BWV 67 Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ
Quasimodogeniti (The Sunday after Easter). Poet unknown; PT (Leipzig, 1724); Facs: Neumann T, p. 431. 1. 2 Tim. 2:8; 3b (4). Nikolaus Herman, "Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag," 1560 (Wackernagel, III, #1374); 4 (6). Jn. 20:19 with interpolated aria; 5 (7). Jakob Ebert, verse 1 of "Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ," 1601. 16 April 1724, Leipzig; Parody: 4 → BWV 234/2. BG 16; NBA I/11. 1. Chorus [Dictum] (S, A, T, B) Hold in remembrance Jesus Christ, who resurrected ii from the
dead. 2. Aria (T) My Jesus is arisen, 3a (4).(1) Recit. (A) My Jesus, thou art called the bane to death, 3b (5). Chorale (S, A, T, B) Appearéd is the glorious day 3c (6). Recit. (A) It seems almost 4 (6). Aria (S, A, T, B) (B)
O joy! Jesus helps us battle And the foes' great rage to dampen, Hell and Satan, yield! (B)
Jesus summons us to peace And restores in us so weary Soul and flesh alike. (B)
O Lord, help us as we endeavor E'en through death to press our journey To thy glorious realm! (B) 5 (7). Chorale (S, A, T, B) Thou Prince of peace, Lord Jesus Christ, 1. 3a, 3b, and 3c have usually been listed as 3,
4, and 5, but they form a single section in which the faithful,
yet frightened soul speaks to Jesus. 2. Cf. Hos.13:14. Jesus is the death of death. 3. Following the PT, this is punctuated as a rhetorical question. The believer asks how he could feel such anguish when Jesus himself inspired the ensuing Easter hymn, which would have been sung first one week ago. The verb tenses are critical here. 4. The bass part represents the vox Christi in the repetition of Jn 20:19. © Copyright Z. Philip Ambrose |