Liebster Gott, wann werd' ich sterben, BWV.483
Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben? (lit. 'Dearest God, when will I die?'), BWV 8, is a church cantata for the 16th Sunday after Trinity by Johann Sebastian Bach. It is a chorale cantata, part of Bach's second cantata cycle. Bach performed it for the first time on 24 September 1724 in St. Nicholas Church in Leipzig. The cantata is scored for SATB singers, four wind instruments, strings and continuo.
Movements
- Chorus: Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben? · E major
- Aria · C♯ minor
- Recitative · E major
- Aria · A major
- Recitative · E major
- Chorale: Herrscher über Tod und Leben · E major