Recordings/Discussions
Background Information
Performer Bios
Poet/Composer Bios
Additional Information
|
|
Cantata BWV 128
Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein |
|
Ref. |
BWV 128 |
|
German Title |
Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein |
|
English Title |
On Christ’s ascent to heaven alone (by Richard Stokes) |
|
Event |
Chorale Cantata for Ascension Day
Readings: Epistle: Acts 1: 1-11; Gospel: Markus 16: 14-20 |
|
Composed |
Leipzig, 1725
1st performance: May 10, 1725 - Leipzig |
|
Text |
Ernst Sonnemann after Josua Wegelin (Mvt. 1); Matthäus Avenarius (Mvt. 5); Christiane Mariane von Ziegler (Mvt. 2-4) |
|
German Text | Translations: Catalan-1 | Chinese-2 | Dutch | English-1 | English-3I | English-3P | English-6 | English-8 | English-10 | French-4 | French-6 | Hebrew-1 | Indonesian | Italian-5 | Russian-1 | Spanish-5 | Spanish-7
Chorale Texts: O Jesu, meine Lust | Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein |
|
Scoring |
Soloists: Alto, Tenor, Bass; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: trumpet, 2 horns, 2 oboes, 2 violins, oboe da caccia, viola, continuo
Mvt. 1: Chorus (Chorale) | Mvt. 2: Recitative | Mvt. 3: Aria & Recitative | Mvt. 4: Aria (Duet) | Mvt. 5: Chorale |
|
Score Vocal & Piano [1.52 MB] | Score BGA [2.16 MB]
Autograph Score (Facsimile): D B Mus. ms. Bach St 158 (BWV 128: Parts) | D B Mus. ms. Bach P 892 (BWV 128/5: Alto) [Bach Digital]
Chorales: Mvt. 5
Capella: Mvt. 5 [cap]
Chorale Melodies: O Gott, du frommer Gott - Melody 3 | Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr |
|
References |
BGA: XXVI | NBA: I/12 | BC: A 76 | Zwang: K 122 | First Published: BG, 1878 | Autograph score (facsimile): Winterthur, Switzerland, private collection | Provenance |
|
Commentary |
BCW | Crouch | AMG | Emmanuel Music | Mincham | EvH [Dutch] | Role [French] | Reyes [Spanish] |
|
Music |
Music Examples |
|
Discussions |
Week of May 5, 2002; Week of May 20, 2007; Week of November 21, 2010 |
9 |
Bach Cantatas Vol. 28: City of London
For Ascension Day |
|
|
Cantata BWV 128 [15:50] |
|
John Eliot Gardiner |
|
Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists |
|
Alto: Margaret Bragle, Tenor: Andrew Tortise, Bass: Dietrich Henschel |
|
Soli Deo Gloria SDG-185 |
May 10-12, 2012 |
CD / TT: 77:08 |
|
Recorded live at St Giles Cripplegate (one of Bach Cantata Pilgrimage’s original venues), London, England on May 10, 2012, by Floating Earth Ltd, with additional sessions on May 11-12, 2012. This was a completion to BCP recorded series. The Ascension Cantatas, performed in BCP concert on June 1, 2000 at Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, England were the only ones left unrecorded, due to noise issues. The quartet of soloists include one of the original BCP soloists, bass Dietrich Henschel, alongside a new generation of Bach interpreters who have worked with the ensembles since 2000 - making this recording a “bridge” between a Bach tradition started 13 years ago and today.
2nd recording of Cantata BWV 128 by J.E. Gardiner.
Buy this album at:
CD (2013): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de |
|
|
