- Ach Gott und Herr, BuxWV 177
[1:53] (A=465)
Two verses, the first with the Chorale sounded in the pedal at 4' pitch (coupled from Hauptwerk: Spizfleute 4'+Octava 4'+Octava 2'), with the manual
part played on the Hinterwerk Gedacktes 8' + Rohrfleute 4' + Qvinta 2'; the second with an ornamented version of the Chorale in the soprano (Hauptwerk
Qvintadena 8'+Spizfleute 4' + Qvinta 3), supported by chords on the Hinterwerk (Gedacktes 8' + Rohrfleute 4') and the Octaven Bass 8' in the Pedal.
Instrument:
Gottfried Silbermann Organ, Reinhardtsgrimma / Sachsen, Germany (1731) -
Samples by Prof. Helmut Maier
- Chorale Text
German:
Ach Gott und Herr,
Wie gross und schwer
Sind mein begangne Sünden!
Da ist niemand,
Der helfen kann,
In dieser Welt zu finden.
2. Lief ich gleich wit
Zu dieser Zeit
Bis an der Welt ihr Enden
Und wollt los sein
Des Kreuzes mein,
Würd ich doch solchs nicht wenden.
--Johann Major, 1613
English:
1. Alas, my God, my sins are great,
My conscience doth upbraid me;
And now I find that at my strait
No man hath power to aid me.
2. And fled I hence in my despair
In some lone spot to hide me,
My griefs would still be with me there
And peace still be denied me.
--tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1863
Audio track was created with Hauptwerk v. 1 software
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