Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein (Oh God, look down from heaven), BWV 2, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, composed in Leipzig for the second Sunday after Trinity and first performed on 18 June 1724. It is the second cantata of his second annual cycle of chorale cantatas, and is based on Martin Luther's hymn "Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein", published in 1524 in the first Lutheran hymnal.
| Original Name | Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein |
| Librettist | Martin Luther (1483–1546) (after Bible, Psalm XII) (Nos.1, 6) Anonymous (Nos.2-5) |
| Date of composition | 1724 in Leipzig, Germany |
| Premiered | 1724, June 18th in Leipzig, Germany |
| First published | 1851 (BGA) |
| Dedicated to | 2nd Sunday after Trinity |
| Type | Sacred Cantata |
| Tonality | G Minor |
| Catalogue | BWV 2 |
| Spoken language | German |
| Instruments |
3x
Voice
Chorus/Choir Orchestra |
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| Autotranslations beta |
Jean-Sébastien Bach: Oh God, look down from heaven en sol mineur, BWV 2 Johann Sebastian Bach: Oh God, look down from heaven in sol minore, BWV 2 Johann Sebastian Bach: Oh God, look down from heaven g-moll, BWV 2 |