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Whitsun/Pentecost, Weimar Cantatas

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Genre

Proper

Scoring

[Sopran solo, Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass]; Tromba I, Tromba II, Tromba III, Timpani, [Flauto dolce?], [Oboe?], Fagotto, Violino I, [Violino II], Viola I, Viola II, Violoncello, [Basso continuo/Orgel]
(unvollständig überliefert, siehe Bemerkungen)

Date of origin, Work history

vor dem 20. Mai 1714

First performance in Weimar on May 20, 1714 in C major (Chorton) [= D major (high pitch)]; subsequent performance in Köthen? between 1718–1722 (scribe Anon. K 2) in C major (pitch); subsequent performance in Leipzig 1721 (text print, as indicated by Schabalina BJ 2008)

Early performances

1714-20-05, Weimar, Himmelsburg (Schlosskirche) (Premiere) (Link to event)
Predigt: Johann Georg Layritz
WA Köthen? 1718—1722; WA Leipzig 1721

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [W. Kant.]

relation from other works

Comment

Weimar version in C major (= choir pitch; standard pitch = D major); about pitch see NBA I/13 (score), p. Vf. This version is not fully reconstructable. The parts of S, A, T, B, violin II, oboe and Basso contino (and perhaps also flute) are lost. Lit.: Dürr St 2, p. 73;
Probably further performance of this version in Köthen between 1717 and 1722.

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Author Libretto

Franck, Salomon (1695-1725) ?

Libretto

Presumably Salomo Franck. Movement 2: John 14, 23. Movement 6: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (Philipp Nicolai, date of composition 1597/1598; first print 1599), stanza 4. Text print: Leipzig 1721, page [3]

Author Chorale

Nicolai, Philipp

Chorale