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  Gott ist mein König

  Gott ist mein König (God is My King), BWV 71, is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was performed for the first time at the inauguration of the new city council at Mühlhausen on 1708-02-04. The librettist is unknown. There has been speculation, but no evidence, that it was written by minister...

• Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht

  Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht (Lord, enter not into judgement with thy servant) BWV 105 is a sacred cantata composed by Johann Sebastian Bach for the ninth Sunday after Trinity. The work belongs to Bach's first Leipzig cantata cycle. It was written to be performed on 25 July 1723....

• Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende

  Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende? (Who knows how near is my end?), BWV 27, is a sacred cantata composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was composed in Leipzig in 1726 for the sixteenth Sunday after Trinity, which fell that year on October 6, date of the work's premiere. The prescribed readings for...

• Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ

  Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ (Hold in remembrance Jesus Christ), BWV 67, is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. The work was written for performance on April 16, 1724, the first Sunday after Easter (Quasimodogeniti). It thus belongs to the first cycle of cantatas Bach wrote during his time in...

• Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit

  Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit (Were God not with us this time), BWV 14, is a sacred cantata composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was composed in Leipzig in 1735 for the fourth Sunday after Epiphany, which fell that year on 30 January, date of the work's premiere. The prescribed readings for...

• Schwingt freudig euch empor

  Schwingt freudig euch empor (Soar joyfully upwards), BWV 36c, is a secular cantata composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was composed in Leipzig, most likely in 1725, probably as an homage to one of Bach's teachers (perhaps Johann Matthias Gesner); there is evidence of a performance of this cantata...

• Jesu, der du meine Seele

  Johann Sebastian Bach's cantata Jesu, der du meine Seele (Jesus, Thou who my soul), BWV 78, was composed in 1724 for the 14th Sunday after Trinity. The text, by an unknown librettist, is based on a hymn by Johann Rist. The cantata is in seven movements. It is perhaps best known for its second...

• Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben

  Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life) is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. In Wolfgang Schmieder's catalogue of Bach's works, it is BWV 147. It was written in Leipzig for the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and was first performed on 2 July 1723. The piece is...

• Es ist das Heil uns kommen her

  Es ist das Heil uns kommen her (It is our salvation come here to us), BWV 9, is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. Johannes Brahms also wrote a motet of the same name based on the same text. It was written in Leipzig for the sixth Sunday after Trinity, sometime between 1732 and 1735. It is based...

• Christ lag in Todesbanden

  Christ lag in Todesbanden (Christ lay in death's bonds), also written Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4, is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was written for Easter, probably in 1707, and it is probably related to Bach's move from Arnstadt to Mühlhausen. It is based on a chorale of the same...