The Sinfonia and the first choir are arrangements of the first two movements of a lost concert for violin solo, 2 violins, viola and basso contino in d minor (BWV 1052R). BWV 1052/1 and 1052/2 were arranged on the basis of this draft, too.
Lyrics
author unknown; mvt. 1: Acts 14:22; mvt. 8: without text (melody: ‘Werde munter, mein Gemüte’), text proposed including: stanza 9 (‘Denn wer selig dahin fähret’) from ‘Lasset ab von euren Tränen‘ by G. Richter (1658) and stanza 1 from ‘Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele (Freiberg, 1620) Link to lyrics
Edition
NBA I/11.2, S. 65 (Reinmar Emans, 1989) – Critical report (1989), S. 68;
BG 30, S.125 (P. Graf Waldersee, 1884)
