Bach Cantatas for Online Listening

Cantata 110

2012-01-18T08:57:00.000-08:00

Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Nativity, Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena, 1475

Unser Mund sei voll Lachens

May our mouth be filled with laughter

Cantata 110

BWV 110

Event: Cantata for Christmas Day

1st Performance: December 25, 1725, Leipzig
Readings: Epistle: Titus 2: 11-14 / Isaiah 9: 2-7; Gospel: Luke 2: 1-14
Text: After Psalm 126: 2-3 (Mvt. 1); Jeremiah 10: 6 (Mvt. 3); Luke 2: 14 (Mvt. ); Kaspar Füger (Mvt. 7); Georg Christian Lehms (Mvts. 2, 4, 6) [according to W. Murray Young: Christian Weiss, Sr., Picander and J.S. Bach are also suggested]
Chorale Text: Wir Christenleut haben jetz und Freud

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Performance of Soprano: Joanne Lunn; Counter-tenor: William Towers; Tenor: James Gilchrist; Bass: Peter Harvey; Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner conducting. Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage at St Bartholomew’s Church, New York.

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Performance of Boy Sopranos: Wilhelm Wiedl & Stefan Frangoulis (Soloists of the Tölzer Knabenchor); Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Basses: Siegfried Lorenz & Ruud van der Meer; Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) / Concentus Musicus Wien; Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting.

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Performance of Soprano: Ruth Holton; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Knut Schoch; Bass: Bas Ramselaar; Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium; Pieter Jan Leusink conducting. Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.

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Cantata 91

2011-12-16T07:38:00.000-08:00

Jacques Daret, The Nativity, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 1434-35

Gelobet seist du, Jesu ChristPraised be you, Jesus Christ

Cantata 91

BWV 91

Event: Chorale Cantata for Christmas Day

1st Performance: December 25, 1724, Leipzig

Readings: Epistle: Titus 2: 11-14 / Isaiah 9: 2-7; Gospel: Luke 2: 1-14
Text: Martin Luther (Mvts. 1, 2, 6); Anon (Mvts. 3-5)
Chorale Text: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ

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Performance of Soprano: Katharine Fuge; Counter-tenor: Robin Tyson; Tenor: James Gilchrist; Bass: Peter Harvey; Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner conducting. Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage at St Bartholomew’s Church, New York, NY, USA.

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Boy Soprano: Detlef Bratschke (Soloist of the Knabenchor Hannover); Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Max van Egmond; Knabenchor Hannover (Chorus Master: Heinz Hennig) & Collegium Vocale Gent (Chorus Master: Philippe Herreweghe) / Leonhardt-Consort; Gustav Leonhardt conducting.

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Performance of Soprano: Marjon Strijk; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Nico van der Meel; Bass: Bas Ramselaar; Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium; Pieter Jan Leusink conducting. Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.

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Cantata 161 (2)

2011-09-24T01:53:00.000-07:00

Performance of Counter-tenor: Robin Tyson; Tenor: Mark Padmore; Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner conducting. Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Santo Domingo de Bonaval, Santiago de Compostela.

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Perrformance of Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) / Concentus Musicus Wien; Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting.

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Perrformance of Alto: Elisabeth von Magnus; Tenor: Paul Agnew; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir; Ton Koopman conducting.

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Perrformance of Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Knut Schoch; Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium; Pieter Jan Leusink conducting. Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.

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Perrformance of Counter-tenor: René Jacobs; Tenor: Nigel Rogers; Chœur de garçons de Bâle (Director: Markus Ulbrich) / Linde-Consort; Hans-Martin Linde conducting.

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Perrformance of Alto: Julia Hamari; Tenor: József Réti; Zsuzsa Pertis (Harpsichord); Chamber Choir of the Liszt Music Academy / Ferenc Liszt Chamber Orchestra; Frigyes Sándor conducting.

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Perrformance of Soprano: Sheila Armstrong; Alto: Helen Watts; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Max van Egmond; Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg (Director: Jürgen Jürgens) / Concerto Amsterdam; Jaap Schröder conducting. Recorded at Hervormde Kerk, Bennebroek, Holland.

