- Ach Gott, tu dich erbarmen, BWV 1109
[2:17]
In this tiny jewel of a fughetta, very gentle syncopations occasionally interrupt the general Bachian flow. Manual: Principal 8' + Octava 4' + Octava
2' + Quinta 1 1/2; Pedal Subbass 16' + Pedal Koppel. At Ms. 39 there is a chromatic change and increased urgency, underlined by the addition of
Cymbeln to the Manual.
Instrument:
Gottfried Silbermann Organ, St. Marienkirche - Rötha, Germany (1722) -
Samples by Brett Milan
- Chorale Text
German:
Ach Gott, tu dich erbarmen,
durch Christum deinen Sohn,
über reich und über armen,
hilf, dass wir busse tun,
und sich ein jeder erkennen tut,
ich fürcht, Gott hab gebunden ein rut,
er will uns damit strafen,
den hirten mit den schafen,
es wird ihm keiner entlaufen.
English:
Oh, God have mercy
through Christ your Son,
on both rich and poor;
help us, in dealing with our penalties,
to realize our part in creating them.
I fear that God has bound a switch
with which he chastens us,
as a shepherd does with his sheep,
no one can escape his justice.
--Tr. composite
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