On 2 March 1714 Bach was appointed concertmaster of the Weimar court capelle of the co-reigning dukes Wilhelm Ernst and Ernst August of Saxe-Weimar. As concertmaster, he assumed the principal responsibility for composing new works, specifically cantatas for the Schlosskirche (palace church), on a monthly schedule. He wrote the cantata for the 20th Sunday after Trinity. The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the Epistle to the Ephesians, "walk circumspectly, ... filled with the Spirit" (Ephesians 5:15–21), and from the Gospel of Matthew, the parable of the great banquet (Matthew 22:1–14). The cantata text was provided by the court poet Salomon Franck, published in Evangelisches Andachts-Opffer (1715). He refers to the gospel and reflects how essential it is to follow the loving invitation of the Lord. Franck's language is rich in contrasts, such as Seelengift und Himmelsbrot (poison for the soul and bread of heaven), and of images derived from the Bible, such as Der Himmel ist sein Thron (Heaven is his throne) after Isaiah 66:1. The closing chorale is stanza 7 of Johann Rosenmüller's hymn "Alle Menschen müssen sterben" (1652).
Librettist | (incomplete) |
Date of composition | 1716 |
Premiered | 1715, November 3rd in Weimar, Germany |
Dedicated to | 20th Sunday after Trinity |
Type | Sacred Cantata |
Tonality | A Minor |
Catalogue | BWV 162 |
Instruments |
4x
Voice
Chorus/Choir Orchestra |
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Jean-Sébastien Bach: Ach! ich sehe, itzt, da ich zur Hochzeit gehe en la mineur, BWV 162 Johann Sebastian Bach: Ach! ich sehe, itzt, da ich zur Hochzeit gehe in la minore, BWV 162 Johann Sebastian Bach: Ach! ich sehe, itzt, da ich zur Hochzeit gehe a-moll, BWV 162 |