Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis [Weimar version] BWV 21.1; BWV 21; BC A 99a

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Other catalogues

NV 1790, S. 70 [6]

Genre

Sacred cantata

Scoring

Sopran solo, Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Tromba I, Tromba II, Tromba III, Timpani, Oboe, Violine I, Violine II, Viola, Fagotto, Basso continuo

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Date of origin, Work history

vor Dezember 1713
First performance December 1713?; subsequent performance June 17, 1714 (autograph date). The preserved eleven-movement version as a revision and extension of a cantata composed before 1713 suggests performances in C minor in high chamber pitch (probably outside of Weimar, around 1713 as a trial piece for Bach's application in Halle) and in C minor (Chorton) (for the 3rd Sunday after Trinity 1714 in the Weimar Castle Church; solo and duet movements in the sense of a dialog between tenor and bass assigned). The Psalm movements 2, 6, and 9 as well as the final chorus are apparently of older origin

Early performances

17 June 1714, Weimar, Himmelsburg (Schlosskirche) (Link to event)
Predigt: Johann Georg Layritz
EA Dezember 1713?;

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [W. Kant.]

relation from other works:

has revision BWV 21.2

Introduction to the work

Link to videos:

Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21.1 (Netherlands Bach Society)

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Author Libretto

Franck, Salomon (1695-1725) ?

Libretto

Presumably (at least in part) by Salomo Franck. Movement 2: Psalm 94, 19. Movement 6: Psalm 42, 12. Movement 9: Psalm 116, 7 and Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten (Georg Neumark, date of composition 1641; first print 1657), stanzas 2 and 5. Movement 11: Revelation 5, 12–13. Text print Zerbst 1726
Link to lyrics

Author Chorale

Neumark, Georg (1621-1681)

Chorale

Satz 9: Georg Neumark, "Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten", 1641, Strophen 2 und 5

in: G. Neumark, Fortgepflanzter Musikalisch-Poetischer Lustwald, Jena 1657, Seiten 28-29

Reference for Libretto

Satz 2: Psalm 94,19

in: Lutherbibel 2017

Reference for Libretto

Satz 6: Psalm 42,12

in: Lutherbibel 2017

Reference for Libretto

Satz 9: Psalm 116,7 und Strophe 2 und 5 von "Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten" von Georg Neumark (1641)

in: Lutherbibel 2017

Reference for Libretto

Satz 11: Offenbarung 5,12–13

in: Lutherbibel 2017

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 354 [Part(s)]

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Edition

NBA I/16, S. 109 (Paul Brainard, 1981) – Critical report (1984), S. 99

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BachDigitalWork_work_00000024

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