 When Bach was cantor in Leipzig from 1723, he also performed "festal" (holiday) services at the Paulinerkirche in 1723-25, while Görner was director for regular Sunday services.Possibly Bach performed a new cantata already for Pentecost, "Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten, BWV 59", on 16 May 1723, before he began his tenure as cantor at the Thomaskirche and the Nikolaikirche two weeks later, Sunday after Trinity.On 17 October 1727 Bach performed the funeral ode "Laß, Fürstin, laß noch einen Strahl, BWV 198", requested by the university to mark the death of Christiane Eberhardine, the wife of August II the Strong.