Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) <br /> <br />“Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis” <br /> <br />(My heart was deeply troubled) <br /> <br />BWV 21 <br /> <br /> <br />Event: <br />Cantata for the 3rd Sunday after Trinity <br /> <br />Readings: <br />Epistle: 1 Peter 5: 6-11; Gospel: Luke 15: 1-10 <br /> <br />or for any time / ’Per ogni tempo’. Probably a Farewell Cantata for Johann Ernst von Sachsen-Weimar <br /> <br />Composed: <br />Original version: Weimar, 1713; <br />1st revised: Weimar, 1714; <br />2nd revised: Köthen, 1720; <br />3rd revised: Leipzig, 1731 <br /> <br />1st performance: June 17, 1714 - Weimar <br />2nd performance: 1717-1722 - Köthen <br />3rd performance: June 13, 1723 – Leipzig <br /> <br />Text: <br />Salomon Franck (Mvts. 3-5, 7, 8, 10); <br />Psalm 94: 19 (Mvt. 2); <br />Psalm 42: 5 (Mvt. 6); <br />Psalm 116: 7 (Mvt. 9); <br />Georg Neumark (Mvt. 9); <br />Revelation 5: 12-13 (Mvt. 11) <br /> <br />Scoring: <br />Soloists: Soprano, Tenor, Bass; 4-part Chorus <br />Orchestra: 3 trombones, drum, oboe, cello, 2 violins, basson, 4 additional continuo instruments <br /> <br /> <br />Mvt. 1: Sinfonia (00:00) <br />Mvt. 2: Chorus (03:05) <br />Mvt. 3: Aria (07:00) <br />Mvt. 4: Recitative (11:26) <br />Mvt. 5: Aria (12:55) <br />Mvt. 6: Chorus (18:16) <br />Mvt. 7: Recitative (21:48) <br />Mvt. 8: Aria – Duet (23:06) <br />Mvt. 9: Chorus (26:52) <br />Mvt. 10: Aria (31:22) <br />Mvt. 11: Chorus (34:01) <br /> <br />Alternative Movements <br />Mvt. 3: Aria (37:31) <br />Mvt. 7 Recitativo (42:09) <br />Mvt. 8 Aria (43:34) <br /> <br /> <br />Soprano: Monika Frimmer <br />Tenor: Gerd Türk <br />Bass: Peter Kooy <br /> <br />Bach Collegium Japan <br /> <br />Masaaki Suzuki <br /> <br />Jun 1997, at the Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan.