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Cantata 100 (Gardiner, Koopman, Leonhardt, Leusink, Richter, Rilling)

2011-09-19T14:36:00.000-07:00

Frans Hals, St. Matthew, Museum of Western European and Oriental Art, Odessa, 1625

Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan (III)
What God does, that is done wellCantata 100

BWV 100

Event: Chorale Cantata for the 15^th Sunday after Trinity
1st Performance: 1732-35, Leipzig

Readings: Epistle: Galatians 5: 25 - 6: 10; Gospel: Matthew 6: 23-34
Text: Samuel Rodigast
Chorale Text: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan

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Performance of Soprano: Malin Hartelius; Counter-tenor: William Towers; Tenor: James Gilchrist; Bass: Peter Harvey; Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner conducting. Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Unser Lieben Frauen, Bremen, Germany.

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Performance of Soprano: Sandrine Piau; Alto: Bogna Bartosz; Tenor: James Gilchrist; Bass: Klaus Mertens; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir (Choir Master: Ulrike Grosch); Ton Koopman conducting. Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.

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Performance of Boy Soprano: Detlef Bratschke (Soloist of the Knabenchor Hannover); Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Max van Egmond; Knabenchor Hannover (Chorus Master: Heinz Hennig) & Collegium Vocale Gent (Chorus Master: Philippe Herreweghe) / Leonhardt-Consort; Gustav Leonhardt conducting.

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Performance of Soprano: Marjon Strijk; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Nico van der Meel; 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 Soprano: Edith Mathis; Contralto: Julia Hamari; Tenor: Peter Schreier; Bass: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Münchener Bach-Chor / Münchener Bach-Orchester; Karl Richter conducting.

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Performance of Soprano: Arleen Augér; Alto: Julia Hamari; Tenor: Adalbert Kraus; Bass: Philippe Huttenlocher; Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn; Helmuth Rilling conducting.

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Cantata 99 (Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Leusink, Rifkin, Rilling)

2011-09-19T05:57:00.000-07:00

The Apostle Paul: Live by the Spirit

Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan
What God does, that is done well Cantata 99

BWV 99

Event: Chorale Cantata for the 15^th Sunday after Trinity
1st Performance: September 17, 1724, Leipzig

Readings: Epistle: Galatians 5: 25 - 6: 10; Gospel: Matthew 6: 23-34
Text: Samuel Rodigast (Mvts. 1, 6); Anon (Mvts. 2-5)
Chorale Text: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan

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Soprano: Malin Hartelius; Counter-tenor: William Towers; Tenor: James Gilchrist; Bass: Peter Harvey; Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner conducting. Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Unser Lieben Frauen, Bremen, Germany.

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Boy Soprano: Wilhelm Wiedl (Soloist of the Tölzer Knabenchor); Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Philippe Huttenlocher; Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) / Concentus Musicus Wien; Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting.

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Soprano: Ruth Holton; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Knut Schoch; Bass: Bas Ramselaar; Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium; Pieter Jan Leusink conducting. Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.

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Soprano: Julianne Baird; Counter-tenor: Allan Fast; Tenor: Frank Kelley; Bass: Jan Opalach; The Bach Ensemble; Joshua Rifkin conducting. Recorded at Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Methuen, MA, USA.

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Soprano: Arleen Augér; Alto: Helen Watts; Tenor: Lutz-Michael Harder; Bass: John Bröcheler; Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart; Helmuth Rilling conducting. Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart.

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Cantata 17 (Gardiner / Harnoncourt / Leusink / Richter)

2011-09-10T06:29:00.000-07:00

From Petrus Comestor's Bible Historiale, One leper returns, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, 1372

Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich

Who gives thanks praises me

Cantata 17

BWV 17

Event: Cantata for the 14^th Sunday after Trinity

1st Performance: September 22, 1726, Leipzig
Readings: Epistle Galatians 5: 16-24; Gospel: Luke 17: 11-19
Text: Psalm 50: 23 (Mvt. 1); Luke 17: 15-16 (Mvt. 4); Johann Gramann (Mvt. 7); Anon (Mvts. 2, 3, 5, 6) [Walther Blankenburg suggested Christoph Helm]
Chorale Text: Nun lob, mein' Seel', den Herren

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Performance of Soprano: Malin Hartelius; Counter tenor: Robin Tyson; Tenor: James Gilchrist; Bass: Peter Harvey; Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner conducting. Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Abbaye d’Ambronay.

