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Cantata BWV 155
Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange?

Ref.

BWV 155

German Title

Mein Gott, wie lang, ach lange?

English Title

My God, how long, ah! How long? (by Richard Stokes)

Event

Solo Cantata for the 2^nd Sunday after Epiphany
Readings: Epistle: Romans 12: 6-16; Gospel: John 2: 1-11

Composed

Weimar, 1716 | 1^st performance: January 19, 1716 - Weimar; 2^nd performance: January 16, 1724 - Leipzig

Text

Salomo Franck (Mvts. 1-4); Paul Speratus (Mvt. 5)

German Text | Translations: Catalan-1 | Dutch | English-1 | English-3 | English-6 | English-10 | French-3 | French-4 | French-6 | Hebrew-1 | Hebrew-6 | Hungarian-1 | Indonesian | Italian-2 | Russian-1 | Spanish-3
Chorale Text: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her

Scoring

Soloists: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass; Four-part chorus
Orchestra: 2 violins, viola, bassoon, continuo
Mvt. 1: Recitative | Mvt. 2: Aria (Duet) | Mvt. 3: Recitative | Mvt. 4: Aria | Mvt. 5: Chorale

Score Vocal & Piano [0.80 MB] | Score BGA [0.99 MB]
Chorales: Mvt. 5
Capella: Mvt. 5 [cap]
Chorale Melody: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her

References

BGA: XXXII | NBA: I/5 | BC: A 32 | Zwang: K 25 | First Published: BG, 1886 | Autograph score (fascimile): Berlin, Staatsbibliothek | Provenance

Commentary

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

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

Week of January 20, 2002; Week of May 29, 2005; Week of December 6, 2009

Contents

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions - Part 1
Discussions - Part 2

Bach Edition Vol. 4 & 5 - Cantatas Vol. 1 & 2 - conducted by Pieter Jan Leusink
Cantatas Vol. 5 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki

Recordings - Part 1

Complete Recordings

1

Die Bach Kantate Vol. 22
Edition Bachakademie Vol. 47

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Soprano: Ingeborg Reichelt; Alto: Norma Lerer; Tenor: Friedrich Melzer; Bass: Hanns-Friedrich Kunz

Hänssler

Feb 1971

TT: 13:02

Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany.
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2

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

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) / Concentus Musicus Wien

Boy Soprano: Alan Bergius (Soloist of the Tölzer Knabenchor); Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Thomas Hampson

Teldec

1985

TT: 14:08

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3

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 3

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

Soprano: Caroline Stam; Alto: Elisabeth von Magnus; Tenor: Paul Agnew; Bass: Klaus Mertens

Erato / Antoine Marchand

Sep 1995

TT: 13:14

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
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4

J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 5

Cantata BWV 155 [12:58]

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Soprano: Midori Suzuki; Alto: Yoshikazu Mera; 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.
See: Cantatas Vol. 5 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki
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5

Bach Edition Vol. 5 - Cantatas Vol. 2

Pieter Jan Leusink

Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium

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

Brilliant Classics

Apr-Sep 1999

TT: 12:40

Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.
See: Bach Edition Vol. 4 & 5 - Cantatas Vol. 1 & 2 - conducted by Pieter Jan Leusink
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6

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; Counter-tenor: Richard Wyn Roberts; Tenor: Julian Podger; Bass: Gerald Finley

Soli Deo Gloria

Jan 2000

TT: 11:38

Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich, England.
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (January 2002 - January 2006)
Thanks to contributors: Teri Noel Towe (December 2001)

Cantata BWV 155: Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements | Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2

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