Come ye, our way is up to Jerusalem BWV 159
Cantata for Sunday Estomihi
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Come ye, our way is up to Jerusalem BWV 159
Cantata for Sunday Estomihi
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Come ye, our way is up to Jerusalem BWV 159

Cantata for Sunday Estomihi

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Description:

  • Language: German English
  • Pages: 16
  • Release: 05.06.2025
  • Term: 17:00
  • Key: C minor
  • Opus: BWV159
  • Genre: Sacred & Church Music
  • Accompaniment: Piano
  • ISMN: 9790007348960
The text of the cantata "Seht, wir gehen hinauf gen Jerusalem" was probably first performed in 1729; this would make it the last cantata that Bach performed before the St. Matthew Passion was performed in Leipzig. No other Estomihi text by Bach refers so clearly to the Passion. Both in terms of content and form, Picander's text creates an arc to the St. Matthew Passion, whose dialogic structure is anticipated in the cantata. If both works were actually performed in 1729, this would be an exciting bridge from Picander text to Picander text.