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Cantata BWV 207a
Auf, schmetternde Töne der muntern Trompeten


Ref.:

BWV 207a; BC G 22

German Title:

Auf, schmetternde Töne der muntern Trompeten

English Title:

Come, resounding tones of merry trumpets (by Richard Stokes)

Event:

Secular Cantata for Elector Augustus III’s Birthday [Drama per Musica]

Composed:

Leipzig, 1735 ?
1st performance: August 3, 1735 ? or a year before or after - Leipzig

Text:

Anon [Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander) ?]

BWV 207a Text: German-1 | German-6 | German-7
Translations: English-1 | English-6 | English-10 | English-13
Catalan-1 | Dutch-0 | French-4 | French-6 | Spanish-7

Scoring:

Soloists: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 transverse flutes, 2 oboes d’amore, tenor oboe (taille), bassoon, strings, continuo
Mvt. 1: Chorus | Mvt. 2: Recitative | Mvt. 3: Aria | Mvt. 4: Recitative | Mvt. 5: Aria (Duet) | M5a: Ritornello | Mvt. 6: Recitative | Mvt. 7: Aria | Mvt. 8: Recitative | Mvt. 9: Chorus | Mvt. 10: Marcia

Scores:

BWV 207a Scores: Score BGA Anh [0.44 MB] | Score BGA [1.86 MB]
Autograph Score (Facsimile): D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 174 | D-B Mus. ms. Bach St 93, Faszikel 2 | D-B Mus. ms. Bach St 347 [Bach Digital]

References:

BWV 207a=BWV 207.2 References: BGA: XX/2, XXXIV | NBA: I/37 | BC: G 22 | Zwang: W 18 | First Published: BG, 1873 | Autograph score (fascimile): Berlin, Staatsbibliothek | The Marche movement in BWV 207 and BWV 207a [PDF] | Bach Digital

Commentaries:

BWV 207a Commentaries: English: Crouch | All Music | Mincham | NBV-AOB
Nielsen [Danish] | EvH [Dutch] | GO [Dutch] | Reyes [Spanish]

Music:

Music Examples

Discussions:

Week of April 28, 2002; Week of February 17, 2008; Week of September 29, 2013; Week of July 15, 2018


Contents

 

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements
Recordings of Cantata BWV 207

Discussions - Part 1 (1st round)
Discussions - Part 2 (2nd round)
Discussions - Part 3 (3rd round)
Discussions - Part 4 (4th round)

Recordings - Part 1

Complete Recordings


1

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 207a & BWV 214 [C-4]

 

Cantatas BWV 207a [29:54]

Helmut Kahlhöfer

Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke & Chamber Orchestra

Soprano: Ingeborg Reichelt; Alto: Emmy Lisken; Tenor: Georg Jelden; Bass: Eduard Wollitz
Walter Holly (Clarino = Valveless Baroque Trumpet); Ingus Schmidt (Clarino); Helmut Schneidewind (Clarino); Willy Schwegler (Flute); Helmut Winschermann (Oboe & Oboe d'amore); Gisbert Schneider (Organ)

Cantate 641211
SDG 610202
Vanguard SRV-231SV
Musical Heritage Society MHS-1375

Oct 1961

LP / TT: 56:56
LP / TT: 56:56
LP / TT: 56:56
LP / TT: 56:56

Recorded at Immanuelskirche, Wuppertal-Barmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 207a: Complete Cantata [33:26]





2

J.S. Bach Secular Cantatas BWV 206 & 207a [C-1]

 

Cantata BWV 207a [29:33]

Frieder Bernius

Kammerchor Stuttgart / Concerto Köln

Solists: Soprano: Ruth Ziesak; Alto: Michael Chance; Tenor: Christoph Prégardien; Bass: Peter Kooy
KCS: Sopranos: Katharina Harjung, Annette Klär, Gudrun Lauffer, Elisabeth Rave, Sibylla Rubens, Annette Schneider, Mona Spägele; Altos (Counter-tenors): Detlef Bratschke, Werner Buchin, Joachim Dreher, Roland Kunz, Meindert Zwart; Tenors: Martin Bochinger, Beat Duddeck, Pascal Mayer, Kristian Sørensen, Hans-Joachim Weber; Basses: Martin Callenius, Reinhard Krämer, Rudolf Preckwinkel, Bernhard Richter, Adolph Seidel
CK: Violins 1: Werner Ehrhardt [Leader], Sylvie Kraus, Jörg Buschhaus, Gabriele Nußberger, Bettina von Dombois; Violins 2: Andrea Keller, Antje Engel, Cynthia Romeo, Rainer Ullreich; Violas: Christine Angot, Stephan Sieben, Antje Sabinski; Violoncellos: Werner Matzke, Nina Diehl; Violone: Jean-Michel Forest; Transverse Flutes: Cordula Breuer, Martin Sandhoff, Michael Schmidt-Cassdorf; Oboes: Michael Niesemann, Alison Gangler, Katharina Arfken; Bassoon: Norbert Kunst; Trumpets: Crispian Steele-Perkins, David Blackadder, Philip Bainbridge; Timpani: Wolfgang Lindner; Harpsichord: Gerald Hambitzer

