Johann Sebastian Bach :: Cantata No.27 (Wer weiss, wie nahe mir mein Ende!)


 

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Bach, Johann Sebastian
1685-1750
(b Eisenach, 21 March 1685; d Leipzig, 28 July 1750). German
Cantata No.27 (Wer weiss, wie nahe mir mein Ende!) <1725>
chorus solos SATB
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Horn used only to strengthen cantus firmus.
Source of text: No.1, Ämilie Juliane von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, 1695; no.3, Erdmann Neumeister, 1716; no.6, Johann Georg Alvinus, 1649; nos. 2, 4, 5 anon. Language: German
I. Chorus: "Wer weiss, wie nahe mir mein Ende!"
II. Recitative: "Mein Leben hat kein ander Ziel"
III. Aria: "Willkommen! will ich sagen"
IV. Recitative: "Ach, wer doch schon im Himmel wär!"
V. Aria: "Gute Nacht, du Weltgetümmel"
VI. Chorus: "Welt, ade! ich bin dein müde"