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Performance of Boy Soprano: Soloist of the Wiener Sängerknaben (No Name); Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Max van Egmond; Wiener Sängerknaben & Chorus Viennensis (Chorus Master: Hans Gillesberger) / Concentus Musicus Wien; Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting.

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Performance of Soprano: Ruth Holton; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Knut Schoch; Bass: Bas Ramselaar; Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium; Pieter Jan Leusink conducting. Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.

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Cantata 164 (Gardiner, Leonhardt, Leusink)

2011-09-08T05:21:00.000-07:00

Joseph Highmore, The Good Samaritan, Tate Collections, 1744

Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet

You, who take your name from Christ

Cantata 164

BWV 164

Event: Solo Cantata for 13^th Sunday after Trinity

First Performance: August 26, 1725, Leipzig
Readings: Epistle: Galatians 3: 15-22; Gospel: Luke 10: 23-37
Text: Salomo Franck (Mvts. 1-5); Elisabeth Kreuziger (Mvt. 6)
Chorale Text: Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn

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Performance of Soprano: Gillian Keith; Alto: Nathalie Stutzmann; Tenor: Christoph Genz; Bass: Jonathan Brown; Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner conducting. Live recordings from the
Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Dreiköniskirce, Frankfurt.

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Performance of Soprano: Boy Soprano: Christoph Wegmann (Soloist of the Tölzer Knabenchor); Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Max van Egmond; Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) & Collegium Vocale Gent (Chorus Master: Philippe Herreweghe) / Leonhardt-Consort; Gustav Leonhardt conducting.

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Performance of Soprano: Soprano: Ruth Holton; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Marcel Beekman; Bass: Bas Ramselaar; Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium; Pieter Jan Leusink conducting.

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Cantata 113: Gardiner / Leonhardt / Leusink

2011-08-24T05:31:00.000-07:00

Harold Copping, The Pharisee and the Publican

Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut
Lord Jesus Christ, you highest good

Cantata 113
BWV 113

Event: Chorale Cantata for the 11th Sunday after Trinity

1st Performance: August 20, 1724, Leipzig

Readings: Epistle: 1 Corinthians 15: 1-10; Gospel: Luke 18: 9-14
Text: Bartholomäus Ringwaldt (Mvts. 1, 2, 4, 8); Anon (Mvts. 3-7)
Chorale Text: Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut

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[musicMe] (info) Performance of Soprano: Magdalena Kožená; Counter-tenor: William Towers; Tenor: Mark Padmore; Bass: Stephan Loges; Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner conducting. Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at St. David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK.

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Performance of Boy Soprano: Sebastian Hennig (Soloist of the Knabenchor Hannover); Boy Alto: Detlef Bratschke (Soloists of the Knabenchor Hannover); Alto: René Jacobs; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Max van Egmond; Knabenchor Hannover (Chorus Master: Heinz Hennig) & Collegium Vocale Gent (Chorus Master: Philippe Herreweghe) / Leonhardt-Consort; Gustav Leonhardt conducting.

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Performance of Soprano: Ruth Holton; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Knut Schoch; Bass: Bas Ramselaar;Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium; Pieter Jan Leusink conducting.

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Cantata 101 Gardiner / Harnoncourt / Leusink / Rilling

2011-08-22T14:25:00.000-07:00

Raymond Balze, Jesus chasing the moneychangers from the temple, Musée Ingres, Montauban

Nimm von uns Herr, du treuer Gott
Take from us, you faithful God
Cantata 101
BWV 101

Event: Chorale Cantata for the 10th Sunday after Trinity

1st Performance: August 13, 1724, Leipzig

Readings: Epistle: 1 Corinthians 12: 1-11; Gospel: Luke 19: 41-48
Text: Martin Moller (Mvts. 1, 3, 5, 7); Anon (Mvts. 2, 4, 6) [probably Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander), according to A. Schweitzer]
Chorale Text: Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott

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[We7] (info) Performance of Soprano: Joanne Lunn; Counter-tenor: Daniel Taylor; Tenor: Christoph Genz; Bass: Gotthold Schwarz; Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner conducting. Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at the Dom, Braunschweig, Germany.

