Ref.:

BWV 216a

German Title:

Erwählte Pleißenstadt: Apollo et Mercurius

English Title:

O Chosen Leipzig: Apollo and Mercury (by Simon Crouch)

Event:

Homage cantata to the Leipzig town council

Composed:

Leipzig, 1728 ?
1^st performance: After 1728 - Leipzig
Parody of BWV 216

Text:

Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander) (?)

BWV 216a : Text: German-5 | German-6 | German-7
Translations: English-1 | English-10
Polish-1 | Polish-2

Scoring:

Music lost, but can be partially reconstructed from BWV 216; Mvt. 1: BWV 216/1, Mvt. 3: BWV 216/3, Mvt. 5: BWV 216/5, Mvt. 7: BWV 216/7.

Scores:

BWV 216a Scores: Autograph Score (Facsimile): D-B Mus. ms. Bach P 613 [Bach Digital]

References:

BWV 216a=BWV 216.2 References: BGA: 34 | NBA: I/39 | BC: G 47 | Zwang: - | First Published: BG, 1887 | Bach Digital

Commentaries:

BWV 216a Commentaries: English: Crouch
Nielsen [Danish]

Music:

-

Discussions:

Week of November 24, 2013; Week of July 22, 2018

Contents

Details & Complete Recordings of Cantata BWV 216
Details & Complete Recordings of Cantata BWV 216a

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

Discography

Complete Recordings

1

Bach: Angenehme Melodei - Huldigungskantaten BWV 216a & 210a [C-3]

Cantata Erwählte Pleißenstadt - Apollo et Mercurius, BWV 216a, reconstructed by Alexander Grychtolik [22:50]

Alexander Grychtolik

Mitteldeutsche Hofmusik (as Deutsche Hofmusik)

Soprano: Katja Stuber; Counter-tenor: Franz Vitzthum; Tenor: Daniel Johannsen
Jan De Winne (Transverse Flute); Dymphna Vandenabeele (Oboe d'amore); Claudia Mende, Rahel Mai (Violins); Raquel Massadas (Viola); Lea Rahel Bader (Violoncello); Niklas Sprenger (Violone); Alexander Grychtolik (Harpsichord)

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (Sony Music) 88985410522
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Aug 29-Sep 2, 2016

CD / TT: 52:41
MP3 / TT: 52:35

Recorded at Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany.
Recording Producer: Philipp Nedel; Recording Engineer: Martin Kistner.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 216a: Complete Cantata [22:39]
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (April 2017 - May 2019)
Thanks to contributors: Leslie Masters (March 2017), Paul Mytton (March 2017), Filip Adam Zieliński (February 2018)

Cantata BWV 216a: Erwählte Pleißenstadt [music lost] for Congratulations [Secular cantata] (after 1728)
Discography: Details & Complete Recordings
Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3