• Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe

BWV 185.1; BWV 185; BC A 101 [W]

^GND

Genre

• Sacred cantata

Proper

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

Scoring

S*, A*, T*, B*, S, A, T, B; Ob, 2 Vl, Va, Bc

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Date of origin, Work history

• vor dem 13. Juli 1715

• First performance on July 14, 1715 (autograph date) in F-sharp minor (Chorton) [= A minor (low chamber pitch)]; presumed subsequent performance in G minor (Chorton) = A minor (chamber pitch)

Early performances

1715-14-07, Weimar, Himmelsburg (Schlosskirche) (Premiere) (Link to event)
Predigt: Johann Georg Layritz

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [W. Kant.]

relation from other works

is adapted in BWV 185.2BWV 185BC A 101 [L]

Introduction to the work

Link to videos:

Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe, BWV 185.1 (Netherlands Bach Society)

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Libretto

• S. Franck. Movement 6: Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (J. Agricola, around 1528), stanza 1. Original text print: Weimar 1715; Text print: Franck 1715, page 128

Link to lyrics

Chorale

Satz 6: J. Agricola, Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, um 1528, Strophe 1

in: J. Agricola, Ein neuwes lied zu bitten umb Glauben, Liebe und Hoffnung, Hagenau 1528

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 59 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 4 [Part(s)]

Additional sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/IX, Faszikel 2 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 470, Faszikel 1 [Score]
D-Sl Bac 200/35 112-3 [Erstdruck] [Score]
D-WRz S 6:30 [Textdruck] [Libretto]
PL-WRu 60006 Muz. [Score]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV 185, Partitur [Score]

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Edition

NBA I/17.1, S. 1 (Yoshitake Kobayashi, 1993) – Critical report (1993), S. 13;

BG 37, S.103 (A. Dörffel, 1891)

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persistent ID

BachDigitalWork_work_00000224

Static URL

https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000224

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2023-09-12 09:36:05