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Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685–1750)

Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ

BWV 177; BC A 103^GND

Fourth Sunday after Trinity, Choral Cantatas copmposed at a later stage

Other catalogues

BR-WFB N 136

Genre

Chorale cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 112
Epistel: Römer 8, 18-23
Gospel: Lukas 6, 36-42

Scoring

S*, A*, T*, S, A, T, B; 2 Ob, Ob da cac, Bs, Vl conc, 2 Vl, Va, Bc

Date of origin, Work history

vor dem 06. Juli 1732

First performance on July 6, 1732 (final note of the autograph score: anno 1732); subsequent performance around 1742 (scribe G. H. Noah, watermark organ part). Further performance in Leipzig around 1755 during the interim directorship under C. F. Barth/C. F. Penzel (copies see below); further performance by W. F. Bach in Halle (entries in autograph score)

Early performances

1732-06-07, Leipzig, St. Thomas Church (Premiere) (Link to event)
Predigt: Christian Weise d. Ä.
WA um 1742; WA in Leipzig um 1755 im Interimskantorat unter CFB/C. F. Penzel; WA durch WFB in Halle

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [Jg. 2b]

relation from other works

is adapted in BWV 177/5 ChSBC F 103.2a/b, 103.2c

Comment

The text was published in 1725, but it is not clear whether it refers to an early version of BWV 177 or to a lost cantata (by Bach or an other composer); cf. NBA I/17.1 KB.
Lit.: Maul, in: BJ 2006.

Introduction to the work

Link to videos:

Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 177 (Amsterdam Baroque, T. Koopman)

Libretto

J. Agricola (around 1528). A text print (Leipzig 1725 II, page [3]) preserves the performance of a cantata with identical text; assignment to BWV 177 or another composition is not possible

Link to lyrics

Chorale