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Performance of Boy Soprano: Wilhelm Wiedl (Soloist of the Tölzer Knabenchor); Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Philippe Huttenlocher; Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) / Concentus Musicus Wien; Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting.

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[We7] (info) Performance of Soprano: Marjon Strijk; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Nico van der Meel; 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 Soprano: Arleen Augér; Alto: Helen Watts; Tenor: Aldo Baldin; Bass: John Bröcheler; Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart; Helmuth Rilling conducting. Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany.

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Cantata 46: Gardiner / Koopman / Leohardt / Leusink

2011-08-15T14:30:00.000-07:00

James Tissot, Jesus Weeping over Jerusalem (1886-96)

Schauet doch und sehet

Behold and see

Cantata 46

BWV 46

Event: Cantata for the 10^th Sunday after Trinity
Readings: Epistle: 1 Corinthians 12: 1-11; Gospel: Luke 19: 41-48
Text: Lamentations I: 12 (Mvt. 1); Balthasar Schnurr (Mvt. 6); Anon (Mvts. 2-5)

1st Performance: August 1, 1723, Leipzig

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Performance by Alto: Bogna Bartosz; Tenor: Jörg Dürmüller; Bass: Klaus Mertens; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir; Ton Koopman conducting. Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.

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Performance by Alto: René Jacobs; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Hanns-Friedrich Kunz; Knabenchor Hannover (Chorus Master: Heinz Hennig) / Leonhardt-Consort; Gustav Leonhardt conducting. Recorded at Doopsgezinde Kerk, Haarlem, Holland.

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Performance by Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Knut Schoch; Bass: Bas Ramselaar; Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium; Pieter Jan Leusink conducting. Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.

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Cantata 105: Gardiner / Harnoncourt / Herreweghe / Leusink / Richter / Rilling

2011-08-10T08:38:00.000-07:00

Unknown author from Jerom Nadal, Evangelicae Historiae Imagines, The Shrewd Manager, 1593

Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht mit deinem Knecht
Lord, do not go into court with your servant
Cantata 105

BWV 105

Event: Cantata for the 9^th Sunday after Trinity
Readings: Epistle: 1 Corinthians 10: 6-13; Gospel: Luke 16: 1-9
Text: Psalm 143: 2 (Mvt. 1); Johann Rist (Mvt. 6); Anon (Mvts. 2-5)
Chorale Text: Jesu, der du meine Seele

1st Performance: July 25, 1723, Leipzig

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Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner conducting. Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Il Duomo di S. Nicolò, Merano, Italy.

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Performance by Boy Soprano: Wilhelm Wiedl (Soloist of the Tölzer Knabenchor); Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Ruud van der Meer; Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) / Concentus Musicus Wien; Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting.

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Performance by Soprano: Barbara Schlick; Alto: Gérard Lesne; Tenor: Howard Crook; Bass: Peter Kooy; Chorus & Orchestra of Collegium Vocale Gent; Philippe Herreweghe conducting. Recorded at Minderbroederskerk, Ghent, Belgium.

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Performance by Soprano: Marjon Strijk; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Nico van der Meel; Bass: Bas Ramselaar; Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium; Pieter Jan Leusink conducting. Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.

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Performance by Soprano: Edith Mathis; Alto: Julia Hamari; Tenor: Peter Schreier; Bass: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Münchener Bach-Chor / Münchener Bach-Orchester; Karl Richter conducting. Recorded at Herkules-Saal, München, Germany.

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Performance by Soprano: Arleen Augér; Alto: Helen Watts; Tenor: Adalbert Kraus; Bass: Walter Heldwein; Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart; Helmuth Rilling conducting. Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany.

