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Cantata BWV 159
Sehet! wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem

Ref.

BWV 159

German Title

Sehet! wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem

English Title

Behold! We go up to Jerusalem (by Richard Stokes)

Event

Solo Cantata for Quinquagesima Sunday [Estomihi]
Readings: Epistle: 1 Corinthians 13: 1-13; Gospel: Luke 18: 31-43

Composed

Leipzig, 1729 | 1st performance: February 29, 1729 - Leipzig

Text

Luke 18: 31 (Mvt. 1); Paul Gerhardt (Mvt. 2); Paul Stockmann (Mvt. 5); Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander) (Mvts. 1, 3, 4)

German Text | Translations: Catalan-1 | Dutch-3 | English-1 | English-3 | English-6 | English-10 | French-4 | French-6 | Hebrew-1 | Indonesian | Italian-2 | Russian-1 | Spanish-3
Chorale Text: O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden

Scoring

Soloists: Alto, Tenor, Bass; Four-part chorus (for the final chorale)
Orchestra: oboe, 2 violins, viola, continuo (+ bassoon)
Mvt. 1: Arioso & Recitative | Mvt. 2: Aria w/ Chorale | Mvt. 3: Recitative | Mvt. 4: Aria | Mvt. 5: Chorale

Score Vocal & Piano [0.88 MB] | Score BGA [1.07 MB]
Chorales: Mvt. 5
Capella: Mvt. 5 [cap]
Chorale Melody: Befiehl du deine Wege (I)

References

BGA: XXXII | NBA: I/8.1 | BC: A 50 | Zwang: K 176 | First Published: BG, 1886 | Autograph score (fascimile): ? | Provenance

Commentary

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

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

Week of February 10, 2002; Week of June 8, 2008; Week of May 9, 2010

Contents

 

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions - Part 1
Discussions - Part 2

John Eliot Gardiner - Bach Cantata Pilgrimage - Vol. 21
Bach Edition Vol. 4 & 5 - Cantatas Vol. 1 & 2 - conducted by Pieter Jan Leusink

Recordings - Part 1

Complete Recordings

1

J.S. Bach: Trois Cantatas BWV 82, 159 et 57 [C-5]

Karl Ristenpart

Chœur et Orchestre de Chambre de la Sarre [Chef du dhoeur Adolf Wieber]

Soprano: Ingeborg Reichelt; Alto: Annelotte Sieber-Ludwig; Bass: Jakob Stämpfli; Helmut Winschermann (Oboe solo)

Accord

Oct 1958

TT: 17:12

 

 

 

2

J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 23 & BWV 159 [C-5]

Kurt Thomas

Frankfurter Kantorei / Deutsche Bachsolisten

Alto: Eva Bornemann; Tenor: Johannes Hoefflin; Bass: Jakob Stämpfli

Cantate / MHS

Feb 1962

TT: 15:41

Recorded at Saal der Deutschen Bank Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

3

J.S. Bach Cantatas - Kantaten [C-1]

Neville Marriner

St Anthony Songers / Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields

Contralto: Janet Baker; Tenor: Robert Tear; Bass: John Shirley-Quirk; Harpsichord Continuo: Philip Ledger

Decca

Jan 1966

TT: 17:14

Recorded in the Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England.
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4

Die Bach Kantate Vol. 28
Edition Bachakademie Vol. 48

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Alto: Julia Hamari; Tenor: Aldo Baldin; Bass: Philippe Huttenlocher

Hänssler

June-July 1983

TT: 16:20

Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany.
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5

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

Gustav Leonhardt

Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) & Collegium Vocale Gent (Chorus Master: Philippe Herreweghe) / Leonhardt-Consort

Boy Soprano: Tobias Eiwanger (Soloist of the Tölzer Knabenchor); Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Max van Egmond

Teldec

1986

TT: 14:36

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6

Bach Edition Vol. 5 - Cantatas Vol. 2

Pieter Jan Leusink

Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium

Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Knut Schoch; Bass: Bas Ramselaar

Brilliant Classics

Apr-Sep 1999

TT: 13:59

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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7

Bach Cantatas Vol. 21: Cambridge/Walpole St Peter
For Quinquagesima Sunday (Estomihi)
For Annunciation / Palm Sunday / Oculi

Cantata BWV 159 [17:04]

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir, Choir of Clare College, Cambridge & Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge / English Baroque Soloists

Alto: Claudia Schubert; Tenor: James Oxley; Bass: Peter Harvey

Soli Deo Gloria

Mar 5, 2000

2-CD / TT: 74:50 + 60:14

Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at College Chapel, Cambridge, England.
John Eliot Gardiner - Bach Cantata Pilgrimage - Vol. 21
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8

H.v. Herzogenberg: Die Passion · J.S. Bach: Sehet, wir geh'n hinauf gen Jerusalem [C-2]

Joop Schets

Bachkoor Apeldoorn / Het Gelders Orkest

Soprano: Caroline Stam; Alto: Lysbeth Riemersma; Tenor: Harold Quaden; Bass: Hans Christian Hinz; Organ: Dirk Luijmes

Cantilena

Mar 2002

TT: 14:39

Recorded at Grote Kerk Apeldoorn.

 

9

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 19

 

Ton Koopman

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

Alto: Bogna Bartosz; Tenor: James Gilchrist; Bass: Klaus Mertens

Antoine Marchand

May 2002 (Mvt. 3); Oct-Nov 2002 (rest)

TT: 13:04

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
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10

Bach Cantatas From Mühlhausen, Weimar & Leipzig [C-14]

 

Cantata BWV 159 [16:29]

Dale Higbee (Director); James Bates (Guest conductor)

(OVPP - No Choir) / Carolina Baroque

Soprano: Teresa Radomski; Contralto: Lee Morgan; Tenor: Richard Heard; Bass-Baritone: Doug Crawley

Carolina Baroque 128

Oct 10, 2008

CD / TT: 73:45

Recorded live at Chapel, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Salisbury, NC, USA.
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11

J.S. Bach: Jesus, deine Passion - Cantates BWV 22, 23, 127 & 159 [C-19]

Cantata BWV 159 []

Philippe Herreweghe

Collegium Vocale Gent

Alto: Matthew White; Tenor: Jan Kobow; Bass: Peter Kooy

Harmonia Mundi France

2008

CD / TT:

 

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (January 2002 - January 2009)
Thanks to contributors: René de Cocq (July 2005), Ed Myskowski (June 2008), Nagamiya Tutomu (December 2002)

Cantata BWV 159: Complete Recordings | Recordings of Individual Movements | Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2

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