Wo gehest du hin? BWV 166 Wo gehest du hin? , 166 , is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach . He composed it in Leipzig for Cantate , the fourth Sunday after Easter , and first performed it on 7 May 1724.History and words Bach composed the cantata in his first year in Leipzig for the Fourth Sunday after Easter , called Cantate. The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the Epistle of James , "Every good gift comes from the Father of lights", and from the Gospel of John , Jesus announcing the Comforter in his Farewell Discourse . We do not know the identity of the person who was writing Bach's librettos during his first year in Leipzig. The poet, whoever he or she was, begins by posing a question, a quotation from the gospel . The answer to the question is the theme of the cantata, which explores the direction in which life should go. The poet inserted as movement 3 the third stanza of Bartholomäus Ringwaldt's hymn "Herr Jesu Christ , ich weiß gar wohl" and as the closing chorale the first stanza of Ämilie Juliane von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt's "Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende".Scoring and structure The cantata in six movements is scored for four vocal soloists, a four-part choir only for the closing chorale, oboe , two violins, viola and basso continuo . The cantus firmus of movement 3 is typically sung by the soprano of the choir. Arioso : Wo gehest du hin Aria : Ich will an den Himmel denken Chorale : Ich bitte dich, Herr Jesu Christ Recitative : Gleichwie die Regenwasser bald verfließen Aria : Man nehme sich in acht Chorale: Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende Music The question "Where do you go?", comes from a particular context. Bach gives the question on its own to the bass as the vox Christi addressing the listener directly. This simple question is one of the shortest lyrics for a movement in a Bach cantata . The tenor aria survives in an incomplete form. It was first published completely in the Neue Bach-Ausgabe . The soprano sings the cantus firmus of movement 3 on the melody of "Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut" completely unadorned and is accompanied by the violins and viola in unison , "of great vigour and determination, urged on by steady continuo quavers". The last aria, in great contrast, illustrates mostly the word "lacht", although the text warns that a fall may come "wenn das Glück lacht". The laughter is pictured in "the various oscillating semi-quaver figures in the strings" and in melismas on the word "lacht". The final chorale on the melody of "Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten" is set for four parts.Recordings Die Bach Kantate Vol. 32 , Helmuth Rilling , Gächinger Kantorei , Bach-Collegium Stuttgart , Helen Watts , Aldo Baldin , Wolfgang Schöne , Hänssler 1978 J. S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk – Sacred Cantatas Vol. 9 , Gustav Leonhardt , Tölzer Knabenchor , Collegium Vocale Gent , Leonhardt Consort , soloist of the Tölzer Knabenchor, Paul Esswood , Kurt Equiluz , Max van Egmond , Teldec 1987 J. S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 9 , Ton Koopman , Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir , Bernhard Landauer , Christoph Prégardien , Klaus Mertens , Antoine Marchand 1998 Bach Cantatas Vol. 24: Altenburg/Warwick , John Eliot Gardiner , Monteverdi Choir , English Baroque Soloists , Robin Tyson , James Gilchrist , Stephen Varcoe , Soli Deo Gloria 2000 J. S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 19 , Masaaki Suzuki , Bach Collegium Japan , Robin Blaze , Makoto Sakurada , Stephan MacLeod , BIS 2001 J. S. Bach: Kantate BWV 166 "Wo gehest du hin?" , Rudolf Lutz , Vokalensemble der Schola Seconda Pratica , Schola Seconda Pratica , Guro Hjemli , Terry Wey , Gerd Türk , Markus Volpert , Gallus Media 2008
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