BWV 145 Ich lebe, mein Herze, zu deinem
Ergötzen Auf, mein Herz, des Herren Tag So du mit deinem Munde bekennest Jesum Third Day of Easter (revised version: Easter Day). Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander), Ernst-Schertzhaffte und Satyrische Gedichte, Teil III (Leipzig, 1732); Facs: Neumann T, p. 341. A. added later for a performance on Easter Day; Caspar Neumann, verse 1 of the hymn, ca. 1700, to the melody of Johann Crüger's "Jesus, meine Zuversicht"; B. added later from the cantata of the same name by Georg Philipp Telemann for a performance on Easter Day; Rom. 10:9; 5. Nikolaus Herman, verse 14 of "Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag," 1560 (Wackernagel, III, #1374). Perhaps 19 April 1729, Leipzig; Parody: 1 and 3 ← ? a work from the Cöthen period. BG 30; NBA I/10. A. Chorale (S, A, T, B) Rise, my heart, the Lord's own day B. Chorus [Dictum] (S, A, T, B) If thou with thine own mouth dost acknowledge Jesus, that he is the Lord, and dost in thy heart believe this, that he by God from the dead hath been lifted up, thou shalt be blesséd. 1. Aria (T, S) Jesus, Soul (Jesus, Soul) (Both) 2. Recit. (T) Now order, Moses, as thou wilt, 3. Aria (B) Mark thou, my heart and forever just this, 4. Recit. (S) My Jesus lives, 5. Chorale (S, A, T, B) Thus we are also rightly glad, © Copyright Z. Philip Ambrose |