Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen, BWV 249a

Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen (Fly, vanish, flee, o worries), BWV 249a,[a] is a secular cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Bach had composed Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208 for the 31st birthday of the same patron.

The German researcher Friedrich Smend determined that the order of movements was not changed in the Easter Oratorio, and that therefore the music of the Shepherd Cantata could be reconstructed.

The orchestra is festively scored for three trumpets, timpani, two oboes, bassoon, two recorders, transverse flute, two violins, viola, and basso continuo.

[1] The tenor aria is accompanied by muted violins doubled by recorders, suggesting a lullaby as well as pastoral music.