Bach digital - O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort BWV 20

O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort BWV 20; BC A 95^GND

Genre: Chorale cantata
Designation of a cantata: 1st Sunday after Trinity
Scoring: A*, T*, B*, S, A, T, B, Tr/Tr da tir, Ob I-III, Vl I/II, Va, Bc

Work history: Erstaufführung 11. Juni 1724 (Beginn des 2. Leipziger Kantaten-Jg.).
Early performances: 11 June 1724, Leipzig (Premiere) (Link to event)
relation to other works:: is part of BWV diverse [2. Jg.]
is part of BWV diverse [Jg. 2a]
relation from other works:: is adapted in BWV 20/7 ChS
Comment: In autogr. Partitur Entwurf zum (später anders ausgeführten) Mittelteil von Satz 1 (NBA Suppl., S. 118f., P. Wollny, 2011)

Author Libretto

unknown author

Libretto

Johann Rist (1642, version of twelve stanzas); stanzas 1-7 and 9-11 (mvts. 2-6 and 8-10) reworked (author unknown)
Link to lyrics

Author Chorale

Rist, Johann (1607-1667)

Chorale

Johann Rist, O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, Str. 1, 11 u. 16 wörtlich beibehalten (Satz 1, 7 u. 11), Str. 2–3, 5–6, 9 u. 13–15 (Satz 2–6 u. 8–10) umgedichtet (Verfasser unbekannt)

in: Johann Rist, […] Himlischer Lieder […], 4. Bd., Lüneburg: Stern 1642, S. 51ff.