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Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685–1750)

Ihr werdet weinen und heulen

BWV 103; BC A 69^GND

Fourth Sunday of Easter/Jubilate Sunday, Cantata Cycle II (1724/1725)

Genre

Sacred cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 66
Epistel: 1. Petrus 2, 11-17
Gospel: Johannes 16, 16-23

Scoring

A solo, T solo, S, A, T, B, Trumpet, Flauto piccolo, Traverse flute/Violine concertato (performance 1731), Oboe d'amore I, Oboe d'amore II, Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Basso continuo

Date of origin, Work history

vor dem 22. April 1725

First performance on April 22, 1725; subsequent performance on April 15, 1731 (scribe Johann Ludwig Krebs part for flauto traverso/violin concertato)

Early performances

1725-22-04, Leipzig, St. Thomas Church (Premiere) (Link to event)
Predigt: Christian Weise d. Ä.
WA 15. April 1731

1731-15-04, Leipzig (Link to event)

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [Jg. 2]

relation from other works

is adapted in BWV 103/6 ChSBC F 194.6b, 194.6c

Comment

Presumably second performance on April 15, 1731.

Introduction to the work

Link to videos:

Ihr werdet weinen und heulen, BWV 103 (J. S. Bach Stiftung St. Gallen)

Author Libretto

Ziegler, Christiane Mariane von (1695–1760)

Libretto

C. M. von Ziegler. Movement 1: John 16, 20. Movement 6: Vater, höchster Gott (Paul Gerhardt, 1653), stanza 9. Printed text: Ziegler 1728, page 243 (textual deviations compared to Bach’s setting)

Link to lyrics

Chorale