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Cantata BWV 69a=69.1
Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele |
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BWV 69a=BWV 69.1 |
German Title |
Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele |
English Title |
Praise the Lord, my soul (by Francis Browne) |
Event |
Cantata for the 12th Sunday after Trinity
Readings: Epistle: 2 Corinthians 3: 4-11; Gospel: Mark 7: 31-37
Musical Context: Motets & Chorales for 12th Sunday after Trinity |
Composed |
Leipzig, 1723
1st performance: August 15, 1723 - Leipzig
2nd performance: August 31, 1727 - Leipzig |
Text: |
Psalm 103: 2 (Mvt. 1); Samuel Rodigast (Mvt. 6); Anon (Mvts. 2-5) [based on text from Johann Oswald (?) Knauer cantata cycle] |
BWV 69a Text:
German-1
| German-6
| German-7
| NBA Text
Translations:
English-1
| English-3I
| English-3P
| English-6
| English-10
| English-14
Dutch-3
| Dutch-11
| French-1
| French-6
| Italian-2
| Russian-1
| Russian-3
| Spanish-3
| Spanish-7
| Spanish/English-8
Chorale Text:
Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan [BWV 69a/6]
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Scoring |
Soloists: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: 3 trumpets, timpani, flute, 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, continuo
Mvt. 1: Chorus | Mvt. 2: Recitative [S] | Mvt. 3: Aria [T] | Mvt. 4: Recitative [A] | Mvt. 5: Aria [B] | Mvt. 6: Chorus |
BWV 69a Scores:
Score BGA Anh [0.63]
Autograph Score (Facsimile):
D-B Mus. ms. Bach St 68 [Bach Digital]
Chorales: Mvt. 6 | Mvt. 6 ver
MuseScore:
Complete Cantata
| Mvt. 1
| Mvt. 2
| Mvt. 3
| Mvt. 4
| Mvt. 5
| Mvt. 6
[MuseScore]
Chorale Melody: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan [BWV 69a/6]
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References: |
BWV 69a=BWV 69.1 References:
BGA: XVI | NBA: I/20 | BC: A 123 | Zwang: K 39
| First Published: BG, 1868
| Autograph score (facsimile): ?
| Provenance
| Bach Digital
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Commentaries: |
BWV 69a Commentaries:
English:
BCW
| All Music
| Crouch
| Emmanuel Music
| Mincham
| Bachipedia
Nielsen [Danish]
| EvH [Dutch]
| Role [French]
| Kantate [Japanese]
| B!52, Odcinek 37 [Polish]
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Music |
Music Examples |
Discussions |
Week of August 18, 2002; Week of September 11, 2005; Week of November 27, 2011 |
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J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk · Complete Cantatas · Les Cantates, Folge / Vol. 18 (BWV 69-72)
J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 4 (BWV 61-78)
Bach-2000 Vol. 2: Sacred Cantatas 2 (BWV 48-52, 54-69, 69a, 70-99)
Bach: Cantatas / Kantaten Vol. 21 (BWV 67-69 & 69a) |
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Cantata BWV 69a [19:20] |
Nikolaus Harnoncourt |
Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) / Concentus Musicus Wien |
Boy Soprano: Wilhelm Wiedl (Soloist of the Tölzer Knabenchor); Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Ruud van der Meer
CMW: Natural Trumpets: Josef Spindler, Hermann Schober; Timpani: Kurt Hammer; Recorders: Elisabeth Harnoncourt, Leopold Stasny; Oboes: Jürg Schaeftlein, David Reichenberg, Paul Hailperin; Oboe da caccia: Paul Hailperin; Violins: Alice Harnoncourt, Walter Pfeiffer, Peter Schoberwalter, Wilhelm Mergl, Veronika Schmidt, Anita Mitterer [BWV 69a/1,6]; Violas: Kurt Theiner, Josef de Sordi; Bassoon: Milan Turkovič; Violoncello: Nikolaus Harnoncourt; Violone: Eduard Hruza; Organ: Herbert Tachezi |
Telefunken 6.35340
Teldec 8.35340 ZL & 242 572-2
Teldec 4509-91758-2
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Teldec 3984-25707-2
Teldec 8573-81194-2
Warner Classics 8573-81194-5
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May+Oct 20+24, 1976 |
2-LP / TT: 88 min
2-CD / TT: 88:31
6-CD / TT: 389:26
MP3 / TT: 388:31
15-CD / TT: 963:00