Sony Classical SK-46492
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Sep 19-26, 1990

CD / TT: 66:51
MP3 / T: 66:34

Recorded at Evangelische Kirche, Gönningen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Producer: Wolf Erickson; Recording Engineer/Editing: Andreas Neubronner.
Buy this album at:
CD-1 (1991): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
CD-2 (1991): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
CD-3 (2006): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download: Amazon.de


3

Edition Bachakademie Vol. 64 - Secular Cantatas

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano: Christine Schäfer; Alto: Ingeborg Danz; Tenor: Stanford Olsen; Bass: Michael Volle

Hänssler

Jan 1995

TT: 33:44

Recorded at Stadthalle Leonberg, Germany.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com


4

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 5
Bach-2000 Vol. 5 - Secular Cantatas
[B-0]

 

Cantata BWV 207a [33:42]

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Sopranos: Sibylla Rubens (Mvt. 5), Anne Grimm (Mvt. 10); Alto: Elisabeth von Magnus; Tenor: Christoph Prégardien; Bass: Klaus Mertens

Erato 0630-17578-2
Antoine Marchand CC-72205
Teldec

Sep & Nov 1996

4-CD / TT: 239:51
4-CD / TT: 239:51
11-CD / TT:

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
Buy this album at:
Erato 4-CD (1997): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Antoine Marchand 4-CD (2004): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download: Amazon.com | ClassicsOnline
Teldec 11-CD (2000): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


5

J.S. Bach: Festmusiken zu Leipziger Universitätsfeiern [C-2]

Cantata BWV 207a [30:41]

David Timm

Leipziger Universitätschor / Pauliner Barockensemble, Leipzig

Soprano: Anastasiya Peretyahina; Alto: Susanne Krumbiegel; Tenor: Martin Petzold; Bass: Wolf-Matthias Friedrich

Querstand

2009

5-CD / TT:

Buy this album at:
5 CD: Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de


6

Bach: Secular Cantatas, Vol. 9 - The Contest between Phoebus and Pan (BWV 201, 207a)

 
 

Cantata BWV 207a [32:54]

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Soloists: Soprano: Joanne Lunn; Counter-tenor: Robin Blaze; Tenor: Nicholas Phan; Bass: Dominik Wörner
Kiyomi Suga (Transverse Flute); Masamitsu San'nomiya (Oboe / Oboe d'amore)
Chorus: Sopranos: Joanne Lunn, Minae Fujisaki, Aki Matsui, Eri Sawae; Altos: Robin Blaze, Hiroya Aoki, Tamaki Suzuki, Chiharu Takahashi; Tenors I: Katsuhiko Nakashima, Tai-ichiro Yasutomi; Tenors II: Nicholas Phan, Yusuke Fujii; Basses I: Christian Immler, Chiyuki Urano; Basses II: Dominik Wörner, Yusuke Watanabe
Orchestra: Trumpet I: Jean-François Madeuf; Trumpet II: Joël Lahens; Trumpet III: Hidenori Saito; Timpani: Atsushi Sugahara; Transverse Flute I: Kiyomi Suga; Transverse Flute II: Liliko Maeda; Oboe I / Oboe d'amore: Masamitsu San'nomiya; Oboe II / Oboe d'amore II: Go Arai; Taille: Ayaka Mori; Violins 1: Ryo Terakado [Leader], Natsumi Wakamatsu, Yuko Araki; Violins 2: Azumi Takada, Yuko Takeshima, Ayaka Yamauchi; Violas: Hiroshi Narita, Akira Harada
Continuo: Violoncello: Toru Yamamoto; Violone: Takashi Konno; Bassoon: Kiyotaka Dosaka; Harpsichord: Masaaki Suzuki, Masato Suzuki

BIS SACD-2311
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Sep 2016

SACD / TT: 80:53
MP3 / TT: 80:44

Recorded at Kobe Shoin Women’s University Chapel, Japan.
Producer: Thore Brinkmann (Take5 Music Production); Sound Engineer: Matthias Spitzbarth; Tuning: Akimi Hayashi; Post-production: Editing & Mixing: Thore Brinkmann; Executive Producer: Robert von Bahr.
Buy this album at:
CD (2017): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de | ArkivMusic
Music Download: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de | iTunes


The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (March 2002 - August 2024)
Thanks to contributors: Wayne Davies (August 2006); Rainer Harald (August 2024); Leslie Masters (August 2010); Peter Schmidt (May 2005)

Cantata BWV 207a: Auf, schmetternde Töne der muntern Trompeten for Birthday [Dramma per musica, Secular cantata] (1735)
Discography: Details & Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements
Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4


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