Johann Sebastian Bach :: Cantata No.166 (Wo gehest du hin?)


 

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Bach, Johann Sebastian
1685-1750
(b Eisenach, 21 March 1685; d Leipzig, 28 July 1750). German
Cantata No.166 (Wo gehest du hin?) <1724>
solos ATB chorus in final chorale and one soprano cantus firmus only
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Source of text: Anon. (Christian Weiss the Elder?); no.1, John 16:5; no.3, Bartholomäus Ringwaldt, 1582; no.6, Ämilie Juliane von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, 1688. Language: German
I. Aria: "Wo gehest du hin?"
II. Aria: "Ich will an den Himmel denken"
III. Aria: "Ich bitte dich, Herr Jesu Christ"
IV. Recitative: "Gleichwie die Regenwasser bald
verfliessen"
V. Aria: "Man nehme sich in acht"
VI. Chorus: "Wer weiss, wie nahe mir mein Ende"