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First Sunday after Trinity, Cantata Cycle I (1723/1724)

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Genre

Proper

Scoring

Sopran solo, Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Tromba (da tirarsi?), Oboe I, Oboe II, Oboe d'amore, Bassono, Violine I, Violine II, Viola, Basso continuo

Date of origin, Work history

vor dem 30. Mai 1723

First performance on May 30, 1723 ([…] führte der neue Cantor und Collegii Musici Director Herr Joh. Sebastian Bach […] seine erste Musik in der [Nikolai-]Kirchen allhier mit guten Applaus; the new Cantor and Director of Collegii Musici | Mr. Joh. Sebastian Bach […] debuted his first music at the [Nikolai-]Church here with good applause; Acta Lipsiensium Academica 1723; see Dok. II Nr. 139). Movement 3 and 5 are based on an older, unknown source (Glöckner 2003), Movement 7 or 14 were later incorporated into BWV 100

Early performances

1723-30-05, Leipzig, St. Nicholas Church (Premiere) (Link to event)
Predigt: Salomon Deyling

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [1. Jg.]

Link to videos:

Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75 (Netherlands Bach Society)

Libretto

Author unknown. Movement 1: Psalm 22, 27. Movement 7 and 14: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (Samuel Rodigast, date of composition 1675; first printed 1676/1677), stanzas 5-6

Chorale

Satz 7 und 14:
Samuel Rodigast, "Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan", Entstehungszeit 1675, Strophen 5–6
in: Das Hannoverische ordentliche vollständige Gesangbuch, Göttingen, 1676 [erschienen 1677]