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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy If thou but suffer God to guide thee

Chorale cantata MWV A 7, 1829

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Mendelssohn’s intensive study of the works of Bach inspired him to compose some cantatas on chorale melodies. In the cantata "Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten", the second movement in particular poses some choral challenges: because the cantus firmus lies in the bass part, the usual foundation is missing in some places, and the other parts need to be all the more self-confident. In addition to this, the movement is structured in short sections and demands agile singing, looking ahead all the time. Secure knowledge of the part-writing and confidence are required!

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Performers: Sabine Ritterbusch (soprano) – Kammerchor Stuttgart, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester – Frieder Bernius

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  • Choral: Mein Gott, du weißt am allerbesten
  • Choral: Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten
  • Aria: Er kennt die rechten Freudenstunden
  • Choral: Sing, bet und geh auf Gottes Wegen
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  • 1. Choral

    My God, whose wisdom ever guides me,
    in paths of truth and service free,
    I seek above all earthly striving,
    thy dwelling place eternally.
    Thou, only God, my hope I see;
    in thee alone my trust will be.
    Translation: Robert Scandrett

    2. Choral

    If thou but suffer God to guide thee,
    and hope in him through all thy ways,
    he’ll give thee strength, what e’er betide thee,
    and bear thee through the evil days.
    Who trusts in God’s unchanging love,
    builds on the rock that naught can move.

    3. Aria (Soprano)

    He knows the time for joy, and truly,
    will send it when he sees it meet;
    when he has tried and purged thee duly,
    and finds thee free from all deceit.

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  • 1. Choral

    Mein Gott, du weißt am allerbesten
    das, was mir gut und nützlich sei.
    Hinweg mit allem Menschenwesen,
    weg mit dem eigenen Gebäu,
    Gib, Herr, dass ich auf dich nur bau
    und dir alleine ganz vertrau.

    2. Choral

    Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten
    und hoffet auf ihn allezeit,
    den wird er wunderbar erhalten
    in allem Kreuz und Traurigkeit.
    Wer Gott, dem Allerhöchsten, traut,
    der hat auf keinen Sand gebaut.

    3. Arie (Sopran)

    Er kennt die rechten Freudenstunden,
    er weiß wohl, wann es nützlich sei;
    wenn er uns nur hat treu erfunden
    und merket keine Heuchelei.
    So kommt Gott, eh wir’s uns versehn,

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  • Texte du livret du CD Carus 83.204

    Barbara Mohn
    Traduction (abrégée) : Jean Paul Ménière

    « [...] Si quelque ressemblance existe avec Seb. Bach, je n’y suis à nouveau pour rien, car j’ai écrit comme je me sentais, et si je me suis senti une fois, mot pour mot, comme le vieux Bach, il n’en est que mieux pour moi [...]. » C’est ce qu’écrivit Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy le 15 juillet 1831 à son ami intime, le chanteur Eduard Devrient. Ce dernier, un peu soucieux de l’évolution de son talentueux ami en tant que compositeur, avait remarqué que Mendelssohn, à la fin des années 20, s’orientait de plus en plus vers la musique d’église en se laissant inspirer pour cela par les œuvres du grand Cantor de Saint-Thomas. A une époque décisive de son processus créateur, Mendelssohn n’écrivait pas des opéras ou de grandes œuvres orchestrales grâce auxquelles il eût pu se faire un nom, mais, simplement parce qu’il « se sentait ainsi », des motets et des psaumes, ainsi qu’un ensemble d’œuvres que – comme le disait sa mère

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  • Text from the CD Carus 83.204

    Barbara Mohn
    Translation (abridged): Alan Pope

    “[...] If it resembles Seb. Bach, I cannot do anything about it, since I have written it according to how I feel and, if I am inspired by the words as Bach was, then it should be all the better for me [...]” wrote Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy on 15th July 1831 to his close friend, the singer Eduard Devrient. Devrient was observing with some trace of anxiety about the compositional development of his gifted friend that at the end of the 1820s Mendelssohn was devoting himself increasingly to church music and in the process was being inspired by the great Cantor of St. Thomas’ Church Leipzig. In a crucial phase of his creativity, Mendelssohn did not compose operas or great instrumental works, but in accordance with his “feelings” he simply wrote motets and psalms as well as a group of works, which, as his mother complained, “no one would get to hear” – eight cantatas

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  • Booklet-Text der CD Carus 83.204

    Barbara Mohn

    „[...] Hat es Ähnlichkeit mit Seb. Bach, so kann ich wieder nichts dafür, denn ich habe es so geschrieben, wie mir zu Muthe war, und wenn mir einmal bei den Worten so zu Muthe geworden ist, wie dem alten Bach, so soll es mir nur umso lieber sein [...]“, schrieb Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy am 15. Juli 1831 an seinen engen Freund, den Sänger Eduard Devrient. Mit einem Anflug von Sorge um die kompositorische Fortentwicklung seines begabten Freundes hatte dieser beobachtet, was wohl keinem verborgen bleiben konnte: dass sich Mendelssohn Ende der 1820er Jahre zunehmend der Kirchenmusik zuwandte und sich dabei vom Werk des großen Thomaskantors inspirieren ließ. In einer entscheidenden Phase seines Schaffens, in den Jahren 1827 bis 1832, komponierte Mendelssohn nicht Opern oder große Instrumentalwerke, mit denen er sich einen Namen hätte machen können, sondern, einfach

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  • Founded in 1945, the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester is the oldest and most renowned ensemble of its kind and for over 65 years it has occupied an outstanding position in international orchestra culture. Michael Hofstetter has been the conductor of this ensemble since September 2006. The orchestra had already earned its excellent reputation under its founder and long-time director, Karl Münchinger. Through a completely new and exemplary style of interpretation of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester became a pathfinder in the field of historical performance practice. Dennis Russell Davies, its principal conductor, from 1995 to 2006, expanded the repertoire of the orchestral, especially with works from 20th century. In 2008 the orchestra was awarded the European Chamber Music Award by the European Foundation for Culture. Personal details
  • Frieder Bernius’s work has earned great worldwide recognition. He is in demand internationally as a conductor and as a teacher. His principal artistic collaborators are the ensembles he founded himself, the Kammerchor Stuttgart, the Barockorchester Stuttgart, the Hofkapelle Stuttgart and the Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart. As a guest conductor, he has collaborated repeatedly with, for example, the SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester and the Streicherakademie Bozen. Great stylistic versatility is Frieder Bernius’s hallmark. Whether he conducts vocal works by Monteverdi, Bach, Händel, Mozart, Beethoven, Fauré and Ligeti, stage music by Mendelssohn or symphonies by Haydn, Burgmüller and Schubert, his work always aims for a sound that is at once unmistakably personal and at the same time oriented towards the original period sound ideal. He devotes himself equally to the rediscovery of 18th century operas and to first performances of contemporary compositions. He is particularly interested in the musical history of southwestern Germany. Carus-Verlag has awarded Frieder Bernius a Golden CD for his complete recording of the sacred music of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. The award was presented to him during the German Choir Festival in Stuttgart 2016. The sale of over 250,000 recordings, which has been acclaimed with a number of awards, has made a not insignificant contribution to what today is the obvious presence of Mendelssohn's complete œuvre in the concert repertoire. Personal details

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