Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe, BWV 22, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach composed for Quinquagesima, the last Sunday before Lent. Bach composed it as an audition piece for the position of T
First page of the manuscript, bearing the title "Concerto Dominica Estomihi" (Concert for the Sunday before Lent), the scoring and the note "Das ist das Probe-Stück für Leipzig" (This is the test piece for Leipzig)
Wilhelm Ernst, Duke of Saxe-Weimar
Nikolaikirche, ca. 1850
Neue Kirche, 1749
Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiß, BWV 134, is a church cantata for Easter by Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach composed the cantata for the third day of Easter in Leipzig and first performed it on 11
Nikolaikirche, Leipzig, 1749 engraving