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Motet BWV Anh 159
Ich Lasse Dich Nicht, Du Segnest Mich Denn |
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BWV Anh. III 159 |
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German Title |
Ich lasse dich nicht, du Segnest mich denn |
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English Title |
I will not let you go, unless you bless me
I wiil not leave you before you blessed me |
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French Title |
Je ne te laisse pas, car to me bénnis |
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Spanish Title |
No te dejo si no me bendices |
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Event |
Motet for Funeral or later Remembrance of the Deceased Service.
Possibly for the Funeral of the Mayor of Arnstadt’s wife, Margarethe Feldhaus, née Wedemann |
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Composed |
Arnstadt, 1713 | 1st performance: July 3, 1713 - Arnstadt
Sections I & II by J.S. Bach; Final Chorale probably not by J.S. Bach
Previously attributed to Johann Christoph Bach |
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Text |
Genesis 32: 27 (Section I); 3rd verse of a chorale Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz by Erasmus Alberus (Section II) |
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German-5 | Translations: English-3 | English-5 | English-10 | Hungrian-2 |
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Scoring |
Choir I: S, A, T, B, Choir II: S, A, T, B
Orchestra: Continuo |
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BGA: | NBA: III/3 | BC: C9 | First Published: |
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Status |
Previously attributed to Johann Christoph Bach; the final chorale is an untexted and transposed version of BWV 421 that J.G. Schicht possibly added later (see: Früdruck Leipzig 1802/03) |
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Discussions |
Week of January 6, 2013 |
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Bach Festival 58th Annual Baldwin-Wallace College: First Concert [F58-1] |
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Motet Ich lasse dich nicht, BWV Anh 159 [] |
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Stuart Raleigh |
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Baldwin-Wallace College Choir; Baldwin-Wallace Motet Choir |
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Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music |
Apr (?) 1990 |
MC / TT: |
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Recorded live at Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, USA.
Source: WorldCat Libraries |
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Motetten II (Bach und seine Nachfolger im Amt des Thomaskantors) [CD] [V-2]
J.S. Bach: Die Motetten Vol. 1+2 [2-CD] [V-2] |

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Motet Ich lasse dich nicht, BWV Anh 159 [4:25] |
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Georg Christoph Biller |
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Thomanerchor Leipzig / Capella Thomana & Baroque Brass of London |
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Philips 462233
Philips |
Feb 1997 |
CD / TT: 51:55
2-CD / TT: |
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Recorded at Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche, Leipzig-Gonnewitz, Germany.
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Das Alt-Bachische Archiv [V-3] |

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Motet Ich lasse dich nicht, BWV Anh 159 [3:50] |
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Konrad Junghänel |
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Cantus Cölln / Concerto Palatino (Director & Cornett: Bruce Dickey) |
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Sopranos: Susanne Rydén, Monika Mauch, Hedwig Westhoff-Düppmann; Altos: Elisabeth Popien, Henning Voss; Tenors: Hans Jörg Mammel, Wilfried Jochens, Henning Kaiser; Basses: Stephan Schreckenberger, Wolf-Matthias Friedrich, Sebastian Noack |
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ORF 317
Harmonia Mundi 901783/84 |
Feb 2002 |
2-CD / TT: 150:55 |
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Recorded at Protestantischie Kirche St. Osdag, Neustadt-Mandelsloh, Germany.
See: Das Alt-Bachische Arciv - performed by Cantus Cölln
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Jesu, meine Freude - J.S. Bach: Motets [V-1] |

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Motet Ich lasse dich nicht, BWV Anh 159 [4:08] |
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Peter Kooy |
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Sette Voci |
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Sopranos: Hana Blažíková, Zsuzsi Tóth; Altos: Damien Guillon, Robin Blaze; Tenors: Satoshi Mitsukoshi, Christopher Watson; Basses: Dominik Wörner, Jelle Draijer
Jan Jansen, Masato Suzuki (Organ); Armin Bereuter (Violone) |
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Ramée 906 |
Jan 2009 |
CD / TT: 70:00 |
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Recorded at Church of St. Andreas, Kirchheim an der Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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