Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and mouth and deed and life), BWV 147, in 1723 during his first year as Thomaskantor, the director of church music in Leipzig. His cantata is part of his first cantata cycle there and was written for the Marian feast of the Visitation on 2 July, which commemorates Mary's visit to Elizabeth as narrated in the Gospel of Luke in the prescribed reading for the feast day. Bach based the music on his earlier cantata BWV 147a, written originally in Weimar in 1716 for Advent. He expanded the Advent cantata in six movements to ten movements in two parts in the new work. While the text of the Advent cantata was written by the Weimar court poet Salomo Franck, the librettist of the adapted version who added several recitatives is anonymous.
| Librettist | Salomo Franck (1659-1725) (Nos.1, 3, 5, 7, 9) Anonymous (Nos.2, 4, 6, 8) Martin Jahn (ca.1620-1682) (Nos.6, 10) (based on BWV 147a) |
| Date of composition | 1723 |
| Premiered | 1723, July 2nd in Leipzig, Germany |
| Dedicated to | 4th Sunday in Advent (BWV 147a) Feast of Visitation of Mary (BWV 147) |
| Type | Sacred Cantata |
| Tonality | C Major |
| Catalogue | BWV 147 |
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) Chorale "Jesus, bleibet meine Freude" from the Cantata "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" - mov. X, BWV 147 The Cantata BWV 147 was written in Leipzig for the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and was first performed on 2 July 1723. It was written for trumpet, two oboes, bassoon, two violins, viola, basso continuo, and a standard four-part choir of soprano, alto, tenor, and basso. It comprises ten movements. Lyrics for mov. X: ------------------ GERMAN (original) "Jesus bleibet meine Freude, Meines Herzens Trost und Saft, Jesus wehret allem Leide, Er ist meines Lebens Kraft, Meiner Augen Lust und Sonne, Meiner Seele Schatz und Wonne; Darum lass ich Jesum nicht Aus dem Herzen und Gesicht." ENGLISH (original) "Jesus will always be my joy, My heart's comfort and essence, Jesus is there through all suffering, He is my life's strength, The desire and sunshine of my eyes, My soul's treasure and bliss; Therefore I will never let Jesus go, Neither from my heart nor from my face. " Free version on Musopen.org: https://musopen.org/music/790/johann-sebastian-bach/jesus-bleibet-meine-freude-bwv147/ Musopen is a non-profit dedicated to making classical music free and without copyrights, and we're trying to draw attention to all the great music we have for free, so people don't need to search Google and pay someone for what should be public domain (free).
Live by Bel Canto Choir Vilnius (July 2013). Buy our music on: iTunes:https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/bel-canto-choir-vilnius/id704827966 Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_srch_drd_B00F4ZGJNI?ie=UTF8&field-keywords=Bel%20Canto%20Choir%20Vilnius&index=digital-music&search-type=ss Chorale "Jesus bleibet meine Freude" from the cantata "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147. Johann Sebastian Bach. Live by Bel Canto Choir Vilnius, featuring soloist Ieva Prudnikovaitė, the violinist Artūras Šilalė and the pianist Artūras Anusauskas. From the Bel Canto Choir Vilnius special Concert and DVD/CD, entitled "Wake up, Europe. The Night is over...!". Live from St. Catherine Church in Vilnius, Lithuania on July 5, 2013. The Concert was organized in partnership with European Commission Representation in Lithuania, and was dedicated to Lithuania's first Presidency of the Council of the European Union. For more information on the Choir, please visit: http://www.chorasbelcanto.lt Credits: Arturas Dambrauskas (Artistic Director of the Concert and Chief Conductor at Bel Canto Choir Vilnius); Audrius Valatkevicius (Executive Producer); Vytautas Drazdauskas (Video Producer at ARTBOX production house); Sarunas Burza (Director of Photography); Mykolas Leckas (Lightening Design); Jonas Juozapaitis (Video Editor at VRS WPI Vilnius) and Vilius Keras (Recording Director). Choralas "Jesus bleibet meine Freude" iš kantatos "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147. Johann Sebastian Bach. Atlieka choras "Bel Canto", solistė Ieva Prudnikovaitė, smuikininkas Artūras Šilalė ir pianistas Artūras Anusauskas. Gyvai iš choro "Bel Canto" koncerto "Pabusk, Europa. Naktis jau baigiasi...!". Choro "Bel Canto" koncertas, išleistas DVD/CD formatais, pristato choro "Bel Canto" ir draugų specialų koncertą, organizuotą kartu su Europos Komisijos atstovybe Lietuvoje ir skirtą pirmajam Lietuvos pirmininkavimui Europos Sąjungos Tarybai. Koncertas nufilmuotas ir įrašytas gyvai Šv. Kotrynos bažnyčioje Vilniuje 2013 m. liepos 5 d. Daugiau informacijos apie chorą: http://www.chorasbelcanto.lt Kūrybinė grupė: Artūras Dambrauskas (Koncerto Meno vadovas, choro „Bel Canto" meno vadovas ir vyriausias dirigentas); Audrius Valatkevičius (Vyriausias prodiuseris); Vytautas Drazdauskas (Video prodiuseris, ARTBOX prodiuserių kompanija); Šarūnas Burža (Vyriausias operatorius); Mykolas Lėckas (Šviesų dailininkas); Jonas Juozapaitis (Montažo režisierius, VRS WPI Vilnius reklamos agentūra); Vilius Keras (Garso režisierius).
Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra Pannon Philharmonic Festival Choir (Chorus masters: László Dobos and András Vass) András Vass LIVE RECORDING Kodály Centre, Pécs, 2016 03 24 Sound engineer: László Dobos http://www.andrasvass.com http://www.pfz.hu http://www.kodalykozpont.hu/index.php... The Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra is the owner of the sound and video material.