Himmelskönig, sei willkommen BWV 182; BC A 53 / A 172

^GND

Other catalogues

NV 1790, S. 76 [8]

Genre

Sacred cantata

Proper

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

Proper

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

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)

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Date of origin, Work history

vor dem 25. März 1714
1st performance on 25.3.1714 in choir pitch G (= standard pitch B flat); further performances on 25.3.1724 and about 1728/1731 in standard pitch G.

Early performances

25 March 1714, Weimar (Premiere) (Link to event)
25 March 1724, Leipzig (Link to event)
21 March 1728, Leipzig (Link to event)

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [1. Jg.]
is part of BWV diverse [W. Kant.]

Introduction to the work

Link to videos:

Himmelskönig, sei willkommen, BWV 182 (J. S. Bach Stiftung St. Gallen)
Himmelskönig, sei willkommen, BWV 182 (Stiftsbarock Stuttgart , K. Johannsen)

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Libretto

probably Salomon Franck; mvt. 3: Psalm 40:8-9; mvt. 7: stanza 33 from ‘Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod’ by Paul Stockmann (1633)
Link to lyrics

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 103 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 47 [Part(s)]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 47a [Part(s)]

Additional sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/XIII, Faszikel 3 [Score]
D-Sl Bac 200/35 112-2 [Erstdruck] [Score]
Verschollen BWV 182, K. F. von Kloeden [Score]

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Edition

BG 37, S.23 (A. Dörffel, 1891);

NBA I/8.2, S. 3 und 43 (Christoph Wolff, 1997) – Critical report (1998), S. 93

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persistent ID

BachDigitalWork_work_00000220

Static URL

https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000220

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2023-02-13 : 12:57:45