Solo cantata for the Septuagesima sunday

Complete score
Oboe
Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Continuo

This wonderful solo cantata for soprano, oboe and strings for the Septuagesima sunday was performed the first time on 9th of february 1727. Even though the instrumentation is comparatively simple, the music is magnificent and one of the great examples of Bachs love for the oboe.

It is one of the rare pieces where Bach actually writes “Cantata” above it. The score has the complete cantata based on Bachs autograph.

Epistle: 1.Corinthians 9, 24-27 1.Corinthians 10, 1-5
Gospel: Matthew 20, 1-16

Bach cantatas website
Cantata text
Facsimile bach-digital.de