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Himmelskönig, sei willkommen

BWV 182; BC A 53 / A 172^GND

Palm Sunday, Annunciation, Weimar Cantatas, Cantata Cycle I (1723/1724)

Other catalogues

NV 1790, S. 76 [8]

Genre

Sacred cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 92
Epistel: Philipper 2, 5-11
Gospel: Matthäus 21, 1-9

Psalm: Psalm 91
Epistel: Jesaja 7, 10-16
Gospel: Lukas 1, 26-38

Scoring

A*, T*, B*, S, A, T, B, Fl dolce (WA 1728: + Vl I), Vl (WA 1728: Vl II + Ob), Va I/II, Bc (inkl. Vc, Org, WA 1724–1728: Vne)

Date of origin, Work history

vor dem 25. März 1714

First performance on March 25, 1714 (Palm Sunday and the Annunciation coincided) as well as two subsequent performances during the Weimar period (1st revision in the original parts; 2nd version without movement 7–8, with a repetition of movement 2 as the conclusion for the performance on the Annunciation); subsequent performance in Leipzig: March 25, 1724 (watermark, scribe J. A. Kuhnau), March 21, 1728 (scribe Anon. IIIb/L 46/L 47) and an undatable later subsequent performance (without movement 7, as indicated by notes in the original parts). Weimar performance in B-flat major (low chamber pitch) [= G major (choir pitch)]; Leipzig performance in G major (chamber pitch)

Early performances

1714-25-03, Weimar, Himmelsburg (Schlosskirche) (Premiere) (Link to event)
Predigt: Johann Georg Layritz
zwei WA in der Weimarer Zeit

1724-25-03, Leipzig, St. Thomas Church (Link to event)
Predigt: Christian Weise d. Ä.
WA 21. März 1728; WA nicht datierbare spätere WA

1728-21-03, Leipzig (Link to event)

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