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Cantata BWV 37
Wer da gläubet und getauft wird

German Title

Wer da gläubet und getauft wird

English Title

He that believeth and is baptized (Richard Stokes)

Event

Ascension Day
Readings: Epistle: Acts 1: 1-11; Gospel: Markus 16: 14-20

Composed

Leipzig, 1724 | 1st performance: May 18, 1724 - Leipzig; 2nd performance: May 3, 1731 - Leipzig

Text

Mark 16: 16 (Mvt. 1); Philipp Nicolai (Mvt. 3); Johann Kolrose (Mvt. 6); Anon (Mvts. 2, 4, 5)

German Text | Translations: Dutch-4 | English-1 | English-6 | French-1 | French-4 | Hebrew-1 | Indonesian | Italian-2 | Italian-4 | Russian-1 | Spanish-4
Chorale Text: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern

Scoring

Soloists: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: 2 oboes d’amore, 2 violins, viola, organ continuo
Mvt. 1: Chorus | Mvt. 2: Aria | Mvt. 3: Chorale | Mvt. 4: Recitative | Mvt. 5: Aria | Mvt. 6: Chorale

Score Vocal & Piano [1.68 MB] | Score BGA [2.09 MB]
Chorales: Mvt. 6
Capella: Mvt. 6 [cap]
Examples from the Score: Examples

References

BGA: VII | NBA: I/12 | BC: A 75 | Zwang: K 70 | First Published: BG, 1857 | Provenance

Commentary

Crouch | AMG | Emmanuel Music | Spanish

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

Week of May 27, 2001; Week of January 28, 2007

Contents

 

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions - Part 1
Discussions - Part 2

Cantatas BWV 11, 37, 43, 128 - conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
Complete Cantatas Vol. 9 - conducted by Ton Koopman
Bach Edition Vol. 4 & 5 - Cantatas Vol. 1 & 2 - conducted by Pieter Jan Leusink
Cantatas Vol. 19 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki

Recordings - Part 1

Complete Recordings

1

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 37, BWV 76 [C-3]

Wilhelm Ehmann

Westfälische Kantorei / Deutsche Bachsolisten

Soprano: Nelly van der Spek; Alto: Frauke Haasemann; Tenor: Johannes Hoefflin; Bass: Wilhelm Pommerien

Cantate / SDG

July 1965

LP / TT: 18:15

Recorded at Petrikirche, Herford

2

J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwork (2) [B-2]

 

Hans Grischkat

Schwäbischer Singkreis Stuttgart / Bach-Orchester Stuttgart

Soprano: Csilla Zentai; Alto: Elisabeth Wacker; Tenor: Kurt Huber; Bass: Michael Schopper

FSM Candide / MHS

May 1972

LP / TT:

 

3

J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 3

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Wiener Sängerknaben & Chorus Viennensis (Chorus Master - Hans Gillesberger) / Concentus Musicus Wien

Boy Soprano: Soloist of the Wiener Sängerknaben (no name); Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Ruud van der Meer

Teldec

1974

TT: 16:24

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4

Die Bach Kantate Vol. 35
Edition Bachakademie
Vol. 12

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano: Arleen Augér; Alto: Carolyn Watkinson; Tenor: Adalbert Kraus; Bass: Philippe Huttenlocher

Hänssler

Feb 1979

TT: 16:20

Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany.
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5

J.S. Bach: Ascension Cantatas [C-4]

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists

Soprano: Nancy Argenta; Counter-tenor:Michael Chance; Tenor: Anthony Rolfe-Johnson; Bass: Stephen Varcoe

Archiv Produktion

Oct 1993

TT: 15:30

Recorded at All Saints Church, Tooting, England.
See: Cantatas BWV 11, 37, 43, 128 - conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
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6

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 9

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Soprano: Sibylla Rubens; Alto: Bernhard Landauer; Tenor: Christoph Prégardien; Bass: Klaus Mertens

Erato / Antoine Marchand

Oct 1998

TT: 14:53

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
See: Complete Cantatas Vol. 9 - conducted by Ton Koopman
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7

Bach Edition Vol. 4 - Cantatas Vol. 1

Pieter Jan Leusink

Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium

Soprano: Ruth Holton; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Knut Schoch; Bass: Bas Ramselaar

Brilliant Classics

Apr-Sep 1999

TT: 16:29

Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.
See: Bach Edition Vol. 4 & 5 - Cantatas Vol. 1 & 2 - conducted by Pieter Jan Leusink
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8

J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 19 - Cantatas from Leipzig 1724

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Soprano: Yukari Nonoshita; Counter-tenor: Robin Blaze; Tenor: Makoto Sakurada; Bass: Stephan MacLeod

BIS

June-July 2001

TT: 15:31

Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan.
See: Cantatas Vol. 19 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (May 2001 - November 2006)
Thanks to contributors: John Grayovski (October 2006), Matthias Hansen (March 2006), Walter Roth (August 2003, June 2004), Peter Schmidt (May 2005)


Cantata BWV 37: 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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