Where should I flee to?

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Bach cantata
Where should I flee to?
BWV: 5
Occasion: 19th Sunday after Trinity
Year of origin: 1724
Place of origin: Leipzig
Genus: cantata
Solo : SATB
Choir: SATB
Instruments : Tt 2Ob 2Vn Va Bc
text
Johann Heermann ; unknown editor
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Where should I flee to , BWV 5 , is a church cantata for the 19th Sunday after Trinity by Johann Sebastian Bach . The work composed in Leipzig was premiered there on October 15, 1724.

text

The Sunday Gospel according to the Leipzig reading order was Mt 9 : 1-8  LUT with the central theme of the forgiveness of sins. The unknown author based his cantata text on the eleven-stanza hymn Where shall I flee by Johann Heermann with the melody going back to a Villanelle by Jakob Regnart . He took over the first and last stanzas unchanged. He processed stanzas 2 and 3 into recitative no. 2, stanza 4 into aria no. 3, stanzas 5-7 into recitative no. 4, stanza 8 into aria no. 5, stanzas 9 and 10 into recitative no. 6.

Occupation and structure

The cantata has the instrumentation tromba da tirarsi , two oboes , two violins , viola and basso continuo , four vocal soloists and four-part choir .

The seven movements are in G minor , unless otherwise stated:

  1. Choir: "Where should I flee" - treatment of the topic. The alto, tenor and bass voices sing in counterpoint, the soprano in long unadorned notes.
  2. Recitative : “The mess of sins has not only tainted me” - bass and continuo.
  3. Aria : "Pour yourself abundantly" - aria for tenor with solo viola and continuo ( E flat major ).
  4. Recitative: “My faithful Savior comforts me” - alto, oboe and continuo ( G minor varying from C minor ).
  5. Aria: “Stumble, Hell's Army” - bass, trumpet, strings and continuo ( B flat major ).
  6. Recitative: “I'm only the smallest part of the world” - soprano and continuo.
  7. Choral: “Lead also my heart and mind” - last verse of the chorale, sung and played by the whole ensemble.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Venus, you and your child . The melody is better known today with the text To my dear God .
Cantatas (BWV), oratorios and passions by Johann Sebastian Bach
Sacred cantatas

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Secular cantatas

30a • 34a • 36c • 134a • 173a • 198 • 201 • 202 • 203 • 204 • 205 • 206 • 207 • 207a • 208 • 209 • 210 • 210a • 211 • 212 • 213 • 214 • 215 • 216a • 249a

Cantatas not preserved

App. 1 • App. 2 • App. 3 • App. 4 • App. 4a • App. 5 • App. 6 • App. 7 • App. 8 • App. 9 • App. 10 • App. 11 • App. 12 • App. 13 • App. 14 • App. 15 • App. 16 • App. 17 • App. 18 • App. 19

Passions

St. Matthew Passion (BWV 244) • St. John Passion (BWV 245) • St. Luke Passion (BWV 246) (Bach's authorship questioned) • St. Mark Passion (BWV 247)

Oratorios

Ascension Oratorio (BWV 11) • Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248) • Easter Oratorio (BWV 249)