Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 12
Title Weeping, wailing, grieving, fearing
Composed 22nd April 1714, Weimar
Scoring

Choir for 4 voices
Alto solo
Tenor solo
Bass solo
Trumpet
Oboe
Bassoon
Violin I + II
Viola I + II
Basso continuo
Movements 1. Sinfonia
2. Choir: Weeping, wailing, grieving, fearing
3. Recitative (Alto): We must pass through great sadness
4. Aria (Alto): Cross and crown are joined together
5. Aria (Bass): I'll follow after Christ
6. Aria (Tenor): Be steadfast, ev'ry pain
7. Chorale: What God doth, that is rightly done
Category Spiritual Cantata
Event Jubilate
Author of text Salomo Franck, Samuel Rodigast 1674
Text

1. Sinfonia: Oboe
Bassoon
Violin I + II
Viola I + II
Basso continuo		  
2. Choir: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
Violin I + II
Viola I + II
Basso continuo
Weeping, wailing
Grieving, fearing,
Dread and need
Are the Christians' tearful bread,
Them the sign of Jesus bearing.
3. Recitative: Alto solo
Bassoon
Violin I + II
Viola I + II
Basso continuo		 We must pass through great sadness that we come into God's kingdom.
4. Aria: Alto solo
Oboe
Basso continuo		 Cross and crown are joined together,
Gem and conflict are made one.
Christians must at ev'ry hour
Have their torment and their foe,
But Christ's wounds shall be their comfort.
5. Aria: Bass solo
Violin I + II
Basso continuo
 I'll follow after Christ,
I will not e'er forsake him
In health and in distress,
In living and in dying.
I kiss of Christ his shame,
I'll take his cross unto me.
I'll follow after Christ,
I will not e'er forsake him.
6. Aria: Tenor solo
Trumpet
Basso continuo		 Be steadfast, ev'ry pain
Will have but a trifle been.
After showers
Blessing flowers,
Ev'ry tempest will have past.
Be steadfast, be steadfast.
7. Chorale: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
(Instruments unknown)

What God doth, that is rightly done,
To that will I be cleaving,
Though out upon the cruel road
Need, death and suff'ring drive me,
E'en so will God,
All fatherhood,
Within his arms enfold me:
So I yield him all power.
Epistle

1 Peter 2: 11-20
Gospel

John 16: 16-23
Bibletext Acts 14:22
Parody 2. Choir: Weeping, wailing, grieving, fearing = BWV 232/17 Crucifixus
7. Chorale: What God doth, that is rightly done = BWV 69a/6 What God doth, that is rightly done
YouTube Video 1; Masaaki Suzuki, 1. Sinfonia; 2. Choir; 3. Rezitative
Video 2; Masaaki, Suzuki, 4. Aria
Video 3; Masaaki Suzuki, 5. Aria; 6. Aria; 7. Chorale
Manuscript Estate C.Ph.E. Bach

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