• Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe

BWV 185.2; BWV 185; BC A 101 [L]

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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, Cln (Tr da tir?), Ob, Vl I/II, Va, Bc

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Date of origin, Work history

• vor dem 20. Juni 1723

• First performance on June 20, 1723. Revised version in G minor (concert pitch) with clarino instead of oboe (movement 1 and 6). Subsequent performance around 1746–1747 (autograph additions in parts, scribe Anon. L 135, L 139) with additional Violin I/II in movement 5 (col basso 8ᵛᵃ)

Early performances

1723-20-06, Leipzig, St. Thomas Church (Premiere) (Link to event)
Predigt: Christian Weise d. Ä.
WA um 1746—1747

relation to other works:

is part of BWV diverse [1. Jg.]
is adaptation of BWV 185 / BC A 101 [W]

relation from other works

is adapted in BWV 185/6 (o.I.) ChSBC F 103.3b

Introduction to the work

Link to videos:

Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe, BWV 185.2 (Netherlands Bach Society)
Barmherziges Herze der ewigen Liebe, BWV 185.2 (J. S. Bach-Stiftung St. Gallen)

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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 St 4 [Part(s)]

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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_00011368

Static URL

https://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00011368

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2026-04-22 01:51:42