King of Heaven, ever welcome BWV 182
First Leipzig version. Cantata for Sunday Palmarum or the Feast of the Annunciation
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Johann Sebastian Bach
King of Heaven, ever welcome BWV 182
First Leipzig version. Cantata for Sunday Palmarum or the Feast of the Annunciation
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Johann Sebastian Bach
King of Heaven, ever welcome BWV 182

First Leipzig version. Cantata for Sunday Palmarum or the Feast of the Annunciation

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Description:

  • Language: de/en
  • Pages: 40
  • Release: 11.02.2025
  • Term: 30:00
  • Key: G major
  • Opus: BWV182
  • Genre: Sacred & Church Music
  • ISMN: 9790007349745
The cantata "Himmelskönig, sei willkommen" BWV 182 occupies a special place in Johann Sebastian Bach's life story. Active as an organist and chamber musician at the Weimar court since 1708, he was appointed court concertmaster on March 2, 1714. Bach's opening piece for this was Himmelskönig, sei willkommen. The cantata was performed on Palm Sunday 1714, March 25 of that year. In his debut piece from 1714, the newly appointed concertmaster shows what he is capable of: The eight movements hold all kinds of beautiful, rewarding tasks in store for choral singers and vocal soloists, and there is also a virtuoso solo part for the recorder as a special attraction. Bach then performed his cantata several times both in Weimar and in Leipzig, making changes time and again. Of the four versions in total, the first Leipzig version was selected for the new edition. Unlike the Weimar versions, it can be performed well with the means of today's practice. This is the first Leipzig version of the cantata. An edition of the Weimar version in an arrangement for performances in a1=440 Hz is published under the number Carus 31.182/00.