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Rick Erickson & Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity
Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Contents

Recordings of Cantatas
Recordings of Other Vocal Works

Rick Erickson - Short Biography
Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity - Short History
Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity: Bach Cantata Series
Bach Society Houston - Short History
Bach Society Houston: Bach Vespers

Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity: Bach Cantata Series

Discography

Recordings of Cantatas


C-1

Bach for All Seasons - Selections from the Choral Works of J.S. Bach

1. Now Thank We All Our God (from Cantata BWV 79) [2:01]
2. Jesus, Joy - My Joy Forever (from Cantata BWV 147) [2:59 ]
3. Lord, Let at Last Thine Angels Come (from Cantata BWV 245) [2:04]
4. Savior of the Nations, Come (from Cantata BWV 61) [2:58]
5. Zion Hears the Watchmen Singing (from Cantata BWV 140) [4:30]
6. From Heaven Above to Earth I Come (from Magnificat BWV 243a) [2:16]
7. Gloria in excelsis Deo (from Magnificat BWV 243a) [1:32 ]
8. O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright (from Cantata BWV 1) [1:43]
9. Bring Low Our Ancient Adam (from Cantata BWV 22) [3:05]
10. Jesus, My Sweet Pleasure (from Motet BWV 227) [3:58]
11. What God Ordains is Good Indeed (from Cantata BWV 75) [2:20]
12. We all believe in One True God (from Sacred Song BWV 437) [7:30]
13. Transcendent, Holy God (from Cantata BWV 129) [2:06]
14. Crucifixus (from BWV 232) [3:35]
15. Lord Jesus Christ, God's Only Son (from Cantata BWV 4) [2:19]
16 O Jesus Christ, My Life, My Light (Cantata BWV 118) [8:40]
All sung in English

Cantor Rick Erickson (Director & Organist)

The Holy Trinity Bach Choir / The Bach Players

The Holy Trinity Bach Choir: Phyllis Curran; Soprano: Elizabeth Farnum, Julia Fischer; Mezzo-soprano: Megan Friar, Soprano: Jolle Greenleaf; Bass-Baritone: Paul Houghtaling; Tenor: Marc Molomot; Tenor: Scott Murphree; Michael Ruff; Tenor: Daniel Clark Smith; Tenor: Benjamin Sosland, Emma-Jane Stokely; Bass-Baritone: Jon Szabo
The Bach Players: Cynthia Roberts (Violin); Allen Whear (Cello); Lucas Harris (Lute); Julie Brye (Oboe); Lee Soper (Trumpet); Joe Tompkins (Timpani)

Augsburg Fortress

Mar 1999

CD / TT: 55:46

Recorded at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, New York, New York, USA.
Compiled and edited by Rick Erickson and Mark Bighley. The focus of this collection is to provide churches and choirs a practical resource for use in worship.
Buy this album at:
CD: Augsburg Fortress


C-2

Choral Music of C.P.E. Bach and J.S. Bach (C.P.E. Bach: Magnificat; J.S. Bach Cantatas BWV 35, 131 and 147)

 

C.P.E. Bach: Magnificat []
J.S. Bach: Cantata Aus der Tiefe, BWV 131 [23:30]
J.S. Bach: Cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147 [29:07]
J.S. Bach: Cantata Geist und Seele wird verwirret, BWV 35 [26:02]
J.S. Bach: Prelude & Fugue in C minor, BWV 546: Prelude [6:20]

Rick Erickson

Bach Society Houston: Bach Choir & Orchestra

C.P.E. Bach: Soprano: Renée Rybolt; Alto: Sarah Brindley; Alto: Rebecca Seekatz; Tenor: Patrick Perez; Tenor: Alexander Scheuermann; Bass: Christopher Besch
BWV 131: Tenor: Jack Swanson; Bass: Elliott Carlton Hines
BWV 147: Soprano: Renée Rybolt; Alto: Jennifer Lane; Tenor: Alexander Scheuermann; Tenor: Patrick Perez; Bass: Jackson Felder; Bass: Christopher Besch
BWV 35: Alto: Jennifer Lane; Sigurd Øgaard (Obbligato Organ)
BWV 546/1: Michael Ging (Organ) [Bach Organ of Christ the King Lutheran Church]

