Recordings/Discussions
Background Information
Performer Bios

Poet/Composer Bios

Additional Information

Recordings & Discussions of Cantatas: Main Page | 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
Discussions of General Topics: Cantatas & Other Vocal Works | Performance Practice | Radio, Concerts, Festivals, Recordings


Cantata BWV 197a
Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe


Ref.:

BWV 197a

German Title

Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe

English Title

Glory to God in the highest (by Z. Philip Ambrose)

Event

Cantata for Christmas Day [fragment, incomplete]
Readings: Epistle: Titus 2: 11-14 / Isaiah 9: 2-7; Gospel: Luke 2: 1-14
Musical Context: Motets & Chorales for Christmas

Composed

Leipzig, 1728; Revised as a Wedding Cantata BWV 197: Leipzig, 1736-1737
1st performance: December 25, 1728 ? or the following year - Leipzig
2nd performance: 1736-1737 - Leipzig

Text:

Lukas 2: 14 (Mvt. 1); Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander) (Mvts. 2-6); Kaspar Ziegler (Mvt. 7)

BWV 197a Text: German-1 | German-6 | NBA Text
Translations: English-1 | English-10
Chorale Text: Ich freue mich in dir

Scoring

Soloists: Alto, Bass; Four-part chorus
Orchestra: 2 transverse flutes, oboe d’amore, 2 violins, viola, violoncello, bassoon, continuo
[The music for Mvts. 1-3 & the beginning of Mvt. 4 is missing]
Mvt. 1: Chorus | Mvt. 2: Aria | Mvt. 3: Recitative | Mvt. 4: Aria [A] | Mvt. 5: Recitative [B] | Mvt. 6: Aria [B] | Mvt. 7: Chorus

Scores:

BWV 197a Scores: Score BGA [0.98 MB]
Autograph Score (Facsimile): D B Mus. ms. Bach P 91 [Bach Digital]
MuseScore: Complete Cantata | Mvt. 1: Score not available | Mvt. 2: Score not available | Mvt. 3: Score not available | Mvt. 4 | Mvt. 5 | Mvt. 6 | Mvt. 7 [MuseScore]
Chorale Melody: O Gott, du frommer Gott, Melody 3 [BWV 197a/7]

References:

BWV 197a=BWV 197.1 References: BGA: XLI | NBA: I/2 | BC: A 11 | Zwang: K 170 | First Published: BG, 1894 | Bach Digital

Commentaries:

BWV 197a Commentaries: English: Crouch | All Music | Mincham
Nielsen [Danish] | Role [French]

Music

Music Examples

Discussioons

Week of February 24, 2002; Week of May 11, 2008; Week of March 1, 2009


Contents

 

Complete Recordings of Cantata BWV 197a
Recordings of Individual Movements
Complete Recordings of Cantata BWV 197
Recordings of Individual Movements from Cantata BWV 197

Discussions - Part 1 (1st round)
Discussions - Part 2 (2nd round)
Discussions - Part 3 (3rd round)

Discography

Complete Recordings


1

Edition Bachakademie Vol. 140 - Sacred Vocal Works / Magnificat BWV 243a

Cantata BWV 197a: Mvts. 5-7 [5:42]

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Bass: Michael Volle

Hänssler 92.140
=

Apr-Jun 1999

2-CD / TT: 76:19
MP3 / TT: 76:53

Recorded at Stadthalle Sindelfingn & Leonberg, Germany..
Buy this album at:
2-CD (2000): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download: Amazon.co.uk | ClassicsOnline


2

J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 54 - Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe, Cantatas · 14 · 100 · 197 · 197a (Cantatas from Leipzig 1730s-40s (III))

 
 

Cantatas BWV 197a (fragment; restoration of the score by Diethard Hellmann): Mvts. 4-7 [11:30]

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Counter-tenor: Damien Guillon; Bass: Peter Kooy
Jean-François Madeuf (Trumpet); Kiyomi Suga (Flauto traverso); Masamitsu San’nomiya (Oboe d’amore); Yukiko Murakami (Bassoon); Natsumi Wakamatsu (Violin)

BIS 2021

Sep 2012

SACD / TT: 75:40

Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan. Producer: Jens Braun; Sound engineer: Andreas Ruge; Tuner: Akimi Hayashi.
Buy this album at:
CD (2013): Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


3

Все кантаты Баха. Сезон четвертый "Бах в Лейпциге: парные кантаты", Концерт второй - Рождественский концерт! 12+ (BWV 248/1, 197a, 91) [S4-2]

 

Cantata BWV 197a [15:20]

Artistic Director & Conductor: Oleg Romanenko

Collegium Musicum Ensemble, Moscow

Soprano: Varvara Fedotova; Alto: Anastasia Bondareva; Tenor: Pavel Laus; Bass: Evgeniy Skurat
Daniel Salvador (Organ) [Madrid, Spain]

Все кантаты Баха

Dec 20, 2020

Video / TT: 112:30

Recorded & filmed live at Evangelical-Lutheran St. Peter and Paul's Cathedral, Moscow, Russia, as part of Все кантаты Баха.
Watch on YouTube:
Full Concert: Cantatas BWV 248/1, 197a, 91 [112:30]
Cantata BWV 197a: Complete Cantata [15:20]


The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (November 2002 - December 2021)

Cantata BWV 197a: Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe [incomplete] for Christmas Day (1728?)
Discography: Details & Recordings
Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4


Recordings & Discussions of Cantatas: Main Page | 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
Discussions of General Topics: Cantatas & Other Vocal Works | Performance Practice | Radio, Concerts, Festivals, Recordings




 

Back to the Top


Last update: Saturday, September 10, 2022 15:31