• Schwingt freudig euch empor (zweiteilige Fassung)

BWV 36.5; BWV 36 (2); BC A 3b

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Genre

• Sacred cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 102
Epistel: Römer 13, 11-14
Gospel: Matthäus 21, 1-9
Week song:

• Nun komm der Heiden Heiland

Scoring

• Sopran solo, Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Oboe d'amore I, Oboe d'amore II, Violine I, Violine II, Viola, Basso continuo

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Date of origin, Work history

• vor dem 02. Dezember 1731

• First performance on December 2, 1731; subsequent performance in Ronneburg around 1732–1745 (organ part by J. W. Koch). Expanded reworking of BWV 36.4

Early performances

1731-02-12, Leipzig, St. Thomas Church (Premiere) (Link to event)
Predigt: Christian Weise d. Ä.
WA Ronneburg um 1732—1745

relation to other works:

is revision of BWV 36.4 / BC A 3a
is part of BWV diverse [o.Jg.]

relation from other works:

has arrangement in BR-JCFB F 3aWf XIV/8
is adapted in BWV 36.5/4 ChSBC F 209.2b
is adapted in BWV 36.5/8 ChSBC F 151.2a/b

Link to videos:

Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36.5 (Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, H. Rilling)

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Author Libretto

Henrici, Christian Friedrich, genannt Picander ? (1700-1764)

Libretto

• See BWV 36.4 (Movement 4: see there Movement 5, Stanza 6 of the song). Movement 2, 6, and 8: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (M. Luther, 1524), Stanza 1, 6, and 8
  BWV 36.4:
  Unknown author (C. F. Henrici?). Movements 1-4 see BWV 36.1: Unknown author (C. F. Henrici?), Movement 1, 3, 5, and 7. Movement 5: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (P. Nicolai, date of composition 1597/1598; first print 1599), Stanza 7

Link to lyrics

Author Chorale

Nicolai, Philipp
Luther, Martin (1483–1546)

Chorale

Satz 2, 6, 8: Martin Luther, "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland", 1524, Strophen 1, 6, 8

in: M. Luther [u. a.], Eyn Enchiridion oder Handbuchlein, Erfurt, 1524

Chorale

Satz 4: Philipp Nicolai, "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern", 1597/1598, Strophe 6

in: P. Nicolai, Freudenspiegel des ewigen Lebens, Frankfurt am Main 1599

Libretto

siehe BWV 36.4 (Satz 4: siehe dort Satz 5, Strophe 6 des Liedes)

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 45, Faszikel 2 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 82, Faszikel 1 [Part(s)]

Additional sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1164 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1175 [vocal score / piano reduction]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 625 [Part(s)]
PL-Wu RM 5922 [Score]
Verschollen BWV 36 (1), J. Christoph Westphal [Score]
Verschollen BWV 36 (2), J. Christian Westphal [Score]
Verschollen BWV 36 (3), K. M. Poppe [Score]
Verschollen BWV 36, 112, 146, L. Liepmannssohn [Score]
Verschollen Choralsammlung [Score]
Verschollen Choralsammlung [Score]

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Edition

NBA I/1, S. 41 (Alfred Dürr und Werner Neumann, 1954) – Critical report (1955), S. 18;

BG 7, S.223 (W. Rust, 1857)

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2024-02-06 12:04:48