Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) <br /> <br />“Himmelskönig, sei willkommen” <br /> <br />(King of heaven, welcome) <br /> <br />BWV 182 <br /> <br /> <br />Event: <br />Cantata for Palm Sunday <br />(or for the Feast of Annunciation of Mary) <br /> <br />Readings: <br />Epistle: Philippians. 2: 5-11 / 1 Corinthians 11: 23-32; Gospel: Matthew 21: 1-9 <br /> <br />Musical Context of Bach Cantatas: <br />Motets & Chorales for Feast of Annunciation of Mary <br /> <br />Composed: <br />Weimar, 1714 <br /> <br />1st performance: March 25, 1714 - Weimar <br />2nd performance: 1717-1723 - Weimar (undatable, possibly performed away from the Weimar Court Chapel) <br />3rd perormance: 1717-1723 - Weimar (undatable) <br />4th performance: March 25, 1724 - Leipzig <br />5th performance: March 21, 1728 - Leipzig (and possibly another performance using this particular arrangement later on in Leipzig) <br />6th performance: After 1728 with the date being uncertain - Leipzig (again using the 1728 version) <br /> <br />Text: <br />Salomo Franck (Mvts. 2, 4-6, 8) <br />Psalm 40: 7-8 (Mvt. 3) <br />Paul Stockmann (Mvt. 7) <br /> <br />Scoring: <br />Soloists: Alto, Tenor, Bass; 4-part Chorus <br />Orchestra: Flute, violin concertante, violin ripieno, 2 violas, violoncello, continuo <br /> <br /> <br />Mvt. 1: Sonata (00:00) <br />Mvt. 2: Chorus (01:55) <br />Mvt. 3: Recitative (05:20) <br />Mvt. 4: Aria (05:56) <br />Mvt. 5: Aria (08:32) <br />Mvt. 6: Aria (17:31) <br />Mvt. 7: Chorale (21:27) <br />Mvt. 8: Chorus (24:37) <br /> <br /> <br />Alto: Yoshikazu Mera <br />Tenor: Makoto Sakurada <br />Bass: Peter Kooy <br /> <br />Bach Collegium Japan <br /> <br />Masaaki Suzuki <br /> <br />Apr 1996, at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan.
