Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125
Johann Sebastian Bach composed the cantata Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin in 1725 for the feast for the Purification of Mary. The cantata is based on Martin Luther’s 1524 hymn. It forms part of Bach’s chorale cantata cycle, written to provide Sundays and feast days of the liturgical year with cantatas based on related Lutheran hymns.
