October 26
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
"A Bach Afternoon"
KARL HOCHREITHER, Guest Conductor
with
Faculty Soloists, Concert Choir (Duncan Couch, drector) and
Chamber Orchestra (Alvaro Gomez, director)
3:00 P.M.
Elizabeth Hall
Vergniigte Run, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV MO
Jane Christeson, alto
Bach composed this Cantata in 1726 for performance on July 28. In his time (and, indeed, today) the Choir of St
Thomas Church in Leipzig used older boys to sing alto, and the composer must have had someone of great
ability in mind when he wrote a work of such beauty and complexity.
Aria: Vergniigte Run, beliebte Seelenlust (Happy rest, the soul's beloved joy)
Recit: Die Welt, das Siindenhaus (The world, the house of sin)
Aria: Wie jammem mich (How the errant hearts wail to me)
Recit: Wer sollte sich (Who should wish therefore to live here)
Aria: Mir ekelt, mehr zu leben (To live any more fills me with disgust)
Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548
SUSAN KLOTZBACH, organ
Herrscher des Himmels, erhore das Lallen, BWV248/3
Robert Rich, Evangelist, Craig Maddox, bass, Lloyd Linney, soprano,
Jane Christeson, alto
This Cantata concludes the third part of the well-known Christmas Oratorio (1725) and belongs to Bach's third
cycle of cantatas for the liturgical year at St Thomas Church.
Chorus: Herrscher des Himmels (Lord of heaven, hear our cry)
Evangelist: Und da die Engel (And when the Angel departed from them)
Chorus: Lasset uns nun gehen (Let us even now go to Bethlehem)
Recit: Er hat sein Volk getrost' (He has trusted in his people)
Choral: Dies hat er alles getan (He has done all these things)
Aria duetto: Herr, dein Mitleid, dein Erbarmen (Lord, your compassion, your mercy)
Evangelist: Und die kamen eilend (And they came in haste)
Aria: Schliesse, mein Herze, dies selige W under (Take this holy wonder to heart)
Recit: Ja, ja mein Herze soil es bewahren (Yes, yes, my heart shall keep such things)
Choral: Ich will dich mit Fleiss bewahren (I will treasure you earnestly)
Evangelist: Und die Hirten kehrten wieder um (And the shepherds returned)
Choral: Seid froh dieweil (Be glad meanwhile)
Chorus: Herrscher des Himmels (Lord of heaven, hear our cry)
This concert is co-sponsored by the Central Florida Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
