Bach wrote the cantata in his second year in Leipzig for the 19th Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 15 October 1724. It is part of his second annual cycle of cantatas, a cycle of chorale cantatas. The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians – "put on the new man, which after God is created" (Ephesians 4:22–28) – and from the Gospel of Matthew, Healing the paralytic at Capernaum (Matthew 9:1–8).
| Librettist | Johann Heermann |
| Date of composition | 1724 in Leipzig, Germany |
| First published | 1851 in Leipzig, Germany |
| Type | Cantata |
| Tonality | G Minor |
| Catalogue | BWV 5 |
| Approx. duration | 22 minutes |
| Instruments |
Voice (Soprano)
Voice (Alto) Voice (Tenor) Voice (Bass) Chorus/Choir Trumpet Viola Continuo 2x Oboe 2x Violin |
| Autotranslations beta |
Jean-Sébastien Bach: Wo soll ich fliehen hin en sol mineur, BWV 5 ""Where shall I flee"" Johann Sebastian Bach: Wo soll ich fliehen hin in sol minore, BWV 5 ""Where shall I flee"" Johann Sebastian Bach: Wo soll ich fliehen hin g-moll, BWV 5 ""Where shall I flee"" |