BWV 87 Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen
Rogate (Fifth Sunday after Easter or Rogation Sunday). Christiane Mariane von Ziegler, Versuch in Gebundener Schreibart, Teil I(Leipzig, 1728); Facs: Neumann T, p. 360). 1. Jn. 16:24; 2. differs substantially from Ziegler's text; 4. not in Ziegler's text; 5. Jn. 16:33; 6. some departures from Ziegler's text; 7. Heinrich Müller, verse 9 of "Selig ist die Seele," 1659 (Fischer-Tümpel, V, #539), to the chorale melody of "Jesu, meine Freude." 6 May 1725, Leipzig. BG 20, 1; NBA I/12. 1. Aria [Dictum] (B) Till now have ye nought been asking in my name's honor.
2. Recit. (A) O word that heart and soul alarms!
3. Aria (A) Forgive, O Father, all our sin
(Ah, speak no more in figures now), Help us much more be faithful!(2) 4. Recit. (T) When all our guilt e'en unto to heaven climbs,
5. Arioso [Dictum] (B) In the world ye have fear; but ye should be glad, I have now the
world overpowered.
6. Aria (T) I will suffer, I'll keep silent,
7. Chorale (S, A, T, B) Must I be so troubled?
1. The recitative responds to the words of Jesus as though to a reproval. In context Jesus continues: "Ask, and ye will receive, that your joy may be full." 2. Cf. Jn. 16:25. 3. Ziegler's text: Weicht, ihr Sorgen! flieht ihr Klagen! Seele, du darffst nicht verzagen... . The change in BWV 87 uses asyndeton somewhat in the style of BWV 12. 4. The ameliorative metamorphosis from Leiden
to Freuden
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