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Cantata BWV 22
Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe

German Title

Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe

English Title

Jesus took under Him the twelve (by Richard Stokes)

Event

Cantata for Quinquagesima Sunday [Estomihi] [Test piece for the position of Cantor at St Thomas’s, Leipzig]
Readings: Epistle: 1 Corinthians 13: 1-13; Gospel: Luke 18: 31-43

Composed

Köthen/Leipzig, 1723 | 1^st performance: February 7, 1723 - Leipzig (Evidence points to the fact that, on this particular Sunday, BWV 22 was performed before and BWV 23 after the sermon as Bach’s audition for the vacant position in Leipzig). 2^nd performance: February 20, 1724 - Leipzig.

Text

Luke 18: 31 & 34 (Mvt. 1); Elisabeth Kreuziger (Mvt. 5); Anon (Mvts. 2-4)

German Text | Translations: Catalan-1 | Dutch-4 | Dutch-6 | English-1 | English-3 | English-6 | English-10 | French-1 | French-3 | French-4 | French-6 | Hebrew-1 | Hungarian-1 | Indonesian | Italian-2 | Portuguese-1 | Russian-1 | Spanish-2
Chorale Text: Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn

Scoring

Soloists: Alto, Tenor, Bass; 4-part Chorus (the soloists serve as the choir)
Orchestra: oboe, 2 violins, viola, continuo
Mvt. 1: Arioso & Chorus | Mvt. 2: Aria | Mvt. 3: Recitative | Mvt. 4: Aria | Mvt. 5: Chorale

Score Vocal & Piano [1.65 MB] | Score BGA [2.24 MB]
Chorale Melody: Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn

References

BGA: V/1 | NBA: I/8.1 | BC: A 48 | Zwang: K 27 | First Published: BG, 1855 | Autograph score (fascimile): Berlin, Staatsbibliothek | Provenance; BWV 22 & BWV 23 Details

Commentary

BCW | Crouch | AMG | Emmanuel Music | EvH [Dutch] | Japanese-1 | Reyes [Spanish]

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

Week of March 2, 2003; Week of June 19, 2005; Week of April 18, 2010

Contents

Complete Recordings
Recordings of Individual Movements

Discussions

John Eliot Gardiner - Bach Cantata Pilgrimage - Vol. 21
Bach Edition Vol. 4 & 5 - Cantatas Vol. 1 & 2 - conducted by Pieter Jan Leusink
Cantatas Vol. 8 - conducted by Masaaki Suzuki

Recordings - Part 1

Complete Recordings

1

J.S. Bach: Das Kantatenwerk - Sacred Cantatas Vol. 2

Gustav Leonhardt

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

Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Max van Egmond

Teldec

1973

TT: 17:47

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2

Die Bach Kantate Vol. 28
Edition Bachakademie Vol. 7

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Alto: Helen Watts; Tenor: Adalbert Kraus; Bass: Wolfgang Schöne

Hänssler

Jan, Apr 1977

TT: 18:30

Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany.
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3

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 3

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir

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

Erato / Antoine Marchand

Sep 1995

TT: 16:24

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland.
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