CD / TT: 61:03
CD / TT: 61:03
MP3 / TT: 61:14 |
Recorded at Casino Zögernitz, Vienna, Austria.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 69a: Complete Cantata [19:23]
CD: Cantatas BWV 67, BWV 68, BWV 69, BWV 69a [61:03]
Buy this album at:
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Teldec CD (2000): Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Warner CD (2008): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download CD: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de | iTunes |
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J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 6 |
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Cantata BWV 69a [18:13] |
Ton Koopman |
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir (Chorus Master: Simon Schouten) |
Soprano: Ruth Ziesak; Alto: Elisabeth von Magnus; Tenor: Paul Agnew; Bass: Klaus Mertens
ABO Soloists: Margaret Faultless (Violin); Jaap ter Linden (Cello); Marcel Ponseele (Oboe/Oboe d'amore); Stephen Keavy (Trumpet)
ABC: Sopranos: Els Bongers, Anne Grimm, Vera Lansink, Caroline Stam, María-Luz Álvarez; Altos: Annemieke Cantor, Stephen Carter, Peter de Groot, Hugo Naessens; Tenors: Henk Gunneman, Geraint Roberts, Jeremy Ovenden, Kevin McLean-Mair, Geert Berghs; Basses: Donald Bentvelsen, Matthijs Mesdag, Mitchell Sandler, René Steur
ABO: Violins: Margaret Faultless [Leader], Marshall Marcus, Foskien Kooistra, Sebastiaan van Vucht, Lisa Ferguson, Carlo Marona, Marc Cooper, Nicolo Cleminson; Violas: Martin Kelly, Jane Rogers; Cellos: Jaap ter Linden, Jonathan Manson; Double-bass/Violone: Nicholas Pap; Oboes/Oboes d'amore: Marcel Ponseele, Michel Henry, Ann Vanlancker; Recorder: Reine-Marie Verhagen; Trumpets: Stephen Keavy, Jonathan Impen, James Ghigi [not listed in the liner notes]; Timpani: Luuk Nagtegaal; Bassoon: Marc Vallon; Organ: Ton Koopman [recitatives & arias], Jon Kleinbussink [choirs]; Lute: Mike Fentross |
Erato 3984-21629-2
Antoine Marchand CC-72206
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Apr & Sep 1997 |
3-CD / TT: 196:00
3-CD / TT: 196:00
MP3 / TT: 195:22 |
Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Producer: Tini Mathot; Sound Engineer & Editor: Adriaan Verstijnen.
See: Complete Cantatas Volume 6 - conducted by Ton Koopman
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 69a: Complete Cantata [15:34]: Part 1 [9:42] + Part 2 [5:52]
Buy this album at:
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Antonie Marchand 3-CD (2005): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
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J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 13 - Cantatas from Leipzig 1723 / VI (BWV 64, 25, 69a, 77, 50) |
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Cantata BWV 69a [17:56] |
Masaaki Suzuki |
Bach Collegium Japan |
Soprano: Yoshie Hida; Alto: Kirsten Sollek-Avella; Tenor: Makoto Sakurada; Bass: Peter Kooy
Chorus: Sopranos: Yoshie Hida, Tamiko Hoshi, Mikiko Suzuki, Aki Yanagisawa; Altos: Kirsten Sollek-Avella, Yuko Anazawa, Tomoko Koike, Tamaki Suzuki; Tenors: Makoto Sakurada, Hiroyuki Harada, Takanori Ohnishi, Yosuke Taniguchi; Basses: Peter Kooy, Yoshiya Hida, Tetsuya Odagawa, Chiyuki Urano
Orchestra: Trumpets: Toshio Shimada, Yoshimitsu Osada, Munenori Yamakami; Tromba da tirarsi: Toshio Shimada; Timpan: Hisao Horio; Recorder: Kazuo Hanaoka; Oboes: Alfredo Bernardini, Masamitsu San'nomiya, Atsuko Ozaki; Oboe d'amore & Oboe da caccia: Alfredo Bernardini; Violins: Natsumi Wakamatsu [Leader], Azumi Takada, Yuko Araki, Luna Oda, Yasuko Ohara, Mari Ono; Violas: Yoshiko Morita, Ryoko Moro'oka; Violoncellos: Hidemi Suzuki [Principal], Norizumi Moro'oka; Double-bass: Shigeru Sakurai; Bassoon: Seiichi Futakuchi; Organ: Masaaki Suzuki, Naoko lmai |
BIS CD-1041
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Oct 1999 |
CD / TT: 70:58
MP3 / TT: 68:23 |
Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan.
