- Herr Jesu Christ, ich weiss gar wohl, BuxWV 193
[2:14] (A=465)
Exquisitely expressive treatment of the chorale with very little ornamentation (I added one after the second phrase and another before the end). The
registration was Right Hand (Chorale): Oberwerk - Gedackt 8' + Quintadena 8' + Principal 4' + Nasart 3' + Octav 2' + Tertia 1 3/5; Left Hand:
Hauptwerk Principal 8' + Spitzflüte 4'; Pedal: Principal-Bass 16' + Pedal Coppel. If you listen through headphones, you may hear some of the
keyboard sounds.
Instrument:
Gottfried Silbermann Organ, St. Georgenkirche - Rötha, Germany (1721) -
Samples by Brett Milan
- Chorale Text
German:
Herr Jesu Christ, ich weis gar wol,
das ich ein mahl mus sterben :
Wenn aber das geschehen sol
und wie ich werd verderben
Dem Leibe nach, das weis ich nicht
es steht allein in deim Gericht,
du siehst mein letztes ende.
--Bartholomäus Ringwaldt, 1530-1599
English:
Lord Jesus Christ, I know full well,
that I a Meal must kill- [i.e. the Eucharist]
When it but shall to come to pass
and as I will be ruined
The Life after, that I know not
it stands alone in Thy Judgement
Thou seest my final Ending.
--tr. Russell Davis
Audio track was created with Hauptwerk v. 1 software
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