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Cantata BWV 14
Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit

German Title

Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit

English Title

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side (by Richard Stokes)
Were God not with us at this time (by W. Murray Young)

Event

Chorale Cantata for the 4^th Sunday after Epiphany
Readings: Epistle: Romans 13: 8-10; Gospel: Matthew 8: 23-27

Composed

Leipzig, 1735 | 1^st performance: January 30, 1735 - Leipzig

Text

Martin Luther (Mvts. 1, 5); Anon (Mvts. 2-4)

German Text | German-2 | Translations: Catalan-1 | Dutch-2 | English-1 | English-3 | English-6 | English-10 | French-1 | French-4 | French-6 | Hebrew-1 | Hungarian-1 | Indonesian | Italian-2 | Russian-1 | Spanish-3
Chorale Text: Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit

Scoring

Soloists: Soprano, Tenor, Bass; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: corno da caccia (hunting horn), 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, continuo
Mvt. 1: Chorus (Chorale) | Mvt. 2: Aria | Mvt. 3: Recitative | Mvt. 4: Aria | Mvt. 5: Chorale

Score Vocal & Piano [2.16 MB] | Score BGA [3.29 MB]
Chorales: Mvt. 5
Capella: Mvt. 5 [cap]
Chorale Melody: Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit

References

BGA: I | NBA: I/6 | BC: A 40 | Zwang: K 196 | First Published: BG, 1852 | Autograph score (fascimile): Berlin, Staatsbibliothek (Leipzig, 1955)

Commentary

Crouch | AMG | Emmanuel Music | Role [French] | Reyes [Spanish]

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

Week of January 28, 2001; Week of October 19, 2008; Week of February 14, 2010

Contents

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions

Bach Arias - by Marek Štryncl & Musica Flore with Magdalena Kožená

Recordings - Part 1

Complete Recordings

1

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

Gustav Leonhardt

Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) & King's College Choir Cambridge (Chorus Master: David Willcocks) / Leonhardt-Consort

Boy Soprano: Peter Hinterreiter (Soloist of the Tölzer Knabenchor); Tenor: Marius van Altena; Bass: Max van Egmond; Corno da caccia: Hermann Baumann

Teldec

1972

TT: 17:42

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2

Die Bach Kantate Vol. 8
Edition Bachakademie Vol. 5

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn

Soprano: Krisztina Láki; Tenor: Aldo Baldin; Bass: Philippe Huttenlocher; Horn: Marie-Louise Neunecker

Hänssler

Feb 1984

TT: 15:10

Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany.
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3

Bach Made in Germany Vol. 4 - Cantatas III
Kantaten Mit Corno da caccia [C-15]
Bach: Kantaten BWV 14, BWV 51, BWV 143 [L-14]

Hans-Joachim Rotzsch

Thomanerchor Leipzig / Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum

Soprano: Monika Frimmer; Tenor: Eberhard Büchner; Bass: Andreas Scheibner; Corno da caccia: Ludwig Güttler

Eterna / Leipzig Classics / Capriccio

Apr-May 1984

TT: 15:09

Recorded at Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche, Leipzig, Germany.
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4

Bach Cantatas Vol. 19: Greenwich/Romsey
For the 3^rd Sunday after Epiphany
For the 4^th Sunday after Epiphany

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists

Soprano: Joanne Lunn; Tenor: Paul Agnew; Bass: Peter Harvey

Soli Deo Gloria

Jan 2000

TT: 14:35

Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Romsey Abbey, England.
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5

Bach Edition Vol. 18 - Cantatas Vol. 9

Pieter Jan Leusink

Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium

Soprano: Ruth Holton; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Knut Schoch; Bass: Bas Ramselaar

Brilliant Classics

Spring 2000

TT: 17:43

Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.
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6

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 20

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir (Choir Master: Ulrike Grosch)

Soprano: Johannette Zomer; Tenor: James Gilchrist; Bass: Klaus Mertens

Antoine Marchand

May 2002 (Mvts. 3-4); Feb 2003 (Mvts. 1, 2, 5)

TT: 15:18

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (January 2001 - October 2006)
Thanks to contributors: Matthias Hansen (August 2006)

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