Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit
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Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit (Were God not with us this time or If it had not been the Lord who was on our side) is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. In Wolfgang Schmieder's catalogue of Bach's works, it is BWV 14.
It was written in Leipzig for the fourth Sunday after Epiphany, and was first performed on 30 January 1735. It is based on the 1524 chorale of the same name by Martin Luther (also author of the Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein).
The piece is written for a corno da caccia, two oboes, two violins, viola, and basso continuo). It is in five movements, unless otherwise noted:
- Chorus:
- Aria:
- Recitative:
- Aria:
- Chorale:
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[edit] Bach's fourteenth cantata?
It should be noted that, despite its designation as BWV 14, this is not the fourteenth cantata, and still less the fourteenth piece, that Bach wrote. Bach's fourteenth cantata chronologically speaking is believed to most likely be Widerstehe doch der Sunde, BWV 54 (1714).
For a chronological order of the Bach cantatas: see BWV#Chronological
