My Jesus, Oh What Anguish (arr Reed)

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach (arr Alfred Reed)

Subtitle: Chorale Prelude for Concert Band/Wind Ensemble

This work is also known by its German title, "Mein Jesu! was für Seelenweh", Bwv 487.

General Info

Year: 1975
Duration: c. 5:40
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C L Barnhouse Company
Cost: Score & Parts - $35.00   |   Score Only - $5.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Eb Soprano Clarinet
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Bb Contrabass Clarinet
Bassoon I-II
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Bass Saxophone (Opt.)
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II-III
Cornet (in Bb) I-II
French Horn I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Alfred Reed’s excellent transcription of My Jesus, Oh What Anguish (Mein Jesus, Was Für Seelenweh) is taken from a group of 69 ``Sacred Airs and Songs,’’ each of which exists only in the form of a single line with figured bass. It is considered to be one of the most haunting and poignant expressions of sorrow and compassion to be found in all of Western music.

- Program Note by publisher

Commercial Discography

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Audio Links

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State Ratings

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Performances

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• Santa Clara (Calif.) University Wind Ensemble (Anthony Rivera, conductor) – 21 November 2019
• Baldwin-Wallace College (Berea, Ohio) Symphonic Band (Brendan Caldwell, conductor) – 11 October 2019
• Southern Oregon University (Ashland) Wind Ensemble (Cynthia Hutton, conductor) – 6 June 2019
• University of California, Los Angeles, Wind Ensemble (Travis J. Cross, conductor) – 26 April 2019
• Temple University (Philadelphia, Penn.) Wind Symphony (Patricia Cornett, conductor) – 27 January 2019
• Kent State (Ohio) Wind Ensemble (Jesse Leyva, conductor) – 7 December 2018
• California State University, Long Beach, Symphonic Band (Jermie Arnold, conductor) – 11 October 2018
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Wind Ensemble (Scott Teeple, conductor) – 5 October 2018
• University of Cincinnati (Ohio) College-Conservatory of Music Wind Ensemble (Thomas Gamboa, conductor) – 25 September 2018
• Michigan State University (East Lansing) Symphony Band (John T. Madden, conductor) – 25 April 2017
• University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Symphonic Band (Jerry Luckhardt, conductor) – 8 March 2017
• Ball State University (Muncie, Ind.) Wind Ensemble (Gary Hill, conductor) – 18 February 2017
• University of Oregon (Eugene) Wind Ensemble (Rodney Dorsey, conductor) – 5 February 2017
• Shenandoah Conservatory (Winchester, Va.) Wind Ensemble (Timothy Robblee, conductor) – 17 September 2016
• Penn State University (University Park) Symphonic Band (Dennis Glocke, conductor) – 29 February 2015
• Southern California All-Southern Wind Ensemble (Allan McMurray, conductor) – 26 January 2016
• University of Michigan Symphony Band (Michael Haithcock, conductor) – 2 October 2015
• Michigan State University Symphony Band (John T. Madden, conductor) – 29 September 2015
• Sunnyside High School (Fresno, Calif.) Wind Symphony (Michael J. Angel, conductor) - 21 March 2014 (2014 Sutherland Wind Festival, Fresno, Calif.)

