Cantata 12 (Cleobury / Gardiner / Koopman / Leonhardt / Leusink / Rilling / Suzuki / Thomas)


Giacomo Pacchiarotti, Jesus with cross and crown of thorns

Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen
Weeping, lamenting, worry, apprehension
Cantata 12
BWV 12


Event: 3rd Sunday after Easter (Jubilate)
1st Performance: April 22, 1914, Weimar
Readings: Epistle: 1 Peter 2: 11-20; Gospel: John 16: 16-23
Text: Acts 14: 22 (Mvt. 3); Samuel Rodigast (Mvt. 7); Salomo Franck ? (Mvts. 2, 4-6)
Chorale Text: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan

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MusicMe (info): Performance of Sopranos: Susan Gritton, Lisa Milne; Counter-tenor: Michael Chance, Tenor: Ian Bostridge; Bass: Michael GeorgeKing's College Choir Cambridge / The Academy of Ancient Music (Leader: Micaela Combert); Stephen Cleobury conducting. 

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Performance of Counter-tenor: William Towers; Tenor: Mark Padmore; Bass: Julian ClarksonMonteverdi Choir / English Baroque SoloistsJohn Eliot Gardiner conducting.  Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage at Schlosskirche, Altenburg, Germany. 

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Performance of Alto: Kai Wessel; Tenor: Christoph Prégardien; Bass: Klaus MertensAmsterdam Baroque Orchestra & ChoirTon Koopman conducting.  Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam.
 

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Performance of Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Max van EgmondTölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) & King's College Choir Cambridge (Chorus Master: David Willcocks) / Leonhardt Consort; Gustav Leonhardt conducting.
 

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Performance of Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Knut Schoch; Bass: Bas RamselaarHolland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach CollegiumPieter Jan Leusink conducting. Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland. 

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Performance of Alto: Helen Watts; Tenor: Adalbert Kraus; Bass: Wolfgang SchöneGächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium StuttgartHelmuth Rilling conducting.  Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart. 
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Performance of Soprano: 
Julianne Baird; Counter-tenor: Drew Minter; Tenor: Benjamin Butterfield; Bass: James Weaver; (OVPP - No Choir) / American Bach SoloistsJeffrey Thomas conducting. 
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