Cantata no. 130: Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV.130
Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir (Lord God, we all praise you), BWV 130, is a chorale cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for the Feast of archangel Michael (German: Michaelis; 29 September). It is based on Paul Eber's 1554 Lutheran hymn about the angels in twelve stanzas "Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir", to a melody known in English as Old 100th. The cantata was performed on that feast day in 1724.
Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir belongs to Bach's chorale cantata cycle, the second cycle during his tenure as Thomaskantor that began in 1723. The text retains the first and 11th stanza of the chorale unchanged, while the other stanzas were paraphrased into alternating recitatives and arias by an unknown librettist. The cantata is festively scored for SATB soloists and choir, three trumpets, timpani, flauto traverso, three oboes, strings and continuo.
Movements
- Coro "Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir"
- Recitativo (Alt) "Ihr heller Glanz und hohe Weisheit zeigt"
- Aria (Bass) "Der alte Drache brennt vor Neid"
- Recitativo (Sopran, Tenor) "Wohl aber uns, daß Tag und Nacht"
- Aria (Tenor) "Laß, o Fürst der Cherubinen"
- Choral "Darum wir billig loben dich"