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Cantata BWV 69a
Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele

German Title

Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele

English Title

Praise the Lord, my soul (by Francis Browne)

Event

Cantata for the 12th Sunday after Trinity
Readings: Epistle: 2 Corinthians 3: 4-11; Gospel: Mark 7: 31-37

Composed

Leipzig, 1723 | 1st performance: August 15, 1723 - Leipzig; 2nd performance: August 31, 1727 - Leipzig

Text

Psalm 103: 2 (Mvt. 1); Samuel Rodigast (Mvt. 6); Anon (Mvts. 2-5) [based on text from Johann Oswald (?) Knauer cantata cycle]

German Text | Translations: Dutch | English-1 | English-3 | English-6 | French-1 | Hebrew | Italian-2 | Russian-1 | Spanish-3
Chorale Text: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan

Scoring

Soloists: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: 3 trumpets, timpani, flute, 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, continuo
Mvt. 1: Chorus | Mvt. 2: Recitative | Mvt. 3: Aria | Mvt. 4: Recitative | Mvt. 5: Aria | Mvt. 6: Chorus

Score BGA Anh [0.63]
Chorale Melody: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan

References

BGA: XVI | NBA: I/20 | BC: A 123 | Zwang: K 39 | First Published: BG, 1868 | Provenance

Commentary

BCW | AMG | Japanese-1 | Crouch

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

Week of August 18, 2002; Week of September 11, 2005

Contents

Complete Recordings of Cantata BWV 69
Complete Recordings of Cantata BWV 69a

Discussions - Part 1
Discussions - Part 2

Recordings of Individual Movemnts from BWV 69

 

Complete Cantatas Volume 6 - conducted by Ton Koopman
Cantatas Vol. 13 - conducted by Massaki Suzuki

Recordings

Complete Recordings

1

J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 4

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) / Concentus Musicus Wien

Boy Soprano: Wilhelm Wiedl (Soloist of the Tölzer Knabenchor); Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Ruud van der Meer

Teldec

1977

TT: 19:20

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2

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 6

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Soprano: Ruth Ziesak; Alto: Elisabeth von Magnus; Tenor: Paul Agnew; Bass: Klaus Mertens

Erato / Antoine Marchand

Apr, Sep 1997

TT: 18:13

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
See: Complete Cantatas Volume 6 - conducted by Ton Koopman
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3

J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 13 - Cantatas from Leipzig 1723

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Soprano: Yoshie Hida; Alto: Kirsten Sollek-Avella; Tenor: Makoto Sakurada; Bass: Peter Kooy

BIS

Oct 1999

TT: 17:56

Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan.
See: Cantatas Vol. 13 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki
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4

Edition Bachakademie Vol. 140 - Sacred Vocal Works / Magnificat BWV 243a

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano: Sibylla Rubens; Alto: Anke Vondung; Tenor: Marcus Ullmann

Hänssler

Apr-June 1999

TT: 8:06

Mvts. 2-4 Recorded at Stadthalle Sindelfingn & Leonberg, Germany.
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5

Bach Cantatas Vol. 6: Köthen/Frankfurt
For the 12th Sunday after Trinity
For the 13th Sunday after Trinity

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists

Soprano: Katharine Fuge; Counter-tenor: Robin Tyson; Tenor: Christoph Genz; Bass: Peter Harvey

Soli Deo Gloria

Sep 10, 2000

TT: 17:18

Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Jakobskirche, Köthen, Germany.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (August 2002 - September 2007)


Cantatas BWV 69 & BWV 69a: Complete Recordings of BWV 69 | Recordings of BWV 69a | Recordings of Individual Movemnts from BWV 69 | 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

Introduction | Cantatas | Other Vocal | Non-Vocal | Performers | General Topics | Articles | Books | Movies
Biographies | Texts & Translations | Scores | References | Commentary | Music | Concerts | Bach Tour | Memorabilia
Chorale Texts | Chorale Melodies | Lutheran Church Year | Readings | Poets & Composers | Transcriptions
Search Website | Search Works/Movements | Terms & Abbreviations | Copyright Notice | How to contribute | Links

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