Johann Sebastian Bach
BWV | 114 |
Title | Ah, fellow Christians, be consoled |
Composed | 1st October 1724, Leipzig |
Scoring | Choir
for 4 voices |
Movements | Choir:
Ah, fellow Christians, be consoled Aria (Tenor): Where will within this vale of sorrow Recitative (Bass): O sinner, bear with patient heart Chorale (Soprano): No fruit the grain of wheat will bear Aria (Alto): Thou shalt, O death, make me no longer anxious Recitative (Tenor): Till then be mindful of thy spirit Chorale: In waking or in slumbering |
Category | Spiritual Cantata |
Event | Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity |
Author of text | Johannes Gigas 1561 |
Text Choir: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass Horn Oboe I + II Violin I + II Viola Basso continuo (Cantus firmus in Soprano) Aria: Tenor solo Travers flute solo Basso continuo Recitative: Bass solo Basso continuo Chorale: Soprano solo Basso continuo Aria: Alto solo Oboe I Violin I + II Viola Basso continuo Recitative: Tenor solo Basso continuo Chorale: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass Horn Oboe I + II Violin I + II Viola Basso continuo |
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Epistle | Ephesians 4: 1-6 |
Gospel | Luke 14: 1-11 |
Bibletext | 1. John 12:24 |
Manuscript | Town library, Leipzig; Music library, Leipzig; Thomasschool Leipzig; Johann Sebastian Bach Institute, Göttingen; Bodleian library, Oxford; Estate Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy; University library, Warzawa; Music Sciences Institute, Halle |