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Cantata BWV 5
Wo soll ich fliehen hin?

German Title

Wo soll ich fliehen hin?

English Title

Whither shall I flee? (by Richard Stokes)

Event

Chorale Cantata for the 19th Sunday after Trinity
Readings: Epistle: Ephesians 4: 22-28; Gospel: Matthew 9: 1-8

Composed

Leipzig, 1724; 1st performance: October 15, 1724 - Leipzig; 2nd performance: 1732-1735 - Leipzig

Text

Johann Heermann (Mvts. 1, 7); Anon (Mvts. 2-6)

German Text | German-2 | Translations: Dutch-2 | English-1 | English-3 | English-6 | French-1 | French-4 | Hebrew-1 | Hungarian-1 | Indonesia | Italian-2 | Portuguese-2 | Russian-1 | Spanish-1 | Spanish-2
Chorale Text: Wo soll ich fliehen hin

Scoring

Soloists: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: slide trumpet, 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, continuo
Mvt. 1: Chorus (Chorale) | Mvt. 2: Recitative | Mvt. 3: Aria | Mvt. 4: Recitative & Instrumental Chorale | Mvt. 5: Aria | Mvt. 6: Recitative | Mvt. 7: Chorale

Score Vocal & Piano [1.58 MB] | Score BGA [2.40 MB]
Chorales: Mvt. 4 | Mvt. 7
Capella: Mvt. 7 [cap]
Examples from the Score: Mvt. 1
Chorale Melody: Wo soll ich fliehen hin / Auf meinen lieben Gott

References

BGA: I | NBA: I/24 | BC: A 145 | Zwang: K 92 | First Published: BG, 1851 | Provenance

Commentary

BCW | Crouch | AMG | Emmanuel Music | Spanish

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

Week of October 21, 2001; Week of October 1, 2006

Contents

 

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions

Cantatas Vol. 27 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki
Morimur - by Hilliard Ensemble

Recordings - Part 1

Complete Recordings

1

J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 1

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

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

Boy Soprano: Soloist of the Wiener Sängerknaben; Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Max van Egmond

Teldec

1971

TT: 22:46

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2

J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwork (4) [B-4]

Hans Grischkat

Schwäbischer Singkreis Stuttgart / Bach-Orchester Stuttgart

Soprano: Csilla Zentai; Alto: Elisabeth Wacker; Tenor: Peter Wetzler; Bass: Michael Schopper

Corona / MHS / FSM Candide

May 1972

LP / TT: 22:31

 

3

Bach Cantatas Vol. 5 - Sundays after Trinity II

Karl Richter

Münchener Bach-Chor / Münchener Bach-Orchester

Soprano: Edith Mathis; Contralto: Trudeliese Schmidt; Tenor: Peter Schreier; Bass: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Archiv Produktion

Oct 1977; Feb, Mar, May 1978

TT: 22:20

Recorded at Herkules-Saal, München, Germany.
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4

Die Bach Kantate Vol. 54
Edition Bachakademie
Vol. 2

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano: Arleen Augér; Alto: Carolyn Watkinson; Tenor: Aldo Baldin; Bass: Wolfgang Schöne

Hänssler

Feb, Oct 1979

TT: 20:10

Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany.
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5

J.S. Bach: Cantatas "Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis" BWV 21 & "Wo soll ich fliehen hin" BWV 5 [C-1]

Jacques Vanherenthals

Chapelle des Minimes

Soprano: Hildegard Van Overstraeten; Contralto: Rita De Plancke; Tenor: Jan Caals; Bass: Jan Van der Crabben

La Chapelle des Minimes

Oct 1994

TT: 24:21

Recorded live at the Church of Minimes, Brussels, Belgium.
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6

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 11

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Soprano: Sibylla Rubens; Alto: Annette Markert; Tenor: Christoph Prégardien; Bass: Klaus Mertens

Erato / Antoine Marchand

Oct 1999

TT: 20:03

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
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7

Bach Edition Vol. 18 - Cantatas Vol. 9

Pieter Jan Leusink

Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium

Soprano: Ruth Holton; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Nico van der Meel; Bass: Bas Ramselaar

Brilliant Classics

Spring 2000

TT: 22:07

Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.
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8

Bach Cantatas Vol. 10: Potsdam / Wittenberg
For the 19th Sunday after Trinity
For for the Feast of Reformation

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists

Soprano: Joanne Lunn; Counter-tenor: William Towers; Tenor: James Gilchrist; Bass: Peter Harvey

Soli Deo Gloria

Oct 2000

TT: 21:37

Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Erlöserkirche, Potsdam, Germany.
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9

J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 27 - Cantatas from Leipzig 1724

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Soprano: Susanne Rydén; Counter-tenor: Pascal Bertin; Tenor: Gerd Türk; Bass: Peter Kooy

BIS

Sep 2003

TT: 20:51

Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (October 2001 - September 2006)
Thanks to contributors: Walter Roth (June 2004), Michael Telles (May 2005), John Pike (August 2005), Matthias Hansen (March 2006)


Cantata BWV 5: Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements | Discussions

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Biographies | Texts & Translations | Scores | References | Commentary | Music | Concerts | Bach Tour | Memorabilia
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