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Cantata 136 (Gardiner / Koopman / Leusink / Suzuki)

2011-08-03T08:14:00.000-07:00

Unknown author from Jerome Nadal, Evangelicae Historiae Imagines, Warning of false prophets, 1593

Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz

Search me, God, and know my heart

Cantata 136

BWV 136

Event: Cantata for the 8^th Sunday after Trinity
Readings: Epistle: Romans 8: 12-17; Gospel: Matthew 7: 15-23
Text: Psalm 139: 23 (Mvt. 1); Johann Heermann (Mvt. 6); Anon (Mvts. 2-5) [W. Murray Young suggests Christian Weiss, Sr.]
Chorale Text: Wo soll ich fliehen hin

1^st performance: July 18, 1723 - Leipzig

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[We 7] (info) Performance by Counter tenor: Robin Tyson; Tenor: Christoph Genz; Bass: Brindley Sherratt; Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner conducting. Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Christkirche, Rendsburg, Germany.

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Performance by Alto: Bogna Bartosz; Tenor: Gerd Türk; Bass: Klaus Mertens; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir; Ton Koopman conducting. Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.

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Performance by Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Nico van der Meel; Bass: Bas Ramselaar; Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium; Pieter Jan Leusink conducting. Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.

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Performance by Alto: Kai Wessel; Tenor: Makoto Sakurada; Bass: Peter Kooy; Bach Collegium Japan; Masaaki Suzuki conducting. Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan.

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2011-08-02T04:37:00.000-07:00

Giovanni Lanfranco, Miracle of the bread and the fish, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 1620-23

Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht

Do not be scandalised,my soul

Cantata 186

BWV 186

Event: Cantata for the 7th Sunday after Trinity
Readings: Epistle: Romans 6: 19-23; Gospel: Mark 8: 1-9
Text: Salomo Franck (Mvts. 1, 3, 5, 8, 10); Paul Speratus (Mvt. 6); Anon (Mvts. 2, 4, 7, 9, 11)
Chorale Text: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
1st Performance: July 11, 1723, Leipzig

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Performance of Soprano: Katharine Fuge; Counter-tenor Richard Wyn Roberts; Tenor: Kobie van Rensburg; Bass: Stephan Loges; Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner conducting. Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at St Mary's, Haddington, Scotland.

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Performance of the Leipziger Vocalensemble; La Stravaganza Köln, Georg Christoph Biller conducting.

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Performance of Boy Soprano: Helmut Wittek (Soloist of the Tölzer Knabenchor); Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Robert Holl; Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) / Concentus Musicus Wien; Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting.

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Performance of Soprano: Ruth Holton; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Knut Schoch; Bass: Bas Ramselaar; Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium; Pieter Jan Leusink conducting. Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.

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Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata 88 (Gardiner / Leusink

2011-07-17T17:23:00.000-07:00

Raphael, The Miraculous Draught of Fish, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1515-16

Siehe, ich will viel Fischer aussenden

See, I shall send out

Cantata 88

BWV 88

Event: Solo Cantata for 5^th Sunday after Trinity

First Performance: July 21, 1726, Leipzig

Event: Solo Cantata for 5^th Sunday after Trinity
Readings: Epistle: 1 Peter 3: 8-15; Gospel: Luke 5: 1-11
Text: Jeremiah 16: 16 (Mvt. 1); 5: 10 (Mvt. 4); Georg Neumark (Mvt. 7); Anon (Mvt. 2, 3, 5, 6) [Neumann suggests Christiane Mariane von Ziegler], [Walther Blankenburg suggested Christoph Helm]
Chorale Text: Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten

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[We7] (info) Performance of Soprano: Joanne Lunn; Counter-tenor: William Towers; Tenor: Kobie van Rensburg; Bass: Peter Harvey; Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner conducting. Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Blasiuskirche, Mühlhausen, Germany.

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Performance of Soprano: Ruth Holton; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Marcel Beekman; Bass: Bas Ramselaar; Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium; Pieter Jan Leusink. Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.

