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

2 December 1731, Leipzig (Premiere) (Link to event)

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 3a
is adapted in BWV 36.5/4 ChS
is adapted in BWV 36.5/8 ChS

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, 112, 146, L. Liepmannssohn [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 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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BachDigitalWork_work_00000047

Static URL

https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000047

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2024-02-06 : 01:04:48