• Ach! ich sehe, itzt, da ich zur Hochzeit gehe

BWV 162.2; BWV 162; BC A 148 [L]

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Genre

• Sacred cantata

Proper

Psalm: Psalm 1
Epistel: Epheser 5, 15-21
Gospel: Matthäus 22, 1-14

Scoring

• Sopran solo, Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Corno da tirarsi, Violine I, Violine II, Viola, Basso continuo

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Date of origin, Work history

• vor dem 10. Oktober 1723

• First performance on October 10, 1723, revision of BWV 162.1 (transposed to B minor and addition of Corno da tirarsi in movement 1). Incompletely preserved, see BWV 162.1

Early performances

1723-10-10, Leipzig, St. Nicholas Church (Premiere) (Link to event)
Predigt: Salomon Deyling

relation to other works:

is exemplar of BWVBC F
is part of BWV diverse [1. Jg.]
is revision of BWV 162 / BC A 148 [W]

Introduction to the work

Link to videos:

Ach! ich sehe, itzt, da ich zur Hochzeit gehe, BWV 162.2 (Amsterdam Baroque, T. Koopman)
Ach! ich sehe, itzt, da ich zur Hochzeit gehe, BWV 162.2 (Netherlands Bach Society)
Ach! ich sehe, itzt, da ich zur Hochzeit gehe, BWV 162.2 (J. S. Bach-Stiftung St. Gallen)

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Author Libretto

Franck, Salomon (1659–1725)

Libretto

• S. Franck. Movement 6: Alle Menschen müssen sterben (J. Rosenmüller, 1652), stanza 7. Text print: Franck 1715, page 172 (Choral text slightly different)

Link to lyrics

Chorale

Satz 6: Johannes Rosenmüller, "Alle Menschen müssen sterben", 1652, Strophe 7

in: Johann Georg Albinus, Zwey schöne Neue Geistliche Lieder, [S.l.] 1661

Other printed librettos

https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/werkansicht?PPN=PPN741299143&PHYSID=PHYS_0009&DMDID=DMDLOG_0001

[Bibliography]

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Original sources

D-B Mus.ms. Bach St 1 [Part(s)]

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Edition

NBA I/25, S. 21 (Leipziger Fassung) (Ulrich Bartels, 1997) – Critical report (1997), S. 29;

BG 33, S.31 (F. Wüllner, 1887, in a-Moll)

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BachDigitalWork_work_00011367

Static URL

https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00011367

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2026-01-07 11:57:52