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• For the 5th Sunday after Easter (Rogation Sunday).

Commentary on the movements

1. [Solo] (Bass): Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten. A highly imitative and expressive opening movement.
2. Recitativo (Alto): O Wort! das Geist und Seel erschreckt. An unusually dramatic secco recitative.
3. Aria (Alto): Vergib, o Vater! unsre schuld. A very "middle-range" aria with two obbligato oboes da caccia.
4. Recitativo (Tenor): Wenn unsre Schuld bis an den Himmel steigt. Recitative with string accompaniment.
5. [Solo (Bass):] In der Welt habt ihr Angst. An arioso for bass and continuo.
6. Aria (Tenor): Ich will leiden, ich will schweigen. A dance-like, relaxed movement in 12/8.
7. Choral: Muß ich sein betrübet? A plain chorale setting (tune=Jesu, meine Freude).

Print Sources Consulted

• Dürr, Alfred. The Cantatas of J.S. Bach. 2 ed. Richard D.P. Jones (Trans).

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.