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Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz (Search me, God, and know my heart), [1] BWV 136 is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach.Bach composed the cantata in 1723 in Leipzig to be used for the eighth Sunday after Trinity.
It is based on the 1647 hymn " Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn" by Paul Gerhardt, and is the only chorale cantata Bach based on a hymn by Gerhardt. The topic of this chorale is faith in God and the submission to his will. In nine movements, it is one of Bach's longer cantatas in terms of structure, text and music.
Bach first performed the cantata on 4 February 1725, [6] only two days after the cantata Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125, for the Purification of Mary on 2 February. [7] [8] The autograph of the cantata is lost, but the parts which Bach used are extant. [5] The cantata is the third-to-last chorale cantata in Bach's second cantata ...
O holder Tag, erwünschte Zeit (O lovely day, o hoped-for time), BWV 210.2, BWV 210, [1] is a secular cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach.He wrote the solo cantata for soprano in Leipzig for a wedding and first performed it between 1738 and 1746.
Bach wrote the cantata in his first year in Leipzig for Septuagesima, the third Sunday before Lent.The prescribed readings for the Sunday were taken from the First Epistle to the Corinthians, "race for victory" (1 Corinthians 9:24–10:5), and from the Gospel of Matthew, the parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (Matthew 20:1–16). [2]
Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit (Make yourself ready, my spirit), [1] BWV 115, in Leipzig for the 22nd Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 5 November 1724.
Bach composed the cantata in Leipzig in his second annual cycle for the Fifth Sunday after Easter, called Rogate.The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the Epistle of James, "doers of the word, not only listeners" (James 1:22–27) and from the Gospel of John, from the Farewell Discourse of Jesus, "prayers will be fulfilled" (John 16:23–30). [2]
Bach wrote the chorale cantata in his second year in Leipzig to conclude a set of Christmas cantatas on the Feast of Epiphany. [2] [3] The prescribed readings for the feast day were taken from the Book of Isaiah, the heathen will convert (Isaiah 60:1–6), and from the Gospel of Matthew, the Wise Men From the East bringing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the newborn Jesus (Matthew 2:1 ...