Op 8 juni a.s. Bachcantate BWV 106 'Gottes Zeit ist die Allerbeste Zeit'CANTATEDIENST IN DE BURGWALKERK IN KAMPEN
Aanvang van de diensten is altijd 17.00 u
Uitvoerenden : Bachkoor + orkest Kampen
o.l.v. Bob Vaalburg.
Orgel/continuo : Theo v. Dijk
8 juni m.m.v. ds Carel ter Linden (Leidschendam)
History: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (God's time is the very best time) BWV 106 also known as "Actus tragicus" is a sacred cantata composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. It is primarily intended to be played at funerals. The work is one the earliest Bach Cantatas. It was probably composed in 1708 in Mühlhausen possibly as a cantata for the funeral of Mayor Strecker.
Text: The text consists of different Bible verses of the Old and New Testament, as well as individual verses of old church songs of Martin Luther and Adam Reusner, which refer all together to the finiteness and dying. There are two disntict parts to the cantata: the view of the Old Testament on death shown in the first part is confronted by the second part, representing the view of the New Testament; the separation of the old by the new determines the symmetrical structure of the cantata.
Voices and Instrumentation: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass; 2 alto recorders, 2 viola da gambas and basso continuo.
Characteristics: Bach was probably only 22 years old when he composed the opening sonatina, in which two obbligato alto recorders mournfully echo each other over a sonorous background of viola da gambas and continuo. The cantata ranks among his most important works. Inspired directly by its biblical text, it exhibits a great depth and intensity. Alfred Dürr[1] called the cantata "a work of genius such as even great masters seldom achieve ... The Actus Tragicus belongs to the great musical literature of the world".
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