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Cantata BWV 122
Das neugeborene Kindelein

German Title

Das neugeborene Kindelein

English Title

The newborn infant child (by Richard Stokes)

Event

Chorale Cantata for the 1st Sunday after Christmas Day
Readings: Epistle: Galatians 4: 1-7; Gospel: Luke 2: 33-40

Composed

Leipzig, 1724 | 1st performance: December 31, 1724 - Leipzig

Text

Cyriakus Schneegaß (Mvts. 1, 4, 6); Anon (Mvts. 2-5)

German Text | Translations: Dutch | English-1 | English-3 | English-6 | French-2 | French-4 | Hebrew-1 | Indonesian | Italian-2 | Japanese-2 | Russian-1 | Spanish-5
Chorale Text: Das neugeborne Kindelein

Scoring

Soloists: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass; Four-part chorus
Orchestra: 3 transverse flutes, oboe da caccia, 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, continuo with organ
Mvt. 1: Chorus (Chorale) | Mvt. 2: Aria | Mvt. 3: Recitative w/ Instrumental Chorale | Mvt. 4: Trio w/ Chorale | Mvt. 5: Recitative | Mvt. 6: Chorale

Score Vocal & Piano [1.19 MB] | Score BGA [1.55 MB]
Chorale Melody: Das neugeborne Kindelein

References

BGA: XXVI | NBA: I/3.2 | BC: A 19 | Zwang: K 104 | First Published: BG, 1878 | Provenance

Commentary

BCW | Crouch | AMG | French | Japanese-2 | Spanish

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

Week of December 30, 2001; Week of December 17, 2006

Contents

 

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions

Bach Edition Vols. 8 & 9 - Cantatas Vols. 3 & 4 - conducted by Pieter Jan Leusink
Cantatas Vol. 13 - conducted by Ton Koopman
Cantatas Vol. 26 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki

Recordings - Part 1

Complete Recordings

1

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 122 & BWV 133 [C-2]

Michael Gielen

Wiener Kammerchor / Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Soprano: Margit Opawsky; Contralto: Hilde Rössel-Majdan; Tenor: Waldemar Kmentt; Bass: Harald Hermann

Vanguard / Bach Guild

1952

LP / TT:

 

2

Die Bach Kantate Vol. 64
Edition Bachakademie Vol. 39

Helmuth Rilling

Frankfurter Kantorei / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano: Helen Donath; Alto: Helen Watts; Tenor: Adalbert Kraus; Bass: Niklaus Tüller

Hänssler

Feb 1972

TT: 16:30

Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany.
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3

J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 7

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

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

Boy Soprano: Markus Huber (Soloist of the Tölzer Knabenchor); Alto: Thomas Schilling (Soloist of the Tölzer Knabenchor); Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Philippe Huttenlocher

Teldec

1982

TT: 14:45

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4

J.S. Bach: Cantates de Nöel [C-9]

Philippe Herreweghe

Collegium Vocale Gent

Soprano: Vasiljka Jezovšek; Alto: Sarah Connolly; Tenor: Mark Padmore; Bass: Peter Kooy

Harmonia Mundi France

Dec 1995

TT: 13:42

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5

Bach Edition Vol. 9 - Cantatas Vol. 4

Pieter Jan Leusink

Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium

Soprano: Ruth Holton; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Knut Schoch; Bass: Bas Ramselaar

Brilliant Classics

Oct-Nov 1999

TT: 14:39

Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.
See: Bach Edition Vols. 8 & 9 - Cantatas Vols. 3 & 4 - conducted by Pieter Jan Leusink
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6

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 13

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Soprano: Deborah York; Alto: Franziska Gottwald; Tenor: Paul Agnew; Bass: Klaus Mertens

Antoine Marchand

Nov-Dec 2000

TT: 13:30

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
See: Cantatas Vol. 13 - conducted by Ton Koopman
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7

Bach Cantatas Vol. 16: New York
For the Sunday after Christmas

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists

Soprano: Katharine Fuge; Counter-tenor: Daniel Taylor; Tenor: James Gilchrist; Bass: Peter Harvey

Soli Deo Gloria

Dec 31, 2000

TT: 14:56

Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at St Bartholomew’s Church, New York, NY, USA.
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8

J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 26 - Cantatas from Leipzig 1724

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Soprano: Yukari Nonoshita; Counter-tenor: Timothy Kenworthy-Brown; Tenor: Makoto Sakurada; Bass: Peter Kooy

BIS

June 2003

TT: 13:19

Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan.
See: Cantatas Vol. 26 – conducted by Masaaki Suzuki
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (December 2001 - September 2007)
Thanks to Contributors: Piotr Jaworski (December 2004)


Cantata BWV 122: Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements | Discussions

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