The cantata “  Ich  hatte  viel   Bekümmernis ”  dates  from around 1713 and was probably performed  for the first time that year in the  Liebfrauenkirche  in  Halle . Its  assigning to the third Sunday after  Trinity probably only occurred the following year. With its large-scale  structure and strong  emphasis on biblical texts, it was extremely popular in the 19th century and  remains one of Bach’s  best-known cantatas today. The cantata is published here in a vocal score based  on the  New Bach  Edition  with an idiomatic, straightforward piano reduction by Martin  Focke .<br>