Cantata BWV 199, Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut - Johann Sebastian Bach 'Helmuth Rilling'

Composition Year: 1714 in Weimar
First Performance: 1714-07-12 in Weimar (possibly 1713, 1st Performance)
Dedication: 11th Sunday after Trinity
Recorded: Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, April 1976
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Performers:
Arleen Augér – soprano
Ingo Goritzki – Oboe • Günther Pfitzenmaier – Fagotto • Hans Eurich – Viola • Hans Häublein – Violoncello • Manfred Gräser – Contrabbasso • Hans-Joachim Erhard – Organo
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart • Bach-Collegium Stuttgart • Helmuth Rilling - Conductor
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00:01 1. Recitative (soprano): Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut
02:22 2. Aria (soprano): Stumme Seufzer, stille Klagen
10:32 3. Recitative (soprano): Doch Gott muss mir genädig sein
11:50 4. Aria (soprano): Tief gebückt und voller Reue
19:57 5. Recitative (soprano): Auf diese Schmerzensreu
20:21 6. Chorale (soprano): Ich, dein betrübtes Kind
22:24 7. Recitative (soprano): Ich lege mich in diese Wunden
23:32 8. Aria (soprano): Wie freudig ist mein Herz
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Work:
Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut (My heart swims in blood) BWV 199 in Weimar between 1711 and 1714, and performed it on the eleventh Sunday after Trinity, 12 August 1714. It is a solo cantata for soprano.
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The text was written by Georg Christian Lehms and published in Darmstadt in 1711 in the collection Gottgefälliges Kirchen-Opffer, on the general topic of redemption. The librettist wrote a series of alternating recitatives and arias, and included as the sixth movement (of eight) the third stanza of Johann Heermann's hymn "Wo soll ich fliehen hin". It is not known when Bach composed the work, but he performed it as part of his monthly cantata productions on the eleventh Sunday after Trinity, 12 August 1714. The solo voice is accompanied by a Baroque instrumental ensemble of oboe, strings and continuo. The singer expresses in a style similar to Baroque opera the dramatic development from feeling like a "monster in God's eyes" to being forgiven. Bach revised the work for later performances, leading to three different editions in the Neue Bach-Ausgabe.
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Bach Cantatas website: https://www.bach-cantatas.com/
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ATTRIBUTION
Music contained in this video is licensed to, Hänssler-Verlag, Germany