Cantatas = Kantaten / Bleib Bei Uns, Denn Es Will Abend Werden BWV 6, Nur Jedem Das Seine BWV 163, Herr Christ, Der Einge Gottessohn BWV 96 / Bach Edition - CD 2 / Brilliant Classics Audio CD / 99370/2

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Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden (Stay with us, for evening falls), BWV 6, is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for use in a Lutheran service. He composed it in Leipzig in 1725 for Easter Monday and first performed it on 2 April 1725.

The prescribed readings for the feast day were Peter's sermon from the Acts of the Apostles, and the Road to Emmaus narration from the Gospel of Luke. The text by an anonymous librettist begins with a line from the gospel, and includes as the third movement two stanzas from Philipp Melanchthon's hymn "Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ" and its second stanza by Nikolaus Selnecker. The text ends with the second stanza of Martin Luther's hymn "Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort". Derived from the gospel scene, the topic is pleading for light in a situation of threatening darkness.

Bach structured the cantata in six movements and scored it for four vocal soloists, a four-part choir and a Baroque instrumental ensemble of oboes, strings and continuo. The extended opening chorus is formed like a French overture and has been compared to Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine, the last chorus of Bach's St John Passion.

Tracklist:

I.  Bleib Bei Uns, Denn Es Will Abend Werden BWV 6 (On The 2nd Day Of Easter)

1.  1.  Coro Bleib Bei Uns, Denn Es Will Abend   6:59

2.  2.  Aria (Alto) Hochgelobter Gottessohn   4:03

3.  3.  Choral (Soprano) Ach Bleib Bei Uns, Herr Jesu Christ   4:17

4.  4.  Recitativo (Basso) Es Hat Die Dunkelheit   0:44

5.  5.  Aria (Tenore) Jesu, Laß Uns Auf Dich Sehen   3:44

6.  6.  Choral (Coro) Beweis Dein Macht, Herr Jesu Christ   0:51

II. Nur Jedem Das Seine BWV 163 (At The 23d Sunday After Trinity)

7.  1.  Aria(Basso) Nur Jedem Das Seine   3:51

8.  2.  Recitativo (Basso) Du Bist, Mein Gott   1:32

9.  3.  Aria (Basso) Laß Mein Herz Die Münze Sein   3:27

10. 4. Recitativo (Soprano, Alto) Ich Wollte Dir, O Gott   2:32

11. 5. Aria (Duetto: Soprano, Alto) Nimm Mich Mir   3:14

12. 6. Choral (Coro) Für Auch Mein Herz   0:58

III. Herr Christ, Der Einge Gottessohn BWV 96 (At The 18th Sunday After Trinity)

13. 1. Coro Herr Christ Der Einge Gottessohn   5:37

14. 2. Recitativo (Alto) O Wunderkraft Der Liebe   1:17

15. 3. Aria (Tenore) Ach Ziehe Die Seele   7:22

16. 4. Recitativo (Soprano) Ach, Führe Mich, O Gott   0:49

17. 5. Aria (Basso) Bald Zur Rechten, Bald Zur Linken   2:29

18. 6. Choral (Coro) Ertöt Uns Durch Dein Güte   0:54