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Cantata BWV 49
Ich geh’ und suche mit Verlangen

German Title

Ich geh’ und suche mit Verlangen

English Title

I go and seek with longing (by Richard Stokes)

Event

Solo Cantata for the 20th Sunday after Trinity
Readings: Epistle: Ephesians 5: 15-21; Gospel: Matthew 22: 1-14

Composed

Leipzig, 1726 | 1st performance: November 3, 1726 Leipzig

Text

Philipp Nicolai, after Jeremiah 31: 3 and Revelation 3: 20 (Mvt. 6); Anon (Mvts. 2-5)

German Text | German-2 | Translations: Dutch | English-1 | English-6 | French-1 | French-3 | French-4 | Hebrew-2 | Indonesian | Italian-4 | Russian-1 | Spanish-2
Chorale: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern

Scoring

Soloists: Soprano, Bass
Orchestra: oboe d’amore, 2 violins, viola, obbligato organ, continuo
Mvt. 1: Sinfonia | Mvt. 2: Aria | Mvt. 3: Recitative & Arioso | Mvt. 4: Aria | Mvt. 5: Recitative (Dialogue) | Mvt. 6: Aria & Chorale

Score Vocal & Piano [2.17 MB] | Score BGA [3.86 MB]
Capella: Mvt. 2 | Mvt. 2 ver 2 [cap]

References

BGA: X | NBA: I/25 | BC: A 150 | Zwang: K 157 | First Published: BG, 1863 | Provenance

Commentary

BCW | Crouch | AMG | Emmanuel Music | Reyes [Spanish]

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

Week of October 28, 2001; Week of January 20, 2008

Contents

 

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions

Cantatas BWV 49, BWV 58 & BWV 82 - conducted by Sigiswald Kuijken

Recordings - Part 1

Complete Recordings

1

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 49 & BWV 84 [C-4]

Wilhelm Ehmann

Westfälische Kantorei (Instrumental Ensemble)

Soprano: Agnes Giebel; Bass: Jakob Stämpfli

Cantate / Nonesuch

Nov 1961

LP / TT: 29:44

Recorded at Munsterkirche, Herford.

2

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

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Concentus Musicus Wien

Boy Soprano: Peter Jelosits (Soloist of the Wiener Sängerknaben); Bass: Ruud van der Meer

Teldec

1975

TT: 25:24

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3

Die Bach Kantate Vol. 55
Edition Bachakademie
Vol. 17

Helmuth Rilling

Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano: Arleen Augér; Bass: Philippe Huttenlocher

Hänssler

Oct 1982

TT: 25:50

Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany.
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4

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 82 · 49 · 58 [C-2]

Sigiswald Kuijken

La Petite Bande

Soprano: Nancy Argenta; Bass: Klaus Mertens

Accent

June 1993

TT: 25:37

Recorded at the 'Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Kerk', Haarlem, Holland.
See: Cantatas BWV 49, BWV 58 & BWV 82 - conducted by Sigiswald Kuijken
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5

J.S. Bach: Cantatas with Violoncelle Piccolo (Vol. 1)

 

Christophe Coin

Ensemble Baroque de Limoges

Soprano: Barbara Schlick; Bass: Gotthold Schwarz

Auvidis Astrée

Nov 1993

TT: 25:00

Recorded at Ponitz Kirche, Thüringen, Germany.
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6

Bach Edition Vol. 15 - Cantatas Vol. 8

Pieter Jan Leusink

Netherlands Bach Collegium

Soprano: Ruth Holton; Bass: Bas Ramselaar

Brilliant Classics

Jan-Feb 2000

TT: 25:54

Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.
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7

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 16

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Soprano: Sibylla Rubens; Bass: Klaus Mertens

Antoine Marchand

June 2001

TT:

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
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8

J.S. Bach: Kantaten [C-1]

Bernhard Forck

Members of Berliner Philharmoniker

Soprano: Christine Schäfer; Baritone: Peter Kooy

IPPNW-Concerts

Mar 2004

TT: 24:31

Live recording from chamber concat the Kammermusiksaal der Philharmonie Berlin

9

Bach: Dialogkantaten [C-2]

Rainer Kussmaul

RIAS-Kammerchor / Berliner Barock Solisten

Soprano: Dorothea Röschmann; Bass-Baritone: Thomas Quasthoff

Deutsche Grammophon

May-Jun 2007

TT: 22:56

Recorded at Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (October 2001 - May 2008)
Thanks to contributors: Peter Schmidt (May 2005)

Cantata BWV 49: Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements | Discussions

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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