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Cantata BWV 109
Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben!

Ref.

BWV 109

German Title

Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben!

English Title

Believe, Lord, help my unbelief (by Alec Robertson)

Event

Cantata for the 21st Sunday after Trinity
Readings: Epistle: Ephesians 6: 10-17; Gospel: John 4: 46-54

Composed

Leipzig, 1723
1st performance: October 17, 1723 - Leipzig

Text

Mark 9: 24 (Mvt. 1); Lazarus Spengler (Mvt. 6); Anon (Mvts. 2-5)

German Text | Translations: Catalan-1 | Dutch-4 | English-1 | English-3 | English-6 | English-10 | French-4 | French-6 | Hebrew-1 | Indonesian | Italian-2 | Russian-1 | Spanish-3
Chorale Text: Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt

Scoring

Soloists: Alto, Tenor; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: corno da caccia, 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, continuo
Mvt. 1: Chorus | Mvt. 2: Recitative | Mvt. 3: Aria | Mvt. 4: Recitative | Mvt. 5: Aria | Mvt. 6: Chorale

Score Vocal & Piano [2.01 MB] | Score BGA [2.84 MB]
Score Examples: Examples from the Score
Chorale Melody: Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt

References

BGA: XXIII | NBA: I/25 | BC: A 151 | Zwang: K 47 | First Published: BG, 1876 | Autograph score (Facsimile): Berlin, Staatsbibliothek

Commentary

BCW | Crouch | AMG | Emmanuel Music | Mincham | EvH [Dutch | HT [Dutch] | KL [Dutch] | Role [French] | Japanese-1 | Reyes [Spanish]

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

Week of November 12, 2000; Week of November 13, 2005; Week of July 1, 2012

Contents

 

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions - Part 1
Discussions - Part 2

Cantatas Vol. 14 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki

Recordings - Part 1

Complete Recordings

1

Die Bach Kantate Vol. 56
Edition Bachakademie Vol. 35

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

CD: Alto: Gabriele Schreckenbach; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz
LP: Alto: Hildegard Laurich; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz

Hänssler

Feb 1971 (Mvts. 1-3); Feb 1981 (rest)

TT: 25:11 (CD) / 25:00 (LP)

On Edition Bachakademie the dates are: Feb 1971; Feb-Mar 1981. Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany. LP recorded in 1971.
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2

J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 6

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) / Concentus Musicus Wien

Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz

Teldec

1980

TT: 25:19

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3

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 8

 
 

Cantata BWV 109 [21:41]

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Alto: Bogna Bartosz; Tenor: Jörg Dürmüller

Erato 3984-25488-2 Antoine Marchand CC-72208

Mar 1998

3-CD / TT: 190:47

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
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4

Radio Broadcast

Peter Schreier

Anton Webern Choir / Orchestra from Dresden

Tenor: Christoph Genz, other details unknown

Radio Broadcast

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5

J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 14 - Cantatas from Leipzig 1723 - BWV 48, 89, 109, 148

 
 

Cantata BWV 109 [24:22]

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Counter-tenor: Robin Blaze; Tenor: Gerd Türk

BIS 1081

Feb 22-25, 2000

CD / TT: 66:04

Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan.
See: Cantatas Vol. 14 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki
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6

Bach Edition Vol. 18 - Cantatas Vol. 9

 
 

Cantata BWV 109 [23:55]

Pieter Jan Leusink

Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium

Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Nico van der Meel

Brilliant Classics 99377

Spring 2000

5-CD / TT: 307:14

Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.
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7

Bach Cantatas Vol. 11: Genova/Greenwich
For the 20th Sunday after Trinity
For the 21st Sunday after Trinity

 
 

Cantata BWV 109 [25:11]

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists

Counter-tenor: William Towers; Tenor: Paul Agnew

Soli Deo Gloria 168

Nov 11-12, 2000

2-CD / TT: 145:05

Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage at Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, England.
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8

Boston Conservatory presents Ave Maria, K. 554 (1788) [C-2]

 

Cantata BWV 109 []

Miguel Felipe

Boston Conservatory.Chorale; Boston Conservatory. Women's Chorus / Boston Conservatory. Orchestra

William Cutter

Boston Conservatory

2006

2-CD / TT:
DVD / TT:

Source: WorldCat Libraries

9

J.S. Bach: Kantate BWV 109 „Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben“ [C-40]

 

Cantata BWV 109 []

Rudolf Lutz

Vokalensemble der Schola Seconda Pratica / Schola Seconda Pratica

Alto: Ruth Sandhoff; Tenor: Bernhard Berchthold

Gallus Media

Oct 22, 2010

DVD / TT:

Recorded live at Evangelische Kirche, Trogen, Switzerland.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (November 2000 - January 2012)
Thanks to contributors: Matthias Hansen (September 2005)

Cantata BWV 109: Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements | Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2

 

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