Tuner: Toshihiko Umeoka; Recording Producer: Ingo Petry; Sound Engineer: Marion Schwebel; Digital Editing: Jens Jamin, Annette Rauhaus.
See: Cantatas Vol. 13 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki
Buy this album at:
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Edition Bachakademie Vol. 140 - Sacred Vocal Works (Magnificat BWV 243a, BWV 232 II, 34a, 69a, 120a, 197a) |
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Cantata BWV 69a: Mvts. 2-4 [8:06] |
Helmuth Rilling |
Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart |
Soprano: Sibylla Rubens; Alto: Anke Vondung; Tenor: Marcus Ullmann |
Hänssler 92.140
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Apr-Jun 1999 |
2-CD / TT: 76:19
MP3 / TT: 76:19 |
Recorded at Stadthalle Sindelfingn & Leonberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Producer: Richard Hauck; Recording: Tonstudio Teije van Geest, Heidelberg.
2-CD: Magnificat BWV 243a, Symbolum Niceum BWV 232/2, Cantatas BWV 34a, BWV 69a, BWV 120a, BWV 197a [HD: 76:21]
Buy this album at:
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Bach Cantatas Vol. 6: Köthen/Frankfurt
For the 12th Sunday after Trinity (BWV 69a, 35, 137)
For the 13th Sunday after Trinity (BWV 77, 164, 33) |
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2. |
Cantata BWV 69a [17:18] |
John Eliot Gardiner |
Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists |
Soprano: Katharine Fuge; Counter-tenor: Robin Tyson; Tenor: Christoph Genz; Bass: Peter Harvey
MC: Sopranos: Suzanne Flowers, Lucinda Houghton, Gillian Keith, Emma Preston-Dunlop, Belinda Yates, Katharine Fuge; Altos: Lucy Ballard, Elinor Carter, Angus Davidson, Robin Tyson; Tenors: Simon Davies, Rory O'Connor, Paul Tindall, Andrew Busher; Basses: Christopher Foster, Charles Pott, Geoffrey Davidson, Lawrence Wallington
EBS: First Violins: Kati Debretzeni, Nicolette Moonen, Foskien Kooistra, Penelope Spencer, Sarah Bealby-Wright; Second Violins: Anne Schumann, Oliver Webber, Desmond Heath, Hildburg Williams; Violas: Annette Isserlis, Lisa Cochrane, Colin Kitching; Cellos: Daniel Yeadon, Lynden Cranham, Double-bass: Valerie Botwright; Flute: Rachel Beckett; Oboes: Marcel Ponseele, Mark Baigent, Cherry Forbes; Bassoon: Philip Turbett; Trumpets: Niklas Eklund, Marc Ulrich, Frøde Jakobsen; Timpani: David Corkhill; Harpsichord: Silas John Standage; Organ: Ian Watson |
Soli Deo Gloria SDG-134
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Sep 10, 2000 |
2-CD / TT: 111:56
MP3 / TT: 111:08 |
Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Jakobskirche, Köthen, Germany.
Producer: Isabella de Sabata; Balance Engineers: Jean-Marie Geijsen, Matthijs Ruijter (Polyhymnia); Recording Engineers: Roger de Schot (Polyhymnia), Rob Aarden (Eurosound); Tape Editor: Matthijs Ruijter; SeriExecutive Producer: Isabella de Sabata.
