Showing posts with label Ach Gott vom Himmel sieh darein BWV 2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ach Gott vom Himmel sieh darein BWV 2. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Bach: Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein, BWV 2

This morning I listened to Bach's Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein, BWV 2.  At the beginning of the fourth movement, there's a wrenching accidental on the second syllable of "verstört" and the accompanying violin part:

(notation found here)

I had to look up "verstört" to understand the reason behind that accidental though.  "Die Armen sind verstört" translates to "The poor [people] are distraught."  Those tonally-abrupt accidentals audibly demonstrate that agony.