This cantata for the 14th Sunday after Trinity was composed in August 1723 and is from Bach’s first cycle of cantatas for Leipzig. It is distinguished by its unique opening chorus, which is a four-part choral fugue with independent instrumental parts in which Bach has interwoven a four-part chorale ["Herzlich tut mich verlangen"] played by the winds. This is an artistic combination which expands to as many as ten real parts. The second aria "Öffne meinen schlechten Liedern," is distinguished by ...