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Cantata BWV 143
Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele [II]

Ref.

BWV 143

German Title

Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele [II]

English Title

Praise the Lord, O my soul (by Richard Stokes)

Event

Cantata for New Year's Day [Circumcision of Christ, Holy Name]
Readings: Epistle: Galatians 3: 23-29; Gospel: Luke 2: 21

Composed

Mühlhausen or Weimar, 1708-14 (Doubtful) | 1^st performance: 1708-1714 ? - Mühlhausen

Text

Psalm 146: 1 (Mvt. 1); Psalm 146: 5 (Mvt. 3); Psalm 146: 10 (Mvt. 5); Jakob Ebert (Mvts. 2, 7); Anon [both Christian Weiss, Sr., and Bach have been suggested] (Mvts. 4, 6)

German Text | Translations: Catalan-1 | Dutch | English-1 | English-3 | English-6 | French-3 | French-4 | French-6 | Hebrew-1 | Indonesian | Italian-2 | Russian-1 | Spanish-2
Chorale Text: Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ

Scoring

Soloists: Soprano, Tenor, Bass; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: 3 corni da caccia (hunting-horns), timpani, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, continuo
Mvt. 1: Chorus | Mvt. 2: Chorale | Mvt. 3: Recitative | Mvt. 4: Aria | Mvt. 5: Aria | Mvt. 6: Aria w/ Insrumental Chorale | Mvt. 7: Chorus (Chorale)

Score Vocal & Piano [1.11 MB] | Score BGA [2.09 MB]
Chorale Melody: Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ

References

BGA: XXX | NBA: I/4 | BC: | Zwang: K 7 | First Published: ? | Autograph score (fascimile): ? | Provenance

Commentary

BCW | Crouch | AMG | Emmanuel Music | AL [Dutch] | Japanese-1 | Role [French] | Reyes [Spanish]

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

Week of January 5, 2003; Week of January 7, 2007; Week of July 26, 2009

Contents

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions - Part 1
Discussions - Part 2
Discussions - Part 3

Cantatas Vol. 5 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki

Recordings - Part 1

Complete Recordings

1

Die Bach Kantate Vol. 19
Edition Bachakademie Vol. 44

Helmuth Rilling

Frankfurter Kantorei / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano: Eva Csapó; Tenor: Adalbert Kraus; Bass: Wolfgang Schöne

Hänssler

Jan, Apr 1975

TT: 13:02

Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany.
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2

J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 8

Gustav Leonhardt

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

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

Teldec

1984

TT: 13:09

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3

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: Choir; Tenor: Eberhard Büchner; Bass: Andreas Scheibner; Corno da caccia: Ludwig Güttler

Eterna / Capriccio

1984

TT: 13:58

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

J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 5

Cantata BWV 143 [12:53]

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Soprano: Ingrid Schmithüsen; Tenor: Makoto Sakurada, Bass: Peter Kooy

BIS 841

Feb, Jun, Jul 1997

CD / TT: 78:17

Recorded at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan.
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5

Bach Cantatas Vol. 17: Berlin
For for New Year’s Day
For the Sunday after New Year

Cantata BWV 143 [12:32]

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists

Soprano: Ruth Holton; Tenor: James Gilchrist; Bass: Peter Harvey

Soli Deo Gloria 150

Jan 1, 2000

2-CD / TT: 69:26 + 26:28

Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Gethsemanekirche in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, Germany.
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6

Bach Edition Vol. 19 - Cantatas Vol. 10

Pieter Jan Leusink

Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium

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

Brilliant Classics

Spring 2000

TT: 14:02

Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.
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7

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 21

Ton Koopman

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

Sopranos: Sandrine Piau; Tenor: Jörg Dürmüller; Bass: Klaus Mertens

Antoine Marchand

Nov-Dec 2001 [Mvts. 1, 2, 5, 7]; Oct 2003 [Mvts. 3-4, 6]

TT: 11:35

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (September 2002 - August 2009)
Thanks to contributors: Matthias Hansen (August 2006), Ehud Shiloni (August 2006)

Cantata BWV 143: Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements | Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

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