Lord, be not too quick to judge Cantata for the 9th Sunday after Trinity by Johann Sebastian Bach 4-Part - Sheet Music

SKU: CA.3110500

ISBN 9790007047634. 8.27 x 11.69 inches. Key: G minor. Language: German/English.

During Bach’s first months in Leipzig, he composed the cantata "Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht" (Lord, be not too quick to judge), BWV 105, for the 9th Sunday after Trinity (25 July 1723). The opening chorus, based on two lines from Psalm 143, resembles a linked prelude and fugue, namely a freely conceived motet-like section with orchestral introduction and interludes leading to a chorale fugue based on the second line of the Psalm quotation. A simple secco leads into an original aria, "Wie zittern und wanken der Sünder Gedanken" (What fearful illusions are sinners’ dark visions). Both the silence of the continuo, which normally provides a solid foundation, and the close interweaving of the soprano and oboe around large intervals symbolize the "wavering" ("wanken") of the sinner against an almost uninterrupted "trembling" ("zittern") carpet of sixteenth notes on the high strings. Fantastic music! In the orchestral accompaniment to the final chorale, Bach brings back this trembling motive from the aria, although the mood now becomes calmer: From the third chorale line, the tremolo is noticeably slower, before disappearing completely at the end. The second aria presents a problem. Here, as in the opening movement, Bach adds a "corno" part to the 1st violin, which can only be realized on a slide instrument. But this "corno" can be safely omitted, as it is merely a simplified version of the violin part.