It is composed as a four-part setting, with the instruments playing : oboes and violin I enforce the chorale tune, the flutes an octave higher, violin II plays with the alto, viola with the tenor, and the continuo with the bass.
ɪɾ ɪz kəmpˈoʊzd æz ɐ fˈoːɹpˈɑːɹt sˈɛɾɪŋ, wɪððɪ ˈɪnstɹəmənts plˈeɪɪŋ : ˈoʊboʊz ænd vaɪəlˈɪn aɪ ɛnfˈoːɹs ðə kˈoːɹeɪl tˈuːn, ðə flˈuːts ɐn ˈɑːktɪv hˈaɪɚ, vaɪəlˈɪn ɹˌoʊmən tˈuː plˈeɪz wɪððɪ ˈæltoʊ, vaɪˈoʊlə wɪððə tˈɛnɚ, ænd ðə kəntˈɪnjuːˌoʊ wɪððə bˈeɪs.