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Sunday after Ascension Day/Exaudi Sunday, Cantata Cycle II (1724/1725)

Genre

Proper

Scoring

S*, A*, T*, B*, S, A, T, B; 2 Ob d’am, 2 Ob da cac, 2 Vl, Va, Vc picc, Bc

Date of origin, Work history

vor dem 13. Mai 1725

First performance on May 13, 1725. In the autograph score for BWV 79 (D-B: P 89), there is a draft for an apparently uncompleted movement based on the text of BWV 183/1 (NBA Suppl., page 145, P. Wollny, 2011) see BC A 80

Early performances

1725-13-05, Leipzig, St. Thomas Church (Premiere) (Link to event)
Predigt: Christian Weise d. Ä.

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [Jg. 2]

relation from other works

is adapted in BWV 183/5 ChSBC F 80.3b

Link to videos:

Author Libretto

Ziegler, Christiane Mariane von (1695–1760)

Libretto

C. M. von Ziegler. Movement 1: John 16, 2. Movement 5: Zeuch ein zu deinen Toren (P. Gerhardt, 1653), stanza 5. Text print: Ziegler 1728, page 257 (textual deviations compared to Bach’s setting)

Chorale