Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 108
Title It is for you that I depart now
Composed 29th April 1725, Leipzig
Scoring

Choir for 4 voices
Alto solo
Tenor solo
Bass solo

Oboe d`amore I + II
Violin solo
Violin I + II
Viola
Basso continuo

Movements Aria (Bass): It is for you that I depart now
Aria (Tenor): There shall no doubt deter me
Recitative (Tenor): Thy Spirit will in such wise rule me
Choir: When he, however, truth's very Spirit
Aria (Alto): What my heart of thee doth seek
Chorale: Thy Spirit God from heaven sends
Category Spiritual Cantata
Event Cantate 
Author of text Christiane Mariane von Ziegler 1728
Text
Arie:
Bass solo
Oboe d`amore I
Violine I + II
Viola

Basso continuo

Aria: Tenor solo
Violin solo
Basso continuo




Recitative: Tenor solo
Basso continuo



Choir: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
Oboe d`amore I + II
Violin I + II
Viola
Basso continuo


Aria: Alto solo
Violin I + II
Viola
Basso continuo



Chorale: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
Oboe d`amore I + II
Violin I + II
Viola
Basso continuo


It is for you that I depart now, for were I not departing,
would your Comforter not come. But since I am leaving, I will send him unto you.




There shall no doubt deter me,
To thy word, Lord, I'll hearken.
I trust that if thou go'st,
I can in this find comfort,
That I'll amongst the rescued
Come, at the welcome port.

Thy Spirit will in such wise rule me
That I the proper road shall walk;
Through thy departure he shall come to me.
I ask, though, anxiously: Ah, is he not now here?

When he, however, truth's very Spirit, will have come,
will he into every truth then lead you. For he will not of himself be speaking,
rather all that he hath heard will he be speaking;
and what the future holds will he proclaim abroad.


What my heart of thee doth seek,
Ah, shall on me be bestowed.
Pour upon me thy rich blessing,
Lead me now upon thy pathways,
That I in eternity
Look upon thy majesty!

Thy Spirit God from heaven sends,
He leadeth all that him do love
Upon a well-laid pathway.
He sets and ruleth all our steps,
That they not elsewhere ever tread
But where we find salvation.

Epistle

James 1: 17-21

Gospel

John 16: 5-15

Bibletext John 16:7; John 16:13
Manuscript Estate C.Ph.E. Bach; Singing Academy, Berlin

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