BWV 182 Himmelskönig, sei willkommen
Palm Sunday or the Annunciation. Probably Salomo Franck. 1. Ps. 40:8-9; 7. Paul Stockmann, 33rd verse of "Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod," 1633 (Fischer-Tümpel, II, #37). 25 March 1714, Weimar; again 25 March 1724, Leipzig. BG 37; NBA I/8. 1. Sonata 2. Chorus (S, A, T, B) King of heaven, thou art welcome,
Thou hast won our hearts completely. 3. Recit. [Dictum] (B)(1) Lo now, I'm coming. Of me in the book is written: What thy will is, my God, I do gladly. 4. Aria (B) Strong compassion, 5. Aria (A) Lie before your Savior prostrate,
Of your faith in which to meet him; Life and body and possessions To the king now consecrate. 6. Aria (T) Jesus, let through weal and woe
Let me not abandon, Lord, the banner of thy cross; Crown and palm shall I find here. 7. Chorus [Chorale] (S, A, T, B) Jesus, this thy passion 8. Chorus (S, A, T, B) So let us go forth to that Salem of gladness,
And opens the path. 1. Representing the vox Christi. 2. Mir 'to me' in contemporary
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