In the central duet violins and violas play the melody of the chorale. Bach later arranged this movement for organ as one of the
Schübler Chorales, BWV 647. The opening chorus is a concerto of three elements: the orchestra, dominated by the two oboes, playing an introduction and
ritornellos, the
cantus firmus in the soprano, and the other voices which start each of the three sections and keep singing on the long final notes of the cantus firmus, soprano and alto opening the first section, tenor and bass the second, all four voices the last section. Movements 2 and 5 are composed in the same fashion, alternating the slightly ornamented lines of the chorale with recitative. In the first aria for tenor Bach uses a motive which turns the beginning of the chorale melody to major, to express trust in God. Johann David Heinichen used a similar major-mode variant, almost a very altered
parody of Bach's, for the Recordare in his 1726 requiem in E-flat major, S. 18. The cantata concludes with a four-part setting of the chorale's last stanza. \header {tagline = ##f } \layout { indent = 0 \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \context { \Score \remove "Bar_number_engraver" } } global = { \key g \minor \time 4/4 \partial 4 } soprano = \relative c'' { \global \set midiInstrument = "violin" \repeat volta 2 { g4 | c d es d | c d b g\fermata | r bes bes as | g c c8 (d) b4 | c2. } d4 | es f g g | f f es2\fermata | r4 g4 f es | d \tempo 4 = 78 c8 (d) es4 \tempo 4 = 66 d | c2.\fermata \bar "|." } alto = \relative c' { \global \set midiInstrument = "viola" \repeat volta 2 { es4 | g g g g8 (f) | e4 as g d | r g g f | es g g g | g2. } g4 | g bes bes bes | c bes8 (as) g2 | r4 bes as a | b c c g8 (f) | e2. \bar "|." } tenor = \relative c' { \global \set midiInstrument = "cello" \repeat volta 2 { c4 | es d c b | c f d b | r d es f8 (bes,) | bes4 c8 (d) es4 d | es2. } b4 | c d es es | es d bes!2 | r4 es es8 [(d)] c (a) | d (es16 f) es4 a,8 (b16 c) b4 | g2. \bar "|." } bass = \relative c { \global \set midiInstrument = "contrabass" \repeat volta 2 { c4 | c' b c g | as f g g, | r g' c, d | es4. f8 g4 g, | c2. } g'4 | c bes8 (as) g4 f8 (es) | as4 bes es,2 | r4 es f fis | g as8 (g) fis4 g | c,2. \bar "|." } verse = \lyricmode { > denn wel -- cher sei -- ne Zu -- ver -- sicht auf Gott setzt, den ver -- lässt er nicht. } \score { \new ChoirStaff > \new Lyrics \with { \override VerticalAxisGroup #'staff-affinity = #CENTER } \lyricsto "soprano" \verse \new Staff \with { \consists "Merge_rests_engraver" } > >> \layout { } } \score { \unfoldRepeats { > } \midi { \tempo 4 = 90 \context { \Score midiChannelMapping = #'instrument } \context { \Staff \remove "Staff_performer" } \context { \Voice \consists "Staff_performer" } } } == Recordings ==