Cantata 8: Gardiner / Herreweghe / Leonhardt / Leusink / Rifkin / Rilling / Thomas



Giovanni Battista Naldini, Raising of the Son of the Widow of Naim, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 1570-80

Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben?
Dearest God, when shall I die?
Cantata 8
BWV 8

Event: 16th Sunday after Trinity
1st Performance: September 24, 1724, Leipzig
Reading: Epistle: Ephesians 3: 13-21; Gospel: Luke 7: 11-17
Text: Caspar Neumann (Mvts. 1, 6); Anon (Mvts. 2-5)
Chorale Text: Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben


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[musicMe] (info) Performance of Soprano: Katharine Fuge; Counter-tenor: Robin Tyson; Tenor: Mark Padmore; Bass: Thomas Guthrie; Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner conducting. Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at Santo Domingo de Bonaval, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

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Performance of Soprano: Deborah York; Alto: Ingeborg Danz; Tenor: Mark Padmore; Bass: Peter Kooy; Collegium Vocale Gent; Philippe Herreweghe conducting. Recorded at the Doopsgezinde Germeente Church, Haarlem, Holland.

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Performance of Soprano: Soloist of the Regensburger Domspatzen (No name); Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Max van Egmond; King's College Choir Cambridge (Chorus Master: David Willcocks) / Leonhardt-Consort; Gustav Leonhardt conducting.

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Performance of Soprano: Ruth Holton; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Marcel Beekman; Bass: Bas Ramselaar; Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium; Pieter Jan Leusink conducting. Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.

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Performance of Soprano: Julianne Baird; Alto: Allan Fast; Tenor: Frank Kelley; Bass: Jan Opalach; OVPP - No Choir) / The Bach Ensemble; Joshua Rifkin conducting. