Thy will, O Lord, be done for me (Herr, wie du willt, so schicks mit mir)
Cantata for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany
by Johann Sebastian Bach
STB - Sheet Music

Orchestra STB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 oboes, [horn], 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ obligato - Grade 3

SKU: CA.3107300

Cantata for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Reinhold Kubik. Arranged by Paul Horn. This edition: Paperbound. German title: Herr, wie du willt, so schicks mit mir. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Epiphany. Full score. Composed 1724. BWV 73. 48 pages. Duration 17 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.073/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3107300).

ISBN 9790007044619. Key: G minor / c minor. Language: German/English.

In 1724, Bach composed the cantata "Herr, wie du willt, so schicks mit mir" [Lord, as you will, do unto me] BWV 73 for the third Epiphany Sunday. Like in some other cantatas from the first annual cycle, the opening movement contains a part for corno which would in fact have been unplayable on an instrument of that era - probably also a reason why Bach allocated this part to the organ in a repeat performance (both variants can be performed using the Carus edition). The unusual choral movement, interrupted by recitatives, is based quite substantially on a short four-note motive which is introduced by the horn; at the end of the chorus, the choir sings it to the words "Herr, wie du willt" [Lord, as you will] - an avowal which also quite substantially characterizes other movements of the cantata.