae voluntes" in Latin), while composers were attached to the classic formula for its melodious rhythm. 21; however, its authenticity was doubted. In many of these settings a single verse of the Magnificat can be sung by one or more soloists alternating with choral singing, as Bach does in his treatment of the third Magnificat verse: the soprano sings the first words of the verse, while the chorus concludes it. [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. Bach had taken up his post as Thomaskantor in Leipzig on 30 May, the first Sunday after Trinity in 1723. (1862) Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe, Band 11.1. [3] Spitta notes: "Scarcely ever has the idea of virgin purity, simplicity, and humble happiness found more perfect expression than in this German picture of the Madonna, translated, as it were, into musical language. Extending a standard SATB choir with more voice parts was however no novelty for Magnificat compositions: for example Johann Pachelbel, the teacher of Johann Sebastian's eldest brother, had composed half a dozen Magnificats for SSATB choir, and one for soli, SSATB double choir and orchestra. BM: And in his immediate surroundings, through four short pieces called “Laudes” that temporarily depart from the Song of Mary, in a tradition unique to Leipzig. [113] Thomas Hengelbrock's recording of BWV 243.1, with the Balthasar-Neumann-Chor and Ensemble, was released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi in 2008. Trumpet 1 in D No. [44][76], Quia fecit mihi magna (Because he did great things for me) is an aria sung by the bass, accompanied only by the continuo. The traditional setting of Luther's German translation of the Magnificat ("Meine Seele erhebt den Herren") is a German variant of the tonus peregrinus, a rather exceptional psalm tone in Gregorian chant. In Leipzig, the Magnificat was regularly part of Sunday services, sung in German on ordinary Sundays but more elaborately and in Latin on the high holidays (Christmas, Easter and Pentecost)[3] and on the three Marian feasts Annunciation, Visitation and Purification.[4][5]. [9] At the time Johann Kuhnau was the Cantor in Leipzig. [15] He uses it again in his "German Magnificat", i.e. Johann Sebastian Bach's Magnificat, BWV 243, is a musical setting of the biblical canticle Magnificat. Bach: Magnificat; Cantata BWV 80/Herreweghe. From Book 2 of that collection, this is the Prelude and Fugue in B-flat, here on The Bach Hour.[MUSIC]. The text of this movement is "Freut euch und jubilirt, Zu Bethlehem gefunden wird Das herzeliebe Jesulein, Das soll euer Freud und Wonne sein" (Rejoice with pious mind, To Bethlehem go now and find The fair and holy new-born Boy, Who is your comfort peace, and joy), a verse by Sethus Calvisius. [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. [49][50] Similarly, a Meine Seele erhebet den Herrn cantata by an unknown librettist for Visitation 1725. The “Song of Mary,” as it’s known, from the Gospel of Luke, is a rich statement of purpose and faith. : Magnificat - A Bach Christmas - New London Consort, Philip Pickett , tylko w empik.com: 37,99 zł . That’s also where you’ll find past programs available to hear on demand, as well as the 24/7 Bach Channel. Bach, J.S. Liam is a pianist, composer, arranger and singer based in London. The first time the Christmas hymns of the E-flat major version of Bach's Magnificat were printed was in the same volume as the D major version of the Magnificat, in the 1862 Bach Gesellschaft XI/1 publication, which presented the hymns in an annex. 161. [25][26] Around Bach's time there are also examples by Heinichen and by Vivaldi. [72] When the theme is developed the first time, four voices enter from bottom to top. Bach Trumpets. : Magnificat - A Bach Christmas. And among the hundreds of cantatas, the Passions, the masses, and the oratorios, Magnificat is unique. [MUSIC]BM: And then there are the rushing downward scales in the tenor’s “He brought down the powerful from their thrones,”, BM: only to turn around and climb back up those scales for “and lifted up the lowly.”. [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. 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. [24] Such an example can be found in Claudio Monteverdi's Magnificat a 7 voci, one of two alternative Magnificat settings included in his Vespro della Beata Vergine. 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. Bach, Johann Sebastian Et Exultavit from Magnificat BWV 243 midi file for Trumpet (midi) - 8notes.com [23] Magnificat composers like Johann Levini, Antonio Lotti and Francesco Durante are cited as possible inspirations for Bach. 0:44. BM: Hello, I’m Brian McCreath. BM: But Bach’s Magnificat goes well beyond that one expression. It is scored for five vocal parts (two sopranos, alto, tenor and bass), and a Baroque orchestra including trumpets and timpani. [109] Philip Pickett's 1995 recording of the E-flat major version appeared on L'Oiseau Lyre. The Latin text is the canticle of Mary, mother of Jesus, as told in the Gospel of Luke. Św. It is an ‘old-fashioned’ but delightful five-voiced work that uses Latin, just like the other rarity among Bach’s works, the Mass in B minor.The text comes from the Gospel of Luke, and is about the visit made by Mary to her cousin Elisabeth, who was also pregnant. Prelude and Fugue in B-flat, BWV 890, from Book II of The Well-Tempered Clavier - András Schiff, piano, Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (tonus peregrinus, setting by Martin Luther) - Jacob Lawrence, treble, Fuga sopra il Magnificat, BWV 733 - Douglas Lawrence, organ (Rieger organ, The Scots' Church, Melbourne, Australia), Magnificat in E-flat, BWV 243a (translation) - Carolyn Sampson, soprano; Ingeborg Danz, alto; Mark Padmore, tenor; Sebastien Noack, bass; Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe, conductor. This Magnificat interpolation is the only place where Bach uses a version of the Gloria text that differs from the Vulgate, more or less catching the spirit of the theologian-approved version. 