Ref.:

BWV 210a; BC [G 29]

German Title:

O angenehme Melodei

English Title:

Oh Pleasing Melody (by Simon Crouch)

Event:

Homage to Duke Christian of Saxe-Weißenfels (in 1729)
Homage to Count Joachim Friederich von Flemming (military governor of Leipzig)

Composed:

Leipzig, 1729
1^st performance: Jan 12, 1729, on the occasion of the Duke Christian of Sachsen-Weißenfels’ visit in Leipzig

Text:

Anon

BWV 210a Text: German-1 | German-5 | German-6 | German-7
Translations: English-1 | English-6 | English-10
Polish-2

Scoring:

Soloist: Soprano
Fragment. All that survives of this cantata is the soprano part. Most of the music survives in the later parody BWV 210. Actually, only the recitatives are completely lost.
Mvts. 1,2,4,6,8,10 can be reconstructed from BWV 210.

Scores:

BWV 210a Scores: Score BGA Anh [0.57 MB]
Autograph Score (Facsimile): D-B Mus. ms. Bach St 76 | PL-Kj Mus. ms. Bach St 72 [Bach Digital]

References:

BWV 210a=BWV 210.1 References: BGA: - | NBA: NBA I/39 | BC: G 29 | Zwang: - | First Published: - | Bach Digital (Fragment)

Commentaries:

BWV 210a Commentaries: English: Crouch | All Music
Nielsen [Danish]

Music:

-

Discussions:

Week of April 7, 2002; Week of November 30, 2008; Week of November 24, 2013; Week of July 22, 2018

Contents

Complete Recordings of Cantata BWV 210
Complete Recordings of Cantata BWV 210a
Recordings of Individual Movements from BWV 210

Discussions - Part 1 (1^st round)
Discussions - Part 2 (2^nd round)
Discussions - Part 3 (3^rd round)
Discussions - Part 4 (4^th round)

Discography

Complete Recordings

1

Bach: Angenehme Melodei - Huldigungskantaten BWV 216a & 210a [C-3]

Cantata O angenehme Melodei, BWV 210a, reconstructed by Alexander Grychtolik [29:51]

Alexander Grychtolik

Mitteldeutsche Hofmusik (as Deutsche Hofmusik)

Soprano: Katja Stuber
Jan De Winne (Transverse Flute); Dymphna Vandenabeele (Oboe d'amore); Claudia Mende, Rahel Mai (Violins); Raquel Massadas (Viola); Lea Rahel Bader (Violoncello); Niklas Sprenger (Violone); Alexander Grychtolik (Harpsichord)

Deutsche Harmonia Mundi (Sony Music) 88985410522
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Aug 29-Sep 2, 2016

CD / TT: 52:41
MP3 / TT: 52:35

Recorded at Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany.
Recording Producer: Philipp Nedel; Recording Engineer: Martin Kistner.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 210a: Complete Cantata [29:40]
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Music Download: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (April 2017 - May 2019)
Thanks to contributors: Leslie Masters (March 2017), Paul Mytton (March 2017)