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Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685–1750)

Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn [rehearsal version in b]

BWV 23.2; BWV 23; BC A 47b^GND

unday next before Lent/Quinquagesima Sunday/Estomihi, Cantata Cycle I (1723/1724)

Other catalogues

NV 1790, S. 76 [6]

Genre

Sacred cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 31
Epistel: 1. Korinther 13, 1-13
Gospel: Lukas 18, 31-43

Scoring

Sopran solo, Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Clarino (bei Wiederaufführung 1724 ersetzt durch: Cornetto und Trombone I, Trombone II, Trombone III), Oboe d’amore I, Oboe d’amore II, Violine I, Violine II, Viola, Basso continuo

Date of origin, Work history

vor dem 07. Februar 1723

First performance on February 7, 1723. For this performance, as part of the Leipzig Cantorate audition (Dok. II No. 122–124), where the work (in B minor) was played after the sermon as the second cantata, Bach added as movement 4 a (newly composed?) motet-like choral setting with obligatory instruments, which was then reused in 1725 (in G minor) as the conclusion of BWV 245.2. Subsequent performance on February 20, 1724 (autograph notations for Trombone parts I–III)

Early performances

1723-07-02, Leipzig, St. Thomas Church (Premiere) (Link to event)
Predigt: Urban Gottfried Sieber
WA 20. Februar 1724

1724-20-02, Leipzig, St. Thomas Church (Link to event)

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