Bach digital - Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben BWV 102

Scoring

S, A*, T*, B*, S, A, T, B, Fl trav (WA: Vl picc), Ob I/II, Vl I/II, Va, Bc

Early performances

25 August 1726, Leipzig (Premiere)

relation from other works:

has arrangement in BR-CPEB Ff/p 28
is adapted in BWV 102/7 ChS

Comment

EZ vor dem 25. August 1726; Movement 1 is model for BWV 235/1; Movement 3 and 5 are models for BWV 233/4 and 5.
C. P. E. Bach rearranged the cantata and performed in in Hamburg (s. D B Mus. ms. Bach P 97, Faszikel 2).

Lyrics

author unknown; mvt. 1: Jeremiah 5:3; mvt. 4: Romans 2:4-5; mvt. 7: stanzas 6+7 from ‘So wahr ich lebe, spricht dein Gott’ (1630) by Johann Heermann (1585–1647); libretto printings: Meiningen 1719, Rudolstadt 1726, Birkmann 1728 (mvts. 4-6 only)
Link to lyrics

Edition

NBA I/19, S. 229 (Robert L. Marshall, 1985) – Critical report (1989), S. 197;
BG 23, S.35 (W. Rust, 1876) –

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