Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht BWV 186; BC [A 5] GND

Genre
Sacred cantata
Designation of a cantata
3rd Sunday of Advent
Scoring
[S*, A*, T*, B*, S, A, T, B; 2 Ob, Ob da cac, Taille, Fag, 2 Vl, Va, Bc ]

Date of origin, Work history
vor dem 13. Dezember 1716
The music of the final chorale is lost, the remaining movements were reused in BWV 186.2 as follows: BWV 186.1/1 (chorus) = BWV 186/1; 186/2, 3, 4, 5 (aria 1, 2, 3, 4) = 186/3, 5, 8, 10; 186.1/6 (chorale) lost.
Early performances
, Weimar (Premiere) (Link to event)

Libretto
Salomon Franck; mvt. 6: stanza 8 from 'Von Gott will ich nicht lassen' by Ludwig Helmbold (1563); libretto printing: Franck, Weimar and Jena 1717 [Evangelische Sonn- und Fest-Tags-Andachten]
Link to lyrics

Edition

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2023-08-08 : 11:14:17