▁Bach ' s ▁complete ▁works . ▁The ▁composer ▁Johannes ▁Bra h ms , ▁who ▁served ▁on ▁the ▁editor ial ▁board ▁of ▁the ▁Bach - G es ellschaft - Aus gabe , ▁took ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁cant ata ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁being ▁published . ▁ ▁He ▁used ▁an ▁adapted ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁bass ▁line ▁of ▁the ▁closing ▁cha conne ▁for ▁a ▁work ▁he ▁completed ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 5 , ▁his ▁Sym phony ▁No . ▁ 4 . ▁ ▁Str ucture ▁and ▁scoring ▁▁ ▁Bach ▁struct ured ▁the ▁cant ata ▁in ▁seven ▁movements , ▁an ▁opening ▁instrument al ▁sin f onia ▁and ▁four ▁ch oral ▁movements ▁inter sp ers ed ▁by ▁only ▁two ▁a rias . ▁He ▁scored ▁it ▁for ▁four ▁solo ists ▁( s op rano , ▁alto , ▁ten or ▁and ▁bass ), ▁a ▁four - part ▁cho ir , ▁and ▁a ▁small ▁Bar o que ▁instrument al ▁ensemble ▁of ▁two ▁viol ins ▁( V l ), ▁bass oon ▁( ob bl ig ato ) ▁( F g ) ▁and ▁b asso ▁continu o . ▁The ▁duration ▁of ▁the ▁cant ata ▁is ▁about ▁ 1 7 ▁minutes . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁following ▁table ▁of ▁the ▁movements , ▁the ▁scoring ▁follows ▁the ▁Neue ▁Bach - Aus gabe . ▁The ▁keys ▁and ▁time ▁sign atures ▁are ▁taken ▁from ▁Alfred ▁D ür r , ▁using ▁the ▁symbol ▁for ▁common ▁time ▁( 4 / 4 ). ▁The ▁continu o , ▁playing ▁throughout , ▁is ▁not ▁shown . ▁ ▁Music ▁ ▁The ▁work ▁begins ▁with