Kantate, BWV 81 "Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen"
Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen? (Jesus sleeps, what shall I hope for?), BWV 81, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in 1724 in Leipzig for the fourth Sunday after Epiphany and first performed it on 30 January 1724.
Movements
- Aria (Alt) "Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen?"
- Recitativo (Tenor) "Herr, warum trittest du so ferne?"
- Aria (Tenor) "Die schäumenden Wellen von Belials Bächen"
- Arioso (Bass) "Ihr Kleingläubigen, warum seid ihr so furchtsam?"
- Aria (Bass) "Schweig, aufgetürmtes Meer!"
- Recitativo (Alt) "Wohl mir, mein Jesus spricht ein Wort"
- Choral "Unter deinen Schirmen"