Works for Winds by this Composer

• Air for Woodwind Choir (arr. Joel Blahnik)
• Arioso (arr. de Haan)
• Arioso (arr. Alfred Reed)
• Art of Fugue, The (tr. Kenneth Amis) (c. 1745)
• Bach: Air (arr. McGinty) (c. 1730/)
• Bach Fugue (arr. John Kinyon)
• Bach's Fugue à la Gigue (orch. Gustav Holst) (arr. Mitchell) (1921/2005)
• Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (arr. Marlatt) (1721/2011)
• Canzona, BWV 584
• Chaconne and Festive Aria (arr. Daehn)
• Chaconne in D Minor (arr. Daehn)
• Chorale and Fugue in F Major (arr. Daehn) (1988)
• Chorale Prelude on "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" (trans. Damrosch; adapt. O'Toole)
• Chorale in C Minor (arr. Topolewski) (2012)
• Christmas Pastorale (arr. Hastings) (1970)
• Come, Sweet Death (arr. Alfred Reed)
• Contrapunctus III (arr. King) (c. 1745/1955)
• Contrapunctus V (arr. Daehn) (c. 1745)
• Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness (arr. Alfred Reed) (1990)
• Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor (arr. Elgar; tr. Topolewski) (1727?)
• Fantasia and Fugue in C Minor (arr. Elgar; arr. Nowlin) (1727?/2016)
• Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537 (arr. Hunsberger) (1727?/1997)
• Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542 "The Great" (arr. Boyd)
• Fantasia in C (arr. Sterk) (1706/2017)
• Fantasia in G, BWV 572 (arr. John Boyd) (1703-7/1957/1985)
• Fantasia in G, BWV 572 (arr. Edwin Franko Goldman) (1703-7/1957/2012)
• Fervent is My Longing; Organ Fugue in G Minor (tr. Cailliet) (c. 1710/1935)
• Forget Me Not, O Lord (arr. Alfred Reed)
• Fugue à la Gigue (orch. Gustav Holst) (arr. Brand) (1921/2008)
• Fugue in B-flat Major (arr. Daehn) (1722/1988)
• Fugue in G Minor (arr. Kimura)
• Fugue in G Minor (arr. Rechtman)
• God Still Lives (arr. Alfred Reed)
• Hertzlich tut mich verlangen. See: Fervent is My Longing; Organ Fugue in G Minor)
• If Thou Be Near (arr. Alfred Reed) (1725/1984)
• If Thou Be Near (arr. Moehlmann) (1725/1940)
• In Dulci Jubilo (arr. Reed) (1970)
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (tr. Cailliet) (1723/1962)
• Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (tr. Leidzen) (1723/1936)
• Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring (arr. Alfred Reed) (1723)
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. Sapieyevski) (1723)
• Komm, Susser Tod (arr. Leidzen) (1736/1936)
• Little Fugue (arr. Romm; adapt. Custer) (c. 1705/1974/1991)
• Little Fugue in G Minor, BWV 578 (arr. Parks)
• My Heart is Filled With Longing (arr. Alfred Reed) (c. 1710/1986)
• My Jesus, Oh What Anguish (arr. Alfred Reed)
• Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (arr. McAlister)
• O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht (arr. Westover) (c. 1736/2017)
• O Mensch, Bewein' Dein Sünde Gross (arr. Grainger; ed. Brion and Brand) (1724?/1937-1942/1987)
• Our Father Who Art In Heaven (arr. Alfred Reed)
• Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (tr. Donald Hunsberger) (1703-1713?/ 1968/1975)
• Passacaglia and Thema Fugatum in C Minor (tr. Stowkowski; ed. Sosnowchik) (1703-1713?/2014)
• Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor (tr. Nicholas Falcone) (ca. 1712/1969)
• Passacaglia from "Cantata No. 12" (arr. Daehn) (1714/2011)
• Präludium und Fuge d-Moll (trans. Rechtman) (1722/2003)
• Prelude IV (arr. Reed) (1983)
• Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Major (arr. Moehlmann) (1955)
• Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Minor (arr. Moehlmann) (1969)
• Prelude and Fugue in D Major BWV 532 (arr. Steinmetz) (17109/2018)
• Prelude and Fugue in D minor (tr. Moehlmann) (1988)
• Prelude and Fugue in D Minor (trans. Rechtman), see: Präludium und Fuge d-Moll
• Prelude and Fugue in E-flat (setting Hunsberger) (c. 1739/2009)
• Prelude and Fugue in G Minor (arr. Moehlmann)
• Prelude, Chorale and Fugue (arr. Godfrey) (1919)
• "Ricercare a 6" from Musical Offering, BWV 1079 (tr. McAlister)
• Saint Anne's Fugue (arr. Rhoads) (1965)
• Sheep May Safely Graze (arr. Alfred Reed) (1713/1981)
• Sinfonia from "Cantata No 29" (arr. Ninmer)
• Sixteen Chorales (arr. Lake) (1938)
• Sleepers, Awake! (arr. Alfred Reed) (1731)
• Sleepers, Awake! (tr. Sparke) (1731/2002)
• St. Anne. See: Prelude and Fugue in E-flat
• Thus Do You Fare, My Jesus (arr. Alfred Reed)
• Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major (arr. Rechtman) (c. 1717)
• Toccata, Aria, and Fugue in C Major (tr. Knox) (c. 1717)
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Goto) (1705/2014)
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Hindsley) (1705)
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Hunsberger) (1705/1998)
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Leidzen) (1705/1942)
• Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (arr. Lopez) (1705/2010)
• Toccata and Fugue in D minor (tr. Nowlin) (1705/2015)
• Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue, BWV 564 (tr. Paynter) (c. 1717/2000)
• Toccata, Adagio and Fugue (tr. Knox) (c1717)
• Who Puts His Trust in God Most Just (arr. James Croft) (1978)
• Wir Glauben All’ An Einen Gott (1739)

Resources

• Bach, J.; Reed, A. (1975). My Jesus! Oh, What Anguish = Mein Jesu! was für Seelenweh : Chorale Prelude for Concert Band/Wind Ensemble [score]. C.L. Banhouse: Oskaloosa, Iowa.