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Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685–1750)

Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden

BWV 6; BC A 57^GND

Monday of Easter Week, Cantata Cycle II (1724/1725)

Genre

Sacred cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 62
Epistel: Apostelgeschichte 10, 34-41
Gospel: Lukas 24, 13-35

Scoring

Sopran solo, Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Oboe I, Oboe II, Oboe da caccia, Violine I, Violine II, Viola, Violoncello piccolo, Cembalo, Basso continuo

Date of origin, Work history

vor dem 02. April 1725

First performance on April 2, 1725; subsequent performance on April 13, 1727 (scribe part for violoncello piccolo); subsequent performance around 1725–1735 (autograph supplement to movement 2, viola part); subsequent performance around 1735–1740 (autograph supplement to movement 2, oboe da caccia part). Movement 3 was arranged for organ around 1746 (see BWV 649)

Early performances

1725-02-04, Leipzig, St. Thomas Church (Premiere) (Link to event)
Predigt: Urban Gottfried Sieber im Frühgottesdienst in der Thomaskirche und zum Vespergottesdienst in der Nikolaikirche mit einer Predigt von Friedrich Werner.
WA 13. April 1727; WA um 1725-1735; WA um 1735-1740

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [Jg. 2]

relation from other works

is adapted in BWV 6/6 ChSBC F 56.1a/b
is adapted in BWV 649

Introduction to the work

Link to videos:

Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6 (Netherlands Bach Society)

Libretto

Movement 1: Luke 24,29. Movement 3: "Oh stay with us, Lord Jesus Christ" by Nikolaus Selnecker (1611); with Stanza 1: "Vespera iam venit" Germanized by Philipp Melanchthon (1579); Stanza 2: "In this last and troubled time" by Nikolaus Selnecker (1572). Movement 6: 2nd stanza from "Keep us, Lord, by your word" by Martin Luther (1542). Text printed by Birkmann in 1728, page 63

Link to lyrics

Author Chorale

Melanchthon, Philipp (1497-1560)
Selnecker, Nikolaus (1530-1592)
Luther, Martin (1483–1546)

Chorale