Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild ('God the Lord is sun and shield'), is
a church cantata for Reformation Day by Johann Sebastian Bach. He
composed it in 1725 while Thomaskantor in Leipzig, and led the first
performance on 31 October that year. It is possibly his first cantata
for the occasion; the text was written by an unknown poet. Bach
structured the work in six movements, with an aria following the opening
chorus, and a recitative and duet following the first chorale. He scored
the work for three vocal soloists, a four-part choir, and a Baroque
instrumental ensemble. He achieved a unity within the structure by using
two horns not only in the opening but also as obbligato instruments in
the two chorales, the first time even playing the same motifs. He
performed the cantata again, probably in 1730. He later reworked the
music of the opening chorus and a duet again for his Missa in G major
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