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Cantata BWV 165
O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad

German Title

O heilges Geist und Wasserbad

English Title

O Holy Ghost and water bath (by W. Murray Young)

Event

Cantata for Trinity Sunday
Readings: Epistle: Romans 11: 33-36; Gospel: John 3: 1-15

Composed

Weimar, 1715 | 1^st performance: June 16, 1715 - Weimar; 2^nd performance: June 4, 1724 ? - Leipzig

Text

Salomo Franck (Mvts. 1-5); Ludwig Helmbold (Mvt. 6)

German Text | Translations: Dutch | English-1 | English-3 | English-6 | French-3 | French-4 | French-6 | Hebrew-1 | Indonesian | Italian | Russian-1 | Spanish-4
Chorale Text: Nun laßt uns Gott dem Herren

Scoring

Soloists: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: 2 violins, viola, bassoon, cello with continuo
Mvt. 1: Aria | Mvt. 2: Recitative | Mvt. 3: Aria | Mvt. 4: Recitative | Mvt. 5: Aria | Mvt. 6: Chorale

Score Vocal & Piano [0.95 MB] | Score BGA [1.19 MB]
Chorale Melody: Nun laßt uns Gott dem Herren

References

BGA: XXXIII | NBA: I/15 | BC: A 90 | Zwang: K 19 | First Published: BG, 1887

Commentary

Crouch | AMG | Emmanuel Music | Japanese-1 | Spanish

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

Week of June 18, 2000; Week of May 1, 2005

Contents

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions - Part 1
Discussions - Part 2

Bach Edition Vol. 4 & 5 - Cantatas Vol. 1 & 2 - conducted by Pieter Jan Leusink

Recordings - Part 1

Complete Recordings

1

Die Bach Kantate Vol. 38
Edition Bachakademie Vol. 50

Helmuth Rilling

Frankfurter Kantorei / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano: Arleen Augér; Alto: Alyce Rogers; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Wolfgang Schöne

Hänssler

Dec 1975; Apr-May 1976

TT: 13:11

Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany.
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2

J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 9

Gustav Leonhardt

Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) & Collegium Vocale Gent (Chorus Master: Philippe Herreweghe) / Leonhardt Consort

Boy Soprano: Tobias Eiwanger; Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Max van Egmond

Teldec

1987

TT: 12:31

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3

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Volume 3

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Soprano: Caroline Stam; Alto: Elisabeth von Magnus; Tenor: Paul Agnew; Bass: Klaus Mertens

Erato / Antoine Marchand

Sep 1995

TT: 11:56

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
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4

J.S. Bach: Cantatas 4

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Soprano: Aki Yanagisawa; Alto: Akira Tachikawa; Tenor: Makoto Sakurada; Bass: Stephan Schreckenberger

BIS

June 1996

TT: 12:15

Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan.
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5

Bach Edition Vol. 5 - Cantatas Vol. 2

Pieter Jan Leusink

Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium

Soprano: Ruth Holton; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Nico van der Meel; Bass: Bas Ramselaar

Brilliant Classics

Apr-Sep 1999

TT: 13:13

Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.
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6

Bach Cantatas Vol. 27: Blythburgh/Kirkwell
For Whit Tuesday
For Trinity Sunday

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists

Soprano: Ruth Holton; Counter-tenor: Daniel Taylor; Tenor: Paul Agnew; Bass: Peter Harvey

Soli Deo Gloria

Jun 2000

TT: 12:54

Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (June 2000 - April 2008)
Thanks to contributors: Thomas Shepherd (January 2008)

Cantata BWV 165: Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements | Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2

Recordings & Discussions of Cantatas: Cantatas BWV 1-50 | Cantatas BWV 51-100 | Cantatas BWV 101-150 | Cantatas BWV 151-200 | Cantatas BWV 201-224 | Cantatas BWV Anh | Order of Discussion

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