Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe (Jesus gathered the twelve to Himself), BWV 22, is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, a church cantata for the Sunday Estomihi within the liturgical year. Bach composed the cantata as an audition piece for the position of Thomaskantor in Leipzig and first performed it there on 7 February 1723.The work, which is in five movements, begins with a scene from the Gospel reading in which Jesus foretells his suffering in Jerusalem. The unknown poet of the cantata text took the scene as a starting point for a sequence of aria, recitative and aria, in which the contemporary Christian takes the place of the disciples, who do not understand what Jesus is telling them about the events soon to unfold, but follow him nevertheless. The closing chorale is a stanza from Elisabeth Cruciger's hymn "Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn". The music is scored for three vocal soloists, a four-part choir, oboe, strings and basso continuo.Bach performed the cantata first on 7 February 1723, together with another audition piece, Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn, BWV 23. Bach performed the two cantatas again for the same occasion a year later when he was in office.. }
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- Jesus_nahm_zu_sich_die_Zwölfe,_BWV_22 abstract "Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe (Jesus gathered the twelve to Himself), BWV 22, is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, a church cantata for the Sunday Estomihi within the liturgical year. Bach composed the cantata as an audition piece for the position of Thomaskantor in Leipzig and first performed it there on 7 February 1723.The work, which is in five movements, begins with a scene from the Gospel reading in which Jesus foretells his suffering in Jerusalem. The unknown poet of the cantata text took the scene as a starting point for a sequence of aria, recitative and aria, in which the contemporary Christian takes the place of the disciples, who do not understand what Jesus is telling them about the events soon to unfold, but follow him nevertheless. The closing chorale is a stanza from Elisabeth Cruciger's hymn "Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn". The music is scored for three vocal soloists, a four-part choir, oboe, strings and basso continuo.Bach performed the cantata first on 7 February 1723, together with another audition piece, Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn, BWV 23. Bach performed the two cantatas again for the same occasion a year later when he was in office.".