High Definition Tape Transfers HDTT-3513

BWV 131: Mar 8, 2015
BWV 147, 35: Feb 15, 2015

Blu-ray Audio / TT:

Recorded in 24/96k 5.0 channel surround sound at Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston, Texas, USA, in the frame of Bach Society Houston: Bach Vespers.
Producer & Recording Engineer: John Proffitt; Master Recording in High Resolution 5.0 Channel Surround Sound.
Buy this album at:
Blu-ray Audio: Amazon.com | High Definition Tape Transfers


C-3

Bach in the Court of Weimar (BWV 70, 12, 1041)

Cantata Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!, BWV 70 []
Cantata Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen, BWV 12 []

Rick Erickson

Bach Society Houston: Bach Choir & Orchestra

Soprano: Renée Rybolt; Baritone: Aaron Harp; Other soloists: unknown

Bach Society Houston

Feb 6, 2016

Audio / TT:

Recorded live at Edythe Bates Old Recital Hall, Alice Pratt Brown Hall, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA, in the frame of Houston Early Music Festival.
Listen on Sound Cloud:
Cantata BWV 12: Mvt. 1: Sinfonia [2:24]
Cantata BWV 70: Mvt. 10: Aria [B] [3:00]
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 12: Mvt. 7: Chorale [0:56]


C-4

Bach Vespers for Advent: Bach, Schütz

Cantata Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61 []

Rick Erickson

Bach Society Houston: Bach Choir & Orchestra

Soloists: Soprano: Renée Rybolt; Other soloists: unknown
Bach Choir: Sopranos: Nini Marchese; Other members: unknown
Dorothy VanDine (Guest Organist); Peter Loewen (Lecturer)

Bach Society Houston

Dec 11, 2016

Audio / TT:

Recorded live at Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston, Texas, USA.


C20-1

Bach Society Vespers for Advent (BWV 61)

34:11-49:50: Cantata Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61 [15:39]

Rick Erickson

Bach Society Houston: Bach Choir & Orchestra

Soloists: unknown

YouTube

Dec 13, 2020

Video / TT: 66:18

Recorded & filmed live at Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston, Texas, USA.
Watch on YouTube:
Full Service, including Cantata BWV 61 [66:18]


C21-1

Bach Vespers for Passiontide 2021: From the Depths I Cry to You (BWV 131)

28:15-49:46: Cantata Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131 [21:31]

Rick Erickson

Bach Society Houston: Bach Choir & Orchestra

Soloists: unknown

YouTube

Mar 28, 2021

Video / TT: 64:12

Recorded & filmed live at Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston, Texas, USA.
Watch on YouTube:
Full Service, including Cantata BWV 131 [64:12]


C21-2

Oktoberfest Bach Vespers | Bach Society Houston (BWV 17)

29:52-46:07: Cantata Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich, BWV 17 [16:16]

Rick Erickson

Bach Society Houston: Bach Choir & Orchestra

Soloists: unknown

YouTube

Oct 17, 2021

Video / TT: 66:31

Recorded & filmed live at Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston, Texas, USA.
Watch on YouTube:
Full Service, including Cantata BWV 17 [66:31]


C21-3

Bach Vespers for Advent | Bach Society Houston (BWV 140)

35:14-63:08: Cantata Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 [27:54]

Rick Erickson

Bach Society Houston: Bach Choir & Orchestra

Soloists: unknown

YouTube

Dec 12, 2021

Video / TT: 84:50

Recorded & filmed live at Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston, Texas, USA.
Watch on YouTube:
Full Service, including Cantata BWV 140 [84:50]


