After the biblical quotation of the fourth movement Jesus is requested to enter also into the hearts of individual Christians and not to treat them with the scorn deserved by their sinfulness.

In the freely composed movements Neumeister develops a train of thought in the manner of a sermon: the Saviour’s coming brings us new blessings each day( movement 2) this is connected to the prayer that Jesus may come to the church as to his own community (movement 3). The concluding chorale uses the Abgesang of the last verse of Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern by Philipp Nicolai (1599). The recitative of the fourth movement is a quotation from Revelation 3 : 20. For many years this hymn was used in the Lutheran church at the beginning of Advent. The introductory movement uses the first verse of the ancient church hymn Veni, redemptor gentium in the German version by Martin Luther (1524). The cantata is therefore one of Bach's earliest expositions in the new cantata form, and the first one he is known to have composed to a libretto by Neumeister.

The text was published three years later in Neumeister's Fünffache Kirchen-Andachten (Leipzig, 1717). The libretto is by Erdmann Neumeister, pastor in Hamburg and the main architect of the reform cantata incorporating simple recitative and da capo arias characteristic of Italian opera. This, one of the best known of all Bach's cantatas, was composed at the end of 1714 and first performed in the Weimar court chapel on Advent Sunday, 2 December 1714. Komm, du schöne Freudenkrone, bleib nicht lange!Ĭome, you beautiful crown of joy, do not delay for a long time !

Viola I coll'Alto, Viola II col Tenore, Fagotto col Basso, Violino I/II all' unisono, Continuo Und das Abendmahl mit ihm halten und er mit mir. Siehe, ich stehe vor der Tür und klopfe an. Violino I/II, Viola I/II all' unisono, Continuo

Violino I/II all' unisono, Viola I/II, Fagotto, Continuo 6)Ĭhorale Texts: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern | Nun komm, der Heiden Heilandīiblical quotations in green font, chorales in purple Readings: Epistle: Romans 13: 11-14 Gospel: Matthew 21: 1-9 English Translation in Interlinear FormatĬantata BWV 61 - Now come, saviour of the gentiles

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