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Bist du bei mir BWV 508

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Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach

Bist du bei mir

Anon.

Bist du bei mir, geh ich mit Freuden

Zum Sterben und zu meiner Ruh.

Ach, wie vergnügt wär so mein Ende,

Es drückten deine schönen Hände

Mir die getreuen Augen zu.

Be thou with me

English Translation © Z. Philip Ambrose

Be thou with me and I’ll go gladly

To death and on to my repose.

Ah, how my end would bring contentment,

If, pressing with thy hands so lovely,

Thou wouldst my faithful eyes then close.

Translations by Z. Philip Ambrose are published in J.S. Bach: The Extant Texts of the Vocal Works in English Translations with Commentary Volume 1: BWV 1-200; Volume 2: BWV 201- (Philadelphia: XLibris, 2005) and online at www.uvm.edu/~classics/faculty/bach

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Composer

Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel

Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel was a German composer of the Baroque era.

Poet

Anon.

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Previously performed at:

14 Oct 2020: 27. The Sound of Silence: Benjamin Appl & Sholto Kynoch
21 Oct 2016: Bach Revived Part II

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