The prescribed readings for the feast day were Peter's sermon from the Acts of the Apostles, and the Road to Emmaus narration from the Gospel of Luke. The text by an anonymous librettist begins with a line from the gospel, and includes as the third movement two stanzas from Philipp Melanchthon's hymn "Ach bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ" and its second stanza by Nikolaus Selnecker. The text ends with the second stanza of Martin Luther's hymn "Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort". Derived from the gospel scene, the topic is pleading for light in a situation of threatening darkness.
| Original Name | Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden |
| Librettist | Bible, Luke 24:29 (No.1) Anonymous (Nos.2, 4-5) Nikolaus Selnecker (1532–1592) (No.3) Martin Luther (1483–1546) (No.6) (movt.III adapted in BWV 649) |
| Date of composition | 1725 in Leipzig, Germany |
| Premiered | 1725, April 2nd in Leipzig, Germany |
| First published | 1851 in Leipzig, Germany |
| Type | Sacred Cantata |
| Tonality | C Minor |
| Catalogue | BWV 6 |
| Approx. duration | 20 minutes |
| Spoken language | German |
| Instruments |
Voice (Soprano)
Voice (Alto) Voice (Bass) Voice (Tenor) Chorus/Choir Oboe da caccia Piccolo Cello/Violoncello Piccolo Continuo Viola 2x Oboe 2x Violin |
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| Autotranslations beta |
Jean-Sébastien Bach: Stay with us, for Evening Falls en do mineur, BWV 6 Johann Sebastian Bach: Stay with us, for Evening Falls in do minore, BWV 6 Johann Sebastian Bach: Stay with us, for Evening Falls c-moll, BWV 6 |