The tenor aria has been compared to movements from both the French Suites and the Fifth English Suite. It opens with a string ritornello doubled by oboe; the two parts move into counterpoint after the tenor enters. Formally, the movement has an extended two-part A section before moving to a B section remarkable for its emphasis on instrumental arpeggiation.

Librettist (sinfonia based on a lost violin concerto (see BWV 1052R))
Date of composition 1728
Premiered 1728, October 17th in Leipzig, Germany
Dedicated to 21st Sunday after Trinity
Type Sacred Cantata
Tonality D Minor
Catalogue BWV 188
Spoken language German
Instruments 4x Voice
Chorus/Choir
Orchestra
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Autotranslations beta Jean-Sébastien Bach: Ich habe meine Zuversicht en ré mineur, BWV 188
Johann Sebastian Bach: Ich habe meine Zuversicht in re minore, BWV 188
Johann Sebastian Bach: Ich habe meine Zuversicht d-moll, BWV 188