J. S. Bach - Cantata "Angenehmes, Wiederau, Freue Dich In Deinen Auen" BWV 30a (4/4) Video

Secular Cantata.

Homage to J. D. von Hennicke, Lord of the Manor and Court of Wiederau near Leipzig.
Text: Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander)

10. So Recht! Ihr Seid Mir Werte Gäste
11. So Wie Ich Die Tropfen Zolle (at 0:41)
12. Drum, Angenehmes Wiederau (at 3:09)
13. Angenehmes Wiederau, Prange Nun In Deinen Auen! (at 4:!5)

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Ton Koopman, Director

Time (S), Good Fortune (A), Elster River (T), Fate (B)

10. Recit. (T) Elster River
So good, ye are my honored guests here!
I open field and banks to you.
Here build ye now your shelters
And this your dwelling firmly,
Here seek, here shall ye have a lasting home!
No effort now neglect,
That all your blessings, piled on high,
Upon these plains be freely showered!

11. Aria (T) Elster River
Just as I my drops now offer,
That my Wied'rau green and flourish,
So also now your blessings add!
Tend with care both seed and harvest,
Show that ye think Hennick's name now
Is a most rare and special gem!

12. Recit. (S, B, A) Time, Fate, Good Fortune
(Time)
Thus, O most charming Wiederau,
Shall thee no bolt, no lightning's fire,
No pestilential dew,
No famine, no decay bring terror!
(Fate)
Thy head, the worthy Hennicke,
Will I with fame and rapture cover.
(Good Fortune)
And his most worthy spouse,
Will I no help or any wish refuse her,
(All three)
The joy of both,
That singular and dearest root, August,(1)
Will I within my bosom carry.

13. Aria (S, A, T, B) Time, Good Fortune, Elster River, Fate
O most charming Wiederau,
Glory now within thy meadows!
Of thy harvest's majesty,
Of thine own contented state,
Shall all time no end e'er witness!

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