Bach digital - Himmelskönig, sei willkommen BWV 182

Palm Sunday, Annunciation, Weimar Cantatas, Cantata Cycle I (1723/1724)

Other catalogues: NV 1790, S. 76 [8]
Genre: Sacred cantata
Proper: Psalm: Psalm 92
Epistel: Philipper 2, 5-11
Gospel: Matthäus 21, 1-9
Proper: Psalm: Psalm 92
Epistel: Philipper 2, 5-11
Gospel: Matthäus 21, 1-9
Scoring: A*, T*, B*, S, A, T, B, Fl dolce (WA 1728: + Vl I), Vl (WA 1728: Vl II + Ob), Va I/II, Bc (inkl. Vc, Org, WA 1724–1728: Vne)

Date of origin, Work history: vor dem 25. März 1714
First performance on March 25, 1714 (Palm Sunday and the Annunciation coincided) as well as two subsequent performances during the Weimar period (1st revision in the original parts; 2nd version without movement 7–8, with a repetition of movement 2 as the conclusion for the performance on the Annunciation); subsequent performance in Leipzig: March 25, 1724 (watermark, scribe J. A. Kuhnau), March 21, 1728 (scribe Anon. IIIb/L 46/L 47) and an undatable later subsequent performance (without movement 7, as indicated by notes in the original parts). Weimar performance in B-flat major (low chamber pitch) [= G major (choir pitch)]; Leipzig performance in G major (chamber pitch)
Early performances: 25 March 1714, Weimar (Premiere) (Link to event)
25 March 1724, Leipzig (Link to event)
21 March 1728, Leipzig (Link to event)
relation to other works:: is part of BWV diverse [1. Jg.]
is part of BWV diverse [W. Kant.]
: Introduction to the work
Link to videos:: Himmelskönig, sei willkommen, BWV 182 (J. S. Bach Stiftung St. Gallen)
Himmelskönig, sei willkommen, BWV 182 (Stiftsbarock Stuttgart , K. Johannsen)

Libretto

Presumably Salomo Franck. Movement 3: Psalm 40, verses 8-9. Movement 7: Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod (P. Stockmann, 1633), stanza 33
Link to lyrics

Chorale

Satz 7:
P. Stockmann, Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod, 1633, Strophe 33

Original sources: D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 103 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 47 [Part(s)]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 47a [Part(s)]
Additional sources: D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/XIII, Faszikel 3 [Score]
D-Sl Bac 200/35 112-2 [Erstdruck] [Score]
Verschollen BWV 182, K. F. von Kloeden [Score]

Edition

BG 37, S.23 (A. Dörffel, 1891);

NBA I/8.2, S. 3 und 43 (Christoph Wolff, 1997) – Critical report (1998), S. 93

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