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Cantata BWV 249a
Entflieht, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen


Ref.:

BWV 249a

German Title

Entflieht, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen

English Title

Fly, vanish, flee, O worries (by Richard Stokes)

Event

Schäferkantate” [‘Pastoral Cantata’ or 'Shepherd Cantata'] for the Birthday of Duke Christian of Sachsen-Weißenfels [Drama per Musica]

Composed

Leipzig (?), 1725
1st performance: February 23, 1725 - Weißenfels

Authors:

Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander)

Text:

BWV 249a Text: German-1 | German-5 | German-6 | German-7
Translations: English-1 | English-6 | English-10

Scoring

Soloists: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
Orchestra: 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 oboes, oboe d’amore, bassoon, 2 recorders, transverse flute, violins, basso continuo.
Original music was lost, but since this cantata was actually the original version of BWV 249 (Easter Oratorio), the music can be reconstructed:
Mvts. 1 & 2 Sinfonia = BWV 249/1,2
Mvt. 3 Aria (Duetto) = BWV 249/3 (Chorus)
Mvt. 4 Recitative = music lost
Mvt. 5 Aria = BWV 249/5
Mvt. 6 Recitative = music lost
Mvt. 7 Aria = BWV 249/7
Mvt. 8 Recitative = music lost
Mvt. 9 Aria = BWV 249/9
Mvt. 10 Recitative = music lost
Mvt. 11 Aria (Quartet) = BWV 249/11 (Chorus)

Scores:

BWV 249a Scores: Autograph Score (Facsimile): D-B Mus. ms. Bach St 355, Faszikel 1 | D-B Mus. ms. Bach St 155 [Bach Digital]

References:

BWV 249a=BWV 249.1 References: BGA: - | NBA: - | BC: G 2 | Zwang: - | First Published: Kassel, 1945 | Bach Digital

Commentaries:

BWV 249a Commentaries: English: Crouch | All Music
Nielsen [Danish]

Music

-

Discussions

Week of March 31, 2002; Week of June 13, 2010


Contents

 

Complete Recordings of Cantata BWV 249a
Recordings of Individual Movements from Cantata BWV 249a
Details of BWV Cantata 249b
Complete Recordings of Oster-Oratorium BWV 249
Oster Oratorium BWV 249 - Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions

Recordings

Complete Recordings


1

J.S. Bach: Schäferkantate BWV 249a · Doppelkonzert nach BWV 1060 [ES-7]

Cantata BWV 249a - reconstructed by Hermann Keller from the preserved text printed in the first volume of Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander) poems, and the music composed by J.S. Bach for Oster-Oratorium BWV 249. [43:10]

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart & Figuralchor der Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano: Edith Mathis; Alto: Hetty Plümacher; Tenor: Theo Altmeyer; Bass: Jakob Stämpfli

Cantate-Musicaphon

Mar 1967

CD / TT: 58:39

Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany.
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2

J.S. Bach: Celebration Cantatas BWV 205a, 249a [C-4]

 

16-26. Cantata BWV 249a, reconstructed by Alexander Grychtolik [40:49]

Alexander Grychtolik (Harpsichord & Direction)

Deutsche Hofmusik

Soprano: Miriam Feuersinger; Alto: Elvira Bill; Tenor: Daniel Johannsen; Bass: Stephan MacLeod
DHM: Trumpets: Helen Barsby, David Rodeschini, Michael Dallmann; Horns: Stephan Katte, Sebastian Fischer; Timpani: Frithjof Koch; Transverse Flutes: Jan De Winne, Christine Debaisieux; Oboes: Lidewei De Sterck, Mario Topper; Recorders: Jan De Winne, Christine Debaisieux; Violins: Mechthild Karkow [solo], Heinrich Kubitschek, Elisabeth Sordia; Viola: Elisabeth Sordia; Viola d'amore: Mechthild Karkow; Viola da gamba: Gertrud Ohse; Bassoon: Adrian Rovatkay; Violoncello: Lea Rahel Bader; Violone: Niklas Sprenger; Harpsichord: Aleksandra Grychtolik

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (Sony Music) 19075936392
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Sep 10-14, 2018

CD / TT: 80:14
MP3 / TT: 80:02

Recorded at E. Kirche Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany.
Recording Producer: Martin Kistner; Recording Engineer: Hansjörg Seler; Editing: Martin Kistner, b-sharp music & media solutions.
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Recordings of Individual Movements


M-1

J.S. Bach: Der Streit zwischen Phoebus und Pan - The Contest between Phoebus and Pan [C-1]

 

Sinfonia (Mvt. 1) from Cantata BWV 249a [3:46]
Adagio from Cantata BWV 249a [3:29]

Hansjörg Albrecht

Münchener Bach-Chor / Bach-Collegium München

Henrik Wiese (Flute)

Ohems Classics 914

Jul 3-6, 2007

CD / TT: 62:22

Recorded at Studio 1, BR München, Germany.
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M-2

J.S. Bach: Rediscovered Wind Concertos [O-1]

 

Concerto for 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & continuo, based on BWV 42 & BWV 249a [6:16, 5:52, 3:43, 6:06]

Sergio Azzolini

Kammerakademie Potsdam

Sergio Azzolini (Bassoon); Giovanni de Angeli (Oboe I & Oboe d'amore); Jan Böttcher (Oboe II); Yuki Kasai (Solo Violin, Concert-misterss)
Violins: Christiane Plath, Judith Wolf, Kristina Lung, Matan Dagan, Michiko Prysiaznik*, Peter Rainer, Renate Loock; Violas: Friedemann Wollheim*, Jenny Anschel, Ralph Günthner; Cellos: Anna Carewe, Christoph Hampe; Double-bass: Tobias Lampelzammer; Harpsichord: Davide Pozzi; Theorbo: Diego Cantalupi

Sony Classical 88697483972
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Nov 25-30, 2008

CD / TT: 53:40
MP3 / TT: 53:00

Recoreded at Siemens-Villa, Berlin Lankwitz, Germany.
Recording Producer, Editor: Florian B. Schmidt; Co-producer: Deutschlandradio Kultur; Engineer: Hajo Seiler; Executive Producers: Frauke Lange, Michael Brüggemann, Stefan Lang; Technician: Brigitte Siewert.
Listen on YouTube:
Listen on YouTube:
Concerto for 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & continuo, based on BWV 42 & BWV 249a: Complete Concerto [22:17] | Mvt. 3 [3:43]
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Music Download: Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de

M-3

Le Cantate e Sonate di J.S. Bach (BWV 249a/1, 1039, 106) [CV-1]

Aria for Tenor [Menalcas] Wieget euch, ihr satten Schafe (Mvt. 6) from Cantata BWV 249a [8:41]

Martino Noferi

Studenti del Centro di Musica Antica del Conservatorio di L. Cherubini di Firenze

BWV 249a/6: Soprano: Elena Casaglia
Alena Naima Kiszter (Recorder I); Giulia Giannini (Recorder II); Gustavo Cardamone Carloni (Viola da gamba); Serena D'Ambrosio (Organ)

YouTube

May 16, 2023

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live in Salla Capitolare della Chiesa di Santa Felicita, Florence, Italy, in the frame of 8th Baroque Festival Florence.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 106: Complete Cantata [26:22]


The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (February 2002 - June 2023)

Cantata BWV 249a: Entfliehet, verschwinder, entweichet, ihr Sorgen [Drama per Musica, Shepherd Cantata, Secular cantata] for the Birthday of Duke Christian of Sachsen-Weißenfels (1725)
Discussions: Details & Complete Recordings


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