See: John Eliot Gardiner - Bach Cantata Pilgrimage - Vol. 6
Listen on YouTube:
Vol. 6, CD-1: Cantatas BWV 69a, 35, 137 [54:57]
Cantata BWV 69a: Mvt. 1: Chorus [5:02]
Buy this album at:
2-CD (2007): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de | ArkivMusic
Music Download: Amazon.com | ClassicsOnline | iTunes |
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J.S. Bach: Kantate BWV 69a "Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele" [D11-7]
Bach-Kantaten-Edition der Bach-Stiftung St. Gallen: Bach erlebt XI - Das Bach-Jahr 2017
Bach-Kantaten N°33 (BWV 102, 228, 69a) |
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Cantata BWV 69a [CD: 28:17; YT: 21:35] |
Conductor: Rudolf Lutz
Reflection lecture: Rita Famos
Musical-theological work introduction: Karl Graf, Rudolf Lutz |
Chor & Orchester der J.S. Bach-Stiftung |
Soloists: Soprano: Mirjam Berli; Counter-tenor: Alex Potter; Tenor: Raphael Höhn; Bass: Dominik Wörner
Choir: Sopranos: Lia Andres, Susanne Seitter, Noëmi Tran-Rediger, Anna Walker, Maria Weber; Altos: Jan Börner, Antonia Frey, Lea Pfister-Scherer, Alexandra Rawohl, Damaris Rickhaus; Tenors: Clemens Flämig, Raphael Höhn, Christian Rathgeber, Nicolas Savoy; Basses: Daniel Pérez, Philippe Rayot, Oliver Rudin, Tobias Wicky, William Wood
Orchestra: Violines: Renate Steinmann, Monika Baer, Claire Foltzer, Elisabeth Kohler, Marita Seeger, Salome Zimmermann; Violas: Susanna Hefti, Matthias Jäggi, Martina Zimmermann; Violoncellos: Martin Zeller, Hristo Kouzmanov; Violone: Markus Bernhard; Oboes: Katharina Arfken, Philipp Wagner, Natalia Herden; Trompets: Lukas Gothszalk, Bruno Fernandes, Alexander Samawicz; Recorder: Annina Stahlberger; Timpani: Reto Baumann; Organ: Nicola Cumer; Harpsichord: Thomas Leininger |
J.S. Bach-Stiftung St. Gallen B558
J.S. Bach-Stiftung St. Gallen
J.S. Bach-Stiftung St. Gallen B896 |
Aug 25, 2017 |
DVD / TT:
10-DVD / TT:
CD / TT: 59:46 |
Recorded live at Evangelische Kirche, Trogen, Switzerland, in the frame of J.S. Bach-Stiftung, St. Gallen: Cantata Series.
The DVD (in German, no subtitles) includes a film recording of the complete cantata, the reflection lecture of the speaker and a film portrait of the J.S. Bach Foundation.
Recording & Production: Sound Engineers: Stefan Ritzenthaler, Johannes Widmer; Producer: Meinrad Keel; Production: Gallus Media AG, Switzerland; DVD format: PAL.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 69a: Complete Cantata [21:35] | Workshop [45:08] | Reflection Lecture [15:49] | Mvt. 3: Aria [T] [6:07]
Buy this album at:
10-DVD (2018): J.S. Bach-Stiftung, St. Gallen: Shop
CD (2020): J.S. Bach-Stiftung St. Gallen: Shop |
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Vision.Bach - The First Cantata Year, Vol. 3 (BWV 105, 46, 179, 199.3, 69.1, 77, 25, 119) [VB-3] |
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CD-2:
1-6. Cantata BWV 69.1 [18:22] |
Hans-Christoph Rademann |
Gaechinger Cantorey |
BWV 69.1, 77 Soloists: Soprano: Miriam Feuersinger; Alto: Marie Henriette Reinhold; Tenor: Richard Resch; Bass: Tobias Berndt
Choir: Sopranos: Miriam Feuersinger, Sophie Harr, Anja Scherg; Altos: Marie Henriette Reinhold, Jaro Kirchgessner, Jonathan Mayenschein; Tenors: Richard Resch, Christoph Pfaller, Christopher Renz; Basses: Tobias Berndt, Julián Millán, Stefan Weiler
Orchestra: Trumpets: Hannes Rux-Brachtendorf, Astrid Brachtendorf, Karel Mnuk; Timpani: Stefan Gawlick; Recorder: Sheng-Fang Chiu; Oboes: Daniel Lanthier, Linda Alijaj, Elisabeth Beckert; Bassoon: Györgyi Farkas; Bassono grosso: Karl Nieler; Violins: Jonas Zschenderlein, Yves Ytier, Emanuele Breda, Sarah Flögel, Felicia Graf, Julia Greve, Lotta Suvanto; Violas: Oliver Wilson, Yoko Tanaka-Zschenderlein; Violoncello: Joseph Crouch; Double-bass: Christine Sticher; Harpsichord: Michaela Hasselt; Organ: Johannes Fiedler |
Hänssler Classic HC-23027
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BWV 69.1, 77: Sep 9, 2023 |
2-CD / TT: 151:52
MP3 / TT: 151:24 |
Recorded live in the frame of Vision-Bach Series:
BWV 69.1, 77: at Stiftskirche, Herrenberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (Concert 6).
Buy this album at:
2-CD (2024): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de |
The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (August 2002 - June 2024)
Thanks to contributors: Frits V. Herbold (February 2012); Claude Role (June 2024) |
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