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Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685–1750)

Erhöhtes Fleisch und Blut

BWV 173.2; BWV 173; BC A 85^GND

Whit Monday, Cantata Cycle I (1723/1724)

Other catalogues

NV 1790, S. 78 [9

Genre

Sacred cantata

Proper

Scoring

S*, A*, T*, B*, S, A, T, B; 2 Fl trav, 2 Vl, Va, Bc

Date of origin, Work history

unbekannt, um 1724?

First performance on May 29, 1724? (Preservation of the autograph score within the 1st Leipzig Cantata Cycle); subsequent performance on June 2, 1727 (copy by Christian Gottlob Meißner; original text print); further performance on May 14, 1731 (original text print). Parody of BWV 173.1 (except for movements 6-7). In the autograph score of BWV 173.1 (D-B: P 42, Fascicle 2), Bach himself inserted the spiritual contrafactum for the Pentecost cantata in the first movement

Early performances

1724-29-05, Leipzig, St. Thomas Church (Premiere) (Link to event)
(vermutete EA)
Die Erstaufführung dieser Kantate fand im Frühgottesdienst der Thomaskirche mit Predigt von Urban Gottfried Sieber, und am gleichen Tag im Vespergottesdienst der Nikolaikirche statt, hier mit Predigt von Friedrich Werner.
WA 2. Juni 1727; WA 14. Mai 1731

1727-02-06, Leipzig (Link to event)

1731-14-05, Leipzig (Link to event)

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