Episode 1404. In this Bach week, we will hear cantatas for an unknown occasion in 1728 and 1730, and cantatas for a certain Sunday in 1731 and 1732. Today we will start with the choral cantata “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme” BWV 140, composed for the 27th Sunday after Trinitatis of 1731.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
1. Choral cantata “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme” BWV 140, composed for the 27th Sunday after Trinitatis on 25 November 1731.
1 Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme
2 Er Kommt, Er Kommt, Der Bräutgam Kommt
3 Wenn Kömmst Du, Mein Heil?
4 Zion Hört Die Wächter Singen
5 So Geh Herein Zu Mir
6 Mein Freund Ist Mein
7 Gloria Sei Dir Gesungen
Nuria Rial, soprano. Bernhard Berchtold, tenor. Markus Volpert, bass. Choir and orchestra J.S. Bach Foundation conducted by Rudolf Lutz
Also listen to episode 80 of Bach & Co, which will be published on podcast platforms on 4 August 2025. In it, the makers of Bach ad Infinitum will cover cantata BWV 140 in detail.
2. Partita no. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002
-I Allemanda
-II Double
-III Courante
-IV Double Presto
-V Sarabande
-VI Double
-VII Tempo di Bourrée
-VIII Double
Isabelle Faust, violin
3. Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme, BWV 645
Alison Balsom, trumpet. Stephen Cleobury, organ
4. from Köthener Trauermusik, BWV 244a:
– Mit Freuden (Aria)
Nuria Rial, soprano. Kammerorchester Basel conducted by Julia Schröder
