| Title: | Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid |
| No.: | 58 |
| Date: | 1727 |
| Occasion: | Sunday after Circumcision (sunday after New Year) |
| Scored for: | S., B., ob. I-II, taille (ob. da caccia), stgs. & cont. |
The transcription and its source movement:
| Movement: | No. 5: The aria Nur getrost, getrost, ihr Herzen with vocal (and instrumental) c.f.: Ich hab vor mir ein schwere Reis. |
| Tune: | O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, Leipzig 1625 | Text: | Aria: "Nur getrost, getrost, ihr Herzen, / hier ist Angst, dort Herrlichkeit! / Und die Freude jener Zeit / überwieget alle Schmerzen." Chorale (V. 2 of the hymn O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht): "Ich hab vor mir ein schwere Reis / zu dir ins Himmels Paradeis, / da ist mein rechtes Vaterland, / daran du dein Blut hast gewandt." |
| Originally scored for: | B., S. (c.f.), ob. I-II, taille (ob. da caccia), stgs. & cont. |
| Transcribed as: | A trio movement for organ with c.f. in the pedal (2'; range: from G to f). The accompanying voices can eventually be played on one manual, and the c.f. can on many organs be played with a 4' stop an octave higher). |
| Key in the cantata: | C Major |
| Key in the transcription: | C Major |
| Comments: | Apart from the reduction of the number of voices only few changes have been made. |
Peter Bękgaard
