Erfreute Zeit im neuen Bunde, BWV 83, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He wrote it in 1724 in Leipzig for the feast Mariae Reinigung and first performed it on 2 February 1724.
Simeon's Song of Praise by Aert de Gelder, c. 1700–1710
"Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin" is a hymn by Martin Luther, a paraphrase in German of the Nunc dimittis, the canticle of Simeon. Luther wrote the text and melody, Zahn No. 3986, in 1524 and it wa
Erfreute Zeit im neuen Bunde, BWV 83
…Movement 4 recalls the last verse of the gospel, the closing chorale expresses the same thought in Martin Luther's words, the fourth stanza of his hymn "Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin". The cantata was possibly Bach's first cantata for the occasion. He first performed it on 2 February 1724 and again in 1727. In 1725 he composed a…
Text and melody with biblical illustration, Bapstsches Gesangbuch, 1545