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 discourses of Jesus, "prayers will be fulfilled" (John 16:23–30). In his second year Bach had composed chorale cantatas between the first Sunday after Trinity and Palm Sunday, but for Easter returned to cantatas on more varied texts, possibly because he lost his librettist. The cantata is the third of nine for the period between Easter and Pentecost based on texts of Christiana Mariana von Ziegler. Her cantatas for the period deal with "the understanding of Jesus' suffering within the context of victory and love, increasingly articulating how the tribulation of the world is overcome", according to Eric Chafe.
Librettist | John 16: 24 (No.1) Christiana Mariana von Ziegler (1695-1760) (Nos.2-4, 6) John 16: 33 (No.5) Heinrich Müller (1631-1675) (No.7) |
Date of composition | 1725 |
Premiered | 1725, May 6th in Leipzig, Germany |
First published | 1872 (BGA) |
Dedicated to | 5th Sunday after Easter (Rogate) |
Type | Sacred Cantata |
Tonality | D Minor |
Catalogue | BWV 87 |
Instruments |
3x
Voice
Chorus/Choir Orchestra |
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Jean-Sébastien Bach: Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen en ré mineur, BWV 87 Johann Sebastian Bach: Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen in re minore, BWV 87 Johann Sebastian Bach: Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen d-moll, BWV 87 |