About this work
In BWV 98, Bach uses the first stanza of Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan in the opening chorus without a long-note cantus firmus dominating the whole movement. Oboes, strings and voices develop compact writing together. This version therefore differs clearly from the two other cantatas with the same title.
The tenor recitative leads to a soprano aria with obbligato oboe. After a bass recitative, a bass aria with strings closes the work directly. No separate harmonised chorale follows these five movements.
In the chorus, reveal hymn references without seeking an unwritten static line. Soprano and oboe should share breaths. In the final aria, the bass must rely on the strings’ energy and fulfil the closing function without an added slowing.
What the document containsDocument: The document contains 20 pages in PDF format. No MIDI file is currently attached to this historical record. The twenty pages contain all five movements and end with the bass aria; no separate final chorale is missing from the PDF.The historical record marks the work and file as public domain but does not document the editor or exact provenance of this copy. The file preserved by LesPartitions.info can be compared with the reference catalogue. Following that check, LesPartitions.info separates established facts from information that remains incomplete.