J.S.バッハ:カンタータ BWV 81 Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen ? (まどろみのアリア)

指揮:カール・リヒター Karl Richter
ミュンヘン・バッハ管弦楽団、合唱団 Münchener Bach-Chor/Orchester
アルト: アンナ・レイノルズ Anna Reynolds / テノール: ペーター・シュライアー Peter Schreier
バス: ディートリヒ・フィッシャー=ディースカウ Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

1 Aria(alto) Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen ? 「イエスは眠りにつき、われ何を望むべきか」 (まどろみのアリア)
2 Recitativo(tenor) Herr! warum bleibest du so ferne
3 Aria(tenor) Die schaumenden Wellen von Belials Bachen
4 Arioso(B) Ihr Kleinglaubigen, warum seid ihr so furchtsam
5 Aria(B) Schweig, aufgeturmtes Meer!
6 Recitativo(A) Whol mir, mein Jesus spricht ein Wort
7 Choral Unter deinen Schirmen

Jesus schlaft, was soll ich hoffen? (Jesus sleeps, what shall I hope for?), BWV 81, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in 1724 in Leipzig for the fourth Sunday after Epiphany and first performed it on 30 January 1724.

Bach wrote the cantata in his first year in Leipzig for the fourth Sunday after Epiphany A fourth Sunday after Epiphany is rare and occurs only in years with a late date of Easter. The prescribed readings for the Sunday were taken from the Epistle to the Romans, love completes the law , and from the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus calming the storm. The poet is unknown, but Erdmann Neumeister and Christian Weiss have been suggested by scholars. The poet refers to the Gospel and expands on the contrast of Jesus hidden (sleeping) and appearing (acting), similar to Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange? BWV 155, written in 1716 and performed three weeks earlier on the First Sunday after Epiphany. The words of movement 4 are a quote from the Gospel, the question of Jesus: "Ihr Kleinglaubigen, warum seid ihr so furchtsam?" (Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?). The closing chorale is the second stanza of Johann Franck's hymn "Jesu, meine Freude".

The cantata in seven movements is scored for alto, tenor and bass soloists, a four-part choir in the chorale, two oboes d'amore, two recorders, two violins, viola, and basso continuo. The recorders and the oboes were probably played by the same musicians.

Bach expresses the questions of the anxious "soul" in a dramatic way, similar to dialogues such as in O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 60. The first aria speaks of the "sleeping", illustrated by the recorders, low registers of the strings, and long notes in the voice. Bach used similar means also in the aria Sanfte soll mein Todeskummer of his Easter Oratorio. Movement 3 almost visualizes the storm and the movement of the waves, similar to scenes in contemporary operas. The central movement 4 within a symmetrical arrangement is devoted to the bass as the vox Christi (voice of Christ). The continuo and the voice use similar material in this arioso, intensifying the words. The following aria, marked allegro, contrasts the "storm", in unison runs of the strings, with calmer motion in the oboes.

The closing chorale is set for four parts. Its chorale theme is by Johann Cruger and appeared first in his Praxis pietatis melica published in Berlin, 1653.
Bach composed a similar symmetry around a biblical word in 1726 in Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, BWV 39.

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