Bach - St John Passion - Ach Herr, lass dein lieb Engelein (chorale)

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750):
ACH HERR LASS DEIN LIEB ENGELEIN

This is chorale no. 11 from the St. John Passion,
and also the final piece of the whole work.

Bach's chorales for the St John Passion are in my humble opinion the best he ever wrote. And I think that Bach's pupil Johan Philipp Kirnberger was right when he pointed out "how difficult it is not only to give each of the four voices its own flowing melody, but also to keep a uniform character in all, so that out of their union a single and perfect whole may arise. In this the late Capellmeister Bach in Leipzig perhaps excelled all the composers in the world".

Ach Herr, lass dein lieb Engelein
Am letzten End die Seele mein
In Abrahams Schoß tragen,
Den Leib in seim Schlafkämmerlein
Gar sanft ohn eigne Qual und Pein
Ruhn bis am jüngsten Tage!
Alsdenn vom Tod erwecke mich,
Dass meine Augen sehen dich
In aller Freud, o Gottes Sohn,
Mein Heiland und Genadenthron!
Herr Jesu Christ, erhöre mich,
Ich will dich preisen ewiglich!

Ah Lord, let thine own angels dear
At my last hour my spirit bear
To Abraham's own bosom,
My body in its simple bed
In peace without distress and dread
Rest till the day of judgment!
And then from death awaken me,
That with mine eyes I may see thee
In fullest joy, O God's own Son,
My Savior and my gracious throne!
Lord Jesus Christ, give ear to me,
I would thee praise eternally!

(Martin Schalling, 1571)

The Monteverdi Choir
The English Baroque Soloists
Directed by John Eliot Gardiner

Recording: London, All Saints' Church, Tooting, 3/1986 (Archiv)

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