C22-1

Bach Vespers of Light | Bach Society Houston (BWV 118)

 

Cantata (Motet) O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, BWV 118

Rick Erickson

Bach Society Houston: Bach Choir & Orchestra

Soloists: unknown

YouTube

Feb 6, 2022

Video / TT: 72:32

Recorded & filmed live at Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston, Texas, USA.
Watch on YouTube:
Full Service, including Cantata BWV 118 [72:32]


C22-2

Bach Vespers for Pentecost June 4, 2022 | Bach Society Houston (BWV 80)

42:31-69:25: Cantata Ein feste Burg ist unser gott, BWV 80 [26:54]

Rick Erickson

Bach Society Houston: Bach Choir & Orchestra

Soloists: unknown

YouTube

Jun 4, 2022

Video / TT: 90:16

Recorded & filmed live at Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston, Texas, USA.
Watch on YouTube:
Full Service, including Cantata BWV 80 [90:16]


C22-3

2022 Oktoberfest Bach Vespers | Bach Society Houston (BWV 148)

32:05-49:30: Cantata Bringet dem Herren, BWV 148 [17:25]

Rick Erickson

Bach Society Houston: Bach Choir & Orchestra

Soloists: unknown

YouTube

Oct 2, 2022

Video / TT: 68:31

Recorded & filmed live at Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston, Texas, USA.
Watch on YouTube:
Full Service, including Cantata BWV 148 [68:55]


Recordings of Other Vocal Works


V-1

Buxtehude and Bach: Freud und Lust

 

D. Buxtehude: Jesu meine Freud und Lust, BuxWV 59 [7:52]
J.S. Bach: Sacred Song Komm, süßer Tod, BWV 478 [4:18]
J.S. Bach: Sacred Song O Jesulein süß, O Jesulein mild, BWV 493 [2:22]
D. Buxtehude: Sonata in F, BuxWV 269 [8:00]
J.C. Bach: Ach, daß ich Wassers gnug hätte [8:14]
D. Buxtehude: Trio sonata in a minor, BuxWV 254 [11:03]
D. Buxtehude: Jubilate Domino, omnis terra, BuxWV 64 [9:24]
D. Buxtehude: Wenn ich, Herr Jesu, habe dich, BuxWV 107 [6:33]

Rick Erickson (Director & Organist)

The Holy Trinity Bach Players

Counter-tenor: Ryland Angel
Peter Kupfer & Amelia Roosevelt (Violins); Susan Iadone (Viola); Carlene Stober (Viola da gamba) ; Patricia Ann Neely (Violone); Daniel Swenberg (Theorbo)

Deux-Elles DXL-1147

Jan 10-15, 2005

CD / TT: 57 min

Recorded at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, New York City, New York, USA.
Engineer: William F. Lund; Producer: Kathrine Handford.
Buy this album at:
CD (2011): Deux-Elles


V-3

Bach Society Houston: Live from Thomaskirche (Leipzig, Germany)

 

Motet Der geist hilft, BWV 226 [8:53]

Rick Erickson

Bach Society Houston: Bach Choir

Sopranos: Nini Marchese, Renée Rybolt, Kaci Timmons, Andrea Walker; Altos: Cody Bowers (Counter-tenor), Sarah Brindley, Emily Kern, Kathleen Ruhleder; Tenors: Tony Boutté, Matthew Mazzola, Ryan Rogers, Alexander Scheuermann; Basses: Jorge Belonni, Christopher Besch, Aaron Harp, Joshua Levine
Christopher Holman (Organ)

YouTube

Jun 8, 2017

Audio / TT:

Recorded live at Thomaskirche, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, as part of the "500 Minutes of Bach" marathon to kick off the Bachfest Leipzig.
Listen on YouTube:
Motet BWV 226: Complete Work [8:53]


