Trinitatis X

Bach Cantata Day Information:
Trinitatis X or 10th Sunday after Trinitatis

10th Sunday after Trinitatis. Liturgical period : Ordinary time II.

Occurrences: August 4 2024, August 24 2025, August 9 2026, August 1 2027, August 20 2028, August 5 2029, August 25 2030, August 17 2031, August 1 2032, August 21 2033, August 13 2034, July 29 2035, August 17 2036, August 9 2037.


Music for this day

  • Schauet doch und sehet, ob irgend ein Schmerz sei, BWV 46
    (first performance 1 August 1723, Leipzig period)
  • Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BWV 101
    (first performance 13 August 1724, Leipzig period)
  • Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben, BWV 102
    (first performance 25 August 1726, Leipzig period)


Trinitatis X is the 10th Sunday after Trinitatis. Just like last Sunday three cantatas from the first three annual cantata cycles Bach created in Leipzig.

When arriving in Leipzig in 1723, Bach first used Weimar cantatas to fulfill his weekly cantata duty. On Trinitatis IX and X he wrote 2 new cantatas on a large scale. Last Sunday you could listen to Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht, BWV 105, and for this day there's Schauet doch und sehet, ob irgend ein Schmerz sei, BWV 46, clearly created in a similar inspirational flow. The libretto from an unknown poet is based on Jesus' prophecy of the destruction of Jerusalem.

Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott, BWV 101, is a chorale cantata from the second Leipzig cycle, based on a hymn with the same name from 1584 by Martin Moller.

Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben, BWV 102, is part of the series of cantatas based on lyrics by the Count of Saksen-Meiningen, which he got to know through cantatas written by his distant cousin Johann Ludwig.


Extra information

The Netherlands Bach Society website has more information and a performance of BWV 102:
https://bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-102/

Playlist

WBC51-Trinitatis X or 10th Sunday after Trinitatis

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Image of the day

Wood engraving of the Nikolaikirche in Leipzig, 1592. The Nikolaikirche was also under the supervision of Bach as Thomaskantor, and he performed many cantatas there too.

Wood engraving of the Nikolaikirche in Leipzig, 1592. The Nikolaikirche was also under the supervision of Bach as Thomaskantor, and he performed many cantatas there too.