The cantata is based upon Jakob Ebert's hymn "Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ". It matches the Sunday's prescribed gospel reading, the Tribulation from the Gospel of Matthew, in a general way. The hymn's first and last stanza are retained unchanged in both text and tune: the former is set as a chorale fantasia, the latter as a four-part closing chorale. An unknown librettist paraphrased the inner stanzas as alternating arias and recitatives. Bach scored the cantata for four vocal soloists (soprano, alto, tenor, bass), a four-part choir and a Baroque instrumental ensemble of natural horn, enforcing the soprano in the hymn tune, two oboes d'amore, strings and basso continuo.
Librettist | Jakob Ebert (1549-1614) (Hymn) |
Date of composition | 1724 |
Premiered | 1724, November 26th in Leipzig, Germany |
Dedicated to | 25th Sunday after Trinity |
Type | Sacred Cantata |
Tonality | A Major |
Catalogue | BWV 116 |
Spoken language | German |
Instruments |
4x
Voice
Chorus/Choir Orchestra |
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Jean-Sébastien Bach: Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ en la majeur, BWV 116 Johann Sebastian Bach: Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ in la maggiore, BWV 116 Johann Sebastian Bach: Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ A-dur, BWV 116 |