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Cantata BWV 27
Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende? |
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Ref. |
BWV 27 |
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German Title |
Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende? |
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English Title |
Who knows how near is my end? (by Richard Stokes) |
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Event |
Chorale Cantata for the 16th Sunday after Trinity
Reading: Epistle: Ephesians 3: 13-21; Gospel: Luke 7: 11-17
Musical Context: Motets & Chorales for 16th Sunday after Trinity |
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Composed |
Leipzig, 1726
1st peformance: October 6, 1726 - Leipzig |
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Text |
Ämilie Juliane von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (Mvt. 1); Johann Georg Albinus (Mvt. 6); Anon (Mvt. 2-5) |
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German Text | Translations: Catalan-1 | Chinese-2 | Dutch-3 | English-1 | English-3I | English-3P | English-6 | English-10 | French-1 | French-4 | French-6 | Hebrew-1 | Indonesian | Italian-2 | Russian-1 | Spanish-2 | Spanish-7
Chorale Texts: Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende | Alle Menschen müssen sterben |
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Scoring |
Soloists: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: horn, 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, obbligato organ, continuo
Mvt. 1: Chorale & Recitative | Mvt. 2: Recitative | Mvt. 3: Aria | Mvt. 4: Recitative | Mvt. 5: Aria | Mvt. 6: Chorale |
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Score Vocal & Piano [1.56 MB] | Score BGA [2.37 MB]
Chorales: Mvt. 6
Capella: Mvt. 6 [cap]
Chorale Melodies: Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten | Jesu, der du meine Seele |
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References |
BGA: V/1 | NBA: I/23 | BC: A 138 | Zwang: K 153 | First Published: BG, 1855 | Autograph score (facsimile): Berlin, Staatsbibliothek | Provenance |
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Commentary |
BCW | Crouch | AMG | Emmanuel Music | Mincham | EvH [Dutch] | KL [Dutch] | Role [French] | Reyes [Spanish] |
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Music |
Music Examples |
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Discussions |
Week of September 15, 2002; Week of December 23, 2007; Week of March 25, 2012 |
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Evening of Bach Cantatas (Program, 1980-1981, No. 181) [IU-8] |
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Cantata BWV 27 [] |
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Jan Harrington |
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Indiana University Singers |
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Vocal soloists: unknown |
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Indiana University School of Music |
Oct 12, 1980 |
3 sound tape reels / TT: |
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Recorded live at Indiana University: School of Music, Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
Source: WorldCat Libraries |
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The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (August 2002 - October 2012)
Thanks to contributors: Yoël L. Arbeitman (July 2012), Fritz V. Herbold (February 2012, April 2012), Riccardo Nughes (February 2008) |
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Cantata BWV 27 : Details & Complete Recordings | Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 |
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