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| Wo soll ich fliehen hin | |
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BWV 5 | |
| Chorale cantata by J. S. Bach | |
_-_manuscript_-_02_(right).jpg) Title page from Bach's autograph manuscript (now in the British Library's Zweig collection) | |
| Occasion | 19th Sunday after Trinity |
| Chorale | Johann Heermann's "Wo soll ich fliehen hin" |
| Performed | 15 October 1724: Leipzig |
| Movements | 7 |
| Vocal | SATB choir and soloists |
| Instrumental |
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Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata (Bach) Wo soll ich fliehen hin (Where shall I flee),[1] BWV 5, in Leipzig for the 19th Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 15 October 1724. It is based on the penitential hymn "Wo soll ich fliehen hin" by Johann Heermann.
Wo soll ich fliehen hin 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 stanzas of the chorale unchanged, while the other stanzas were paraphrased into alternating recitatives and arias by an unknown librettist.
The cantata in seven movements is scored for SATB soloists and choir, and a Baroque instrumental ensemble of tromba da tirarsi (slide trumpet), two oboes, strings and continuo.