30 aus Johann Sebastian Bachs Notenbibliothek", "Alia pia Cantio de Incarnatione Jesu Christi, à 4. [67][68] In the 1733 version this continuo line is given to a continuo that includes cello, but not bassoon and violone. 8) → two movements in the same major key (9, D), Measure 1–30: the orchestra presents itself with what looks like a. [97], The Neue Bach Ausgabe published Bach's Magnificat (both BWV 243.1 and BWV 243.2) in 1955, edited by Alfred Dürr. The soloists were soprano Carolyn Sampson, alto Ingeborg Danz, tenor Mark Padmore, and bass Sebastian Noack. While he was not a seasoned composer of operas like Vivaldi, Bach’s Magnificat is no less dramatic than the Gloria. Within that piece is one particular building block that connects Bach’s music to his predecessors. Coming up, it’s the original Christmas setting of the Song of Mary, or Magnificat. [40] Possibly those settings in C major of the same four texts as the laudes Bach had included in his Christmas Magnificat were not a self-contained cantata, but laudes Kuhnau had composed for insertion in his C major Magnificat when it was to be performed at Christmas. This is basically a cantata for solo soprano, trumpet obbligato and string band. The unusual version of the likewise familiar Cantata No. The text of these laudes had been used in Leipzig in a Christmas cantata by Bach's predecessor Kuhnau. [110] In 2009 Philippe Pierlot performed the D major version of the Magnificat with the Ricercar Consort, with five vocal soloists without choir. That year there had been a period of mourning after the death of the sovereign, Augustus the Strong. Johann Sebastian Bach's Magnificat, BWV 243, is a musical setting of the biblical canticle Magnificat. [1], Likely for the feast of Visitation of 1733, or another feast in or around that year, Bach produced a new version of his Latin Magnificat, without the Christmas hymns: instrumentation of some movements was altered or expanded, and the key changed from E-flat major to D major, for performance reasons of the trumpet parts. [89] A year later Robert Franz complained the composition had still received too little attention from music critics and so remained virtually unknown to the general public. Verse 10 and doxology (movements 11 and 12): movements two and three, both for solo soprano, build up to the Omnes generationes choral movement No. Measure 76–90: after 45 measures of choral singing follow fifteen measures of instrumental postlude, with material condensed from the opening tutti. [72] The motif, again beginning with repeated notes, is introduced by four measures of the continuo, then repeated by the voice. [72] It is the only movement for which Bach marked the tempo at the beginning: Adagio (only D major version). Bach-Magnificat is a complete compilation, compiled by EMI, to commemorate Bach's 250th anniversary, in an accessible, luxurious anthology of the baroque master's sacred music. BM: Yet in the face of that humility, she knows she’ll be blessed, quote, “by all generations,” the chorus exploding into a fugue symbolising believers across eternity. [72] The first part of the text ends in a long cadenza. ⇒ 12 more: Flute 2 • Oboe 1, Oboe d'amore 1 • Oboe 2, Oboe d'amore 2 • Trumpet 1 (D) • Trumpet 2 (D) • Trumpet 3 (D) • Timpani • Violins I • Violins II • Violas • Cellos and Basses • Continuo [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. [72], Et misericordia (And mercy), a duet for alto and tenor, begins with an undulating movement in 12/8 time, played by violins and violas. 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. Conn Brass Trumpets. [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. [72], Sicut locutus est (As he spake [to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever]), the last line of the Magnificat has a theme in four distinct measures: the first repeated notes, the second flowing eighth notes, the third quarter notes in leaps, the fourth half notes leaping up a sixth. [39][72] The voices imitate each other, in gentle movement. (The stem of Jesse hath flourished, Our Emanuel hath appeared, And hath put on human flesh, And become a lovely child, Alleluja!) Bach's Magnificat is built symmetrically around the 7th movement (Fecit potentiam):[15] Between the first and the 7th movement there are four verses of the Magnificat, between the 7th and the last there are also four. Nach dem Urtext der Neuen Bach-Ausgabe. [44] In the Christmas 1723 version, this movement is followed by the first interpolation, the hymn "Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her". Ed. The soloists here are Emma Kirkby and Crispian Steele- Perkins. [23] In a Lutheran tradition there is for example Schütz' Latin Magnificat, SWV 468. Bach: Magnificat / Christmas Cantata - Collegium Vocale Gent, Herreweghe Philippe , tylko w empik.com: . Later the orchestral writing thickens, returning from the. The Christmas hymns are always in the same key as the preceding movement. 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