Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, God the Father sending the Holy Spirit, 1779
Es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe
It is good for you that I should go away
It is good for you that I should go away
Cantata BWV 108
BWV 108
Event: Cantata for Cantate [4th Sunday after Easter]
1st Performance: April 29, 1725, Leipzig
1st Performance: April 29, 1725, Leipzig
Readings: Epistle: Jas. 1: 17-21; Gospel: John 16: 5-15
Text: Christiane Mariane von Ziegler (Mvts. 2, 3, 5); John 16: 7 (Mvt. 1); John 16: 13 (Mvt. 4); Paul Gerhardt (Mvt. 6)
Chorale Text: Gott Vater, sende deinen Geist
Text: Christiane Mariane von Ziegler (Mvts. 2, 3, 5); John 16: 7 (Mvt. 1); John 16: 13 (Mvt. 4); Paul Gerhardt (Mvt. 6)
Chorale Text: Gott Vater, sende deinen Geist
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musicMe (info): Performance of Counter-tenor: Robin Tyson; Tenor: James Gilchrist; Bass: Stephen Varcoe; Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner conducting. Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage at St Mary's Collegiate Church, Warwick, England.
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Performance of Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Ruud van der Meer; Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) / Concentus Musicus Wien; Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting.
Performance of Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Marcel Beekman; Bass: Bas Ramselaar; Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium; Pieter Jan Leusink conducting. Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.
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Performance of Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Marcel Beekman; Bass: Bas Ramselaar; Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium; Pieter Jan Leusink conducting. Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.
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musicMe (info): Performance of Alto: Hertha Töpper; Tenor: Ernst Haefliger; Bass: Theo Adam; Münchener Bach-Chor / Münchener Bach-Orchester; Karl Richter conducting. 2nd recording of Cantata BWV 108 by K. Richter. Recorded at Herkules-Saal, München, Germany.
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