Judica

Bach Cantata Day Information:
5th Sunday of Lent or Judica

The 5th Sunday of Lent, 5th Sunday after Ash Wednesday. Liturgical period : Lent.

Occurrences: March 17 2024, April 6 2025, March 22 2026, March 14 2027, April 2 2028, March 18 2029, April 7 2030, March 30 2031, March 14 2032, April 3 2033, March 26 2034, March 11 2035, March 30 2036, March 22 2037.


Music for this day

  • In allen meinen Taten, BWV 97
    (first performance ? 1734, Leipzig period)
  • Bekennen will ich seinen Namen, BWV 200
    (first performance ? 1742, Leipzig period)


Judica is the 5th (and last) Sunday of Lent. Yes, you guessed it, still Tempus Clausum in Leipzig (no music allowed in mass) so no original cantata for this day. Which means I have to come up with a playlist for your enjoyment, with two cantatas with unknown first performance dates or occasions.

Both are very late cantatas, long after his most prolific cantata creation period, the first three years in Leipzig. In allen meinen Taten, BWV 97, dates from 1734 and is a choral cantata, one of the dozen cantatas he wrote in later years to complete that cycle which he started in 1724 but ended prematurely in 1725, possibly due to the death of his main collaborator and librettist, Andreas Stübel, on January 31st of that year. Author of the hymn is Paul Fleming (1609-1640).

Only the aria remains of the cantata Bekennen will ich seinen Namen, BWV 200, dating from 1742. The piece was only discovered in 1924 and published in 1935. I've chosen the outstanding countertenor Andreas Scholl as performer of this aria.


Extra information

The Netherlands Bach Society website has more information and a performance of BWV 97:
https://bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-97

Playlist

WBC24-5th Sunday of Lent or Judica

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Image of the day

The statue of Paul Fleming (1609-1640) in front of the city hall of Hartenstein. Fleming wrote the hymn on which In allen meinen Taten, BWV 97, is based.

The statue of Paul Fleming (1609-1640) in front of the city hall of Hartenstein. Fleming wrote the hymn on which In allen meinen Taten, BWV 97, is based.