Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben [2nd version] BWV 8.2; BWV 8; BC A 137b

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Genre

Chorale cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 90
Epistel: Epheser 3, 13-21
Gospel: Lukas 7, 11-17

Scoring

Sopran solo, Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Flauto traverso, Oboe d'amore I, Oboe d'amore II, Taille, Violine concertato I, Violine concertato II, Violine I, Violine II, Viola, Basso continuo

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Date of origin, Work history

vor dem 17. September 1747
First performance likely on September 17, 1747. Reworking of the first version (transposed to D; including change in instrumentation). Subsequent performance in Leipzig after 1756 under J. F. Doles (harpsichord part)

Early performances

17 September 1747, Leipzig (Premiere) (Link to event)

relation to other works:

is revision of BWV 8.1 / BC A 137a
is part of BWV diverse [Jg. 2b]

Comment

later version in D major;
The final chorale "Herrscher über Tod und Leben" is based on a chorale by Daniel Vetter ("Musicalische Kirch- und Haus-Ergötzlichkeit", part 2, 1713, no. 91).
Text: see BWV 8, 1st version

Introduction to the work

Link to videos:

Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben, BWV 8.2 (Collegium Vocale Gent, Ph. Herreweghe)

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Libretto

Caspar Neumann (around 1690), stanzas 1 and 5 literally preserved, stanzas 2–4 (sentence 2–5) reworked (author unknown). Original text print: Leipzig 1724 III, page [11]
Link to lyrics

Chorale

Satz 1 und 6: C. Neumann, Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben, um 1730, Strophen 1 und 5

in: Caspar Neumanns, Weyland fürnehmen Evangelischen Theologi zu Breßlau erbauliches Sterbe-Lied: Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben? [...], Leipzig 1730

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Original sources

D-LEb Thomana 8, Faszikel 1 (Depositum im Bach-Archiv) [Part(s)]
Verschollen BWV 8 (in D), Originalstimmen [Part(s)]

Additional sources

D-LEb Rara II, 661/2-D [Score]
Verschollen Thomasschule zu Leipzig, BWV 8 (Partitur) [Score]
D-LEb Thomana 8, Faszikel 2 [nach 1750] (Depositum im Bach-Archiv) [Part(s)]

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Edition

NBA I/23, S. 163 (Helmuth Osthoff, 1982) – Critical report (1984), S. 57

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2023-08-08 : 11:12:04