V-2

The Passion of Our Lord according to St Matthew, BWV 244

 
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Matthäus-Passion BWV 244

Rick Erickson

Bach Society Houston: Bach Choir & Orchestra; Houston Boychoir (Artistic Director: Carole Nelson) [soprano in ripieno, Mvts. 1 & 29]

Tenor [Evangelist]: Tony Boutté; Bass [Jesus]: Matthias Weichert; Bass [Judas]: Jackson Felder; Bass [Peter & Pilate]: Christopher Besch
Soprano Soloists: Renée Rybolt, Kyla Knox; Alto Soloists: Rebecca Seekatz, Teresa Procter; Tenor Soloists: Patrick Perez, Alexander Scheuermann; Bass Soloists: Christopher Besch, Jackson Felder
Sigurd Melvaer Øgaard (Organ Continuo)
Choir 1: Sopranos: Renée Rybolt*, Elizabeth Lutz, Amber Jamison; Altos: Sarah Brindley, Rebecca Seekatz*, Amanda Watson; Tenors: Patrick Perez*, Jack Swanson; Basses: Christopher Besch*, Benjamin Hall
Violins: Oleg Sulyga (concertmaster), Laura Cividino, Alana YousseWian; Viola: Erika Lawson; Violoncello: Barrett Sills; Violone: Deborah Dunham; Flutes: Colin St. Martin, Ysmael Reyes; Oboes: Curtis Foster, Sarah Heubsch
Choir 2: Sopranos: Veronique Eberhard, Kyla Knox*, Kaci Timmons; Altos: Rebecca Castillo, Vicki Gorman, Teresa Procter*; Tenors: Corey Estelle, Alexander Scheuermann*; Bass: Jackson Felder*
Violins: Brandi Berry, Nadia Lesinska; Viola: Alicia Marie Valoti; Cello: Jane Leggiero; Flutes: Sang Joon Park, Ann FairWield; Oboes: Maryanna Bryant, Cameron Kirkpatrick; Viola da gamba: Mary Springfels
* Aria soloist

High Definition Tape Transfers HDTT-4295

Mar 29 & Apr 3, 2015

Blu-ray Audio / TT:

Recorded in Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston, Texas, USA.
Producer & Recording Engineer: John Gladney Proffitt.
Buy this album at:
Blu-ray Audio: High Definition Tape Transfers


V-5

St. John Passion on Good Friday with the Bach Choir and Orchestra 2022 | Bach Society Houston

 

Johannes-Passion BWV 245, sung in English (premiere of Madeleine Marshall's new American-English translation) [118:48]

Rick Erickson

Bach Society Houston: Bach Choir & Orchestra

Tenor [Evangelist]: Tony Boutté; Bass [Jesus]: Malcolm J. Merriweather; Bass [Pilate]: Christopher Besch

YouTube

Apr 15, 2022

Video / TT: 148:10

Recorded & filmed live at Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston, Texas, USA.
Watch on YouTube:
Johannes-Passion BWV 245: Complete Work [148:10, with intermissions] | Complete Work [118:48]


V-4

Bach Vespers for Easter: Easter Oratorio BWV 249

 

Oster-Oratorium BWV 249 []

Rick Erickson

Bach Society Houston: Bach Choir & Orchestra

Soprano: Renée Rybolt; Alto: Cody Bowers; Baritone: Aaron Harp; Other soloists: unknown
Christopher Holman (Organ); Jason Oby (Lecturer)

Bach Society Houston

Apr 24, 2016

Audio / TT:

Recorded live at St. Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston, Texas, USA.
Watch on YouTube:
Easter Vespers Preview [0:51]


The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (August 2008 - October 2022)
Thanks to contributors: Tobin Schmuck (October 2008)

Rick Erickson: Short Biography | Recordings of Vocal Works
Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity: Choir & Orchestra | Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity: Bach Cantata Series
Bach Society Houston: Choir & Orchestra | Bach Society Houston: Bach Vespers


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