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Cantata 39: Gardiner / Herreweghe / Leonhardt / Leusink / Richter

2011-06-17T18:57:00.000-07:00

François Maître, The soul of Dives in hell, and the soul of Lazarus in the lap of Abraham, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, 1475-80

Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot
Break your bread with the hungry

Cantata 39

BWV 39

Event: 1stSunday after Trinity

1st Performance: June 23, 1726, Leipzig
Readings: Epistle: 1 John 4: 16-21; Gospel: Luke 16: 19-31
Text: Isaiah 58: 7-8 (Mvt. 1); Hebrews 13: 16 (Mvt. 4); David Denicke (Mvt. 7); Anon (Mvts. 2, 3, 5, 6) (Picander ?) [Walther Blankenburg suggested Christoph Helm]
Chorale Text: Kommt, laßt euch den Herren lehren

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We7 (info): Performance of Soprano: Gillian Keith; Alto: Wilke te Brummelstroete; Bass: Dietrich Henschel; Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner conducting. Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at St. Giles Cripplegate, London, England.

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MusicMe (info): Performance of Soprano: Agnès Mellon; Counter-tenor: Charles Brett; Bass: Peter Kooy; Chorus & Orchestra of Collegium Vocale Gent; Philippe Herreweghe conducting. Recorded at Minderbroederskerk, Ghent, Belgium.

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Performance of Boy Soprano: Soloist of Knabenchor Hannover (No Name); Counter-tenor: René Jacobs; Bass: Max van Egmond; Knabenchor Hannover (Chorus Master: Heinz Hennig) / Leonhardt-Consort; Gustav Leonhardt conducting. Recorded at Doopsgezinde Kerk, Haarlem, Holland.

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Performance of Soprano: Ruth Holton; Counter-tenor: Sytse Buwalda; 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 Soprano: Edith Mathis; Contralto: Anna Reynolds; Bass: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Münchener Bach-Chor / Münchener Bach-Orchester; Karl Richter conducting. Recorded at Herkules-Saal, München, Germany.

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Cantata 11 (Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Leusink, Parrott, Richter)

2011-05-27T20:14:00.000-07:00

Pietro Perugino, Ascension, Musée Municipal des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, 1496-98

Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen

Praise God in his kingdoms
Himmelfahrts-Oratorium

Ascension Oratorio

Cantata 11

BWV 11

Event: Ascension Day

1st Performance: May 19, 1735, Leipzig
Readings: Epistle: Acts 1: 1-11; Gospel: Markus 16: 14-20
Text: Luke 24: 50-51 (Mvt. 2); Acts 1: 9 & Mark 16: 19 (Mvt. 5); Acts 1: 10-11 (Mvt. 7a); Luke 24: 52 & Acts 1: 12 (Mvt. 7c); Johann Rist (Mvt. 6); Gottfried Wilhelm Sacer (Mvt. 9); Anon (Mvts. 1, 3, 4, 7b, 8)
Chorale Text: Gott fähret auf gen Himmel

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[musicMe] (info): Performance of Soprano: Nancy Argenta; Counter-tenor: Michael Chance; Tenor: Anthony Rolfe-Johnson; Bass: Stephen Varcoe; Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner conducting. Recorded at All Saints Church, Tooting, England.

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Performance of Boy Soprano: Soloist of the Wiener Sängerknaben (No Name); Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Max van Egmond; Wiener Sängerknaben & Chorus Viennensis (Chorus Master - Hans Gillesberger) / Concentus Musicus Wien; Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting.

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Performance of Sopranos: Marjon Strijk; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Knut Schoch; 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 Soprano I: Emma Kirkby; Soprano II: Evelyn Tubb; Alto: Margaret Cable; Tenor [Evangelist]: Wilfried Jochens; Bass: Stephen Charlesworth; Taverner Consort & Players; Andrew Parrott conducting. Recorded at Studio No. 1, Abbey Road, London, England.

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Performance of Soprano: Edith Mathis; Contralto: Anna Reynolds; Tenor: Peter Schreier; Bass: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Münchener Bach-Chor / Münchener Bach-Orchester; Karl Richter conducting. Recorded at Herkules-Saal, München, Germany.

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