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Cantata BWV 107
Was willst du dich betrüben

Ref.

BWV 107

German Title

Was willst du dich betrüben

English Title

Why are you distressed (by Richard Stokes)

Event

Chorale Cantata for 7^th Sunday after Trinity
Readings: Epistle: Romans 6: 19-23; Gospel: Mark 8: 1-9

Composed

Leipzig, 1724 | 1^st performance: July 23, 1724 - Leipzig

Text

Johann Heermann

German Text | Translations: Catalan-1 | Chinese-1 | Dutch-6 | English-1 | English-3 | English-6 | French-4 | French-6 | Hebrew-1 | Indonesian | Italian-2 | Russian-1 | Spanish-3
Chorale Text: Was willst du dich betrüben

Scoring

Soloists: Soprano, Tenor, Bass; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: corno da caccia, 2 transverse flutes, 2 oboes d’amore, 2 violins, viola, organ, continuo
Mvt. 1: Chorale | Mvt. 2: Recitative | Mvt. 3: Aria | Mvt. 4: Aria | Mvt. 5: Aria | Mvt. 6: Aria | Mvt. 7: Chorale

Score Vocal & Piano [1.49 MB] | Score BGA [2.00 MB]
Chorale Melody: Von Gott will ich nicht lassen

References

BGA: XXIII | NBA: I/18 | BC: A 109 | Zwang: K 80 | First Published: BG, 1876 | Autograph score (fascimile): ? | Provenance

Commentary

BCW | Crouch | AMG | Emmanuel Music | EvH [Dutch] | Role [French] | Reyes [Spanish]

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

Week of July 29, 2001; Week of July 9, 2006; Week of August 14, 2011

Contents

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions - Part 1
Discussions - Part 2

Cantatas Vol. 23 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki

Recordings - Part 1

Complete Recordings

1

Die Bach Kantate Vol. 43
Edition Bachakademie Vol. 34

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano: Arleen Augér; Tenor: Aldo Baldin; Bass: John Bröcheler

Hänssler

Feb, Oct 1979

TT: 17:02

Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany.
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2

J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 6

Gustav Leonhardt

Knabenchor Hannover (Chorus Master: Heinz Hennig) & Collegium Vocale Gent (Chorus Master: Philippe Herreweghe) / Leonhardt-Consort

Boy Soprano: Marcus Klein (Soloist of the Knabenchor Hannover); Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Max van Egmond

Teldec

1980

TT: 18:31

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3

J.S. Bach: Cantatas [C-2]

Philippe Herreweghe

Chorus & Orchestra of Collegium Vocale Gent

Soprano: Agnès Mellon; Tenor: Howard Crook, Bass: Peter Kooy

Virgin Classics

Oct 1991

TT: 18:05

Recorded at Minderbroederskerk, Ghent, Belgium.
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4

Bach Edition Vol. 11 - Cantatas Vol. 5

Pieter Jan Leusink

Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium

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

Brilliant Classics

Nov-Dec 1999

TT: 18:16

Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.
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5

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 12

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Soprano: Lisa Larsson; Tenor: Christoph Prégardien; Bass: Klaus Mertens

Erato / Antoine Marchand

Mar 2000

TT: 16:58

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
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6

Bach Cantatas Vol. 4: Ansbach/Haddinton
For the 6^th Sunday after Trinity
For the 7^th Sunday after Trinity

Cantata BWV 107 [16:43]

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists

Soprano: Katharine Fuge; Tenor: Kobie van Rensburg; Bass: Stephan Loges

Soli Deo Gloria 156

Aug 5-6, 2000

2-CD / TT: 53:48 + 66:52

Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at St Mary's, Haddington, Scotland.

7

J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 23 - Cantatas from Leipzig 1724

Cantata BWV 107 [17:26]

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Soprano: Yukari Nonoshita; Tenor: Makoto Sakurada; Bass: Peter Kooy

BIS 1331

May 31 - Jun 4, 2002

CD / TT: 75:43

Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (July 2001 - June 2009)
Thanks to contributors: Piotr Jaworski (December 2003)

Cantata BWV 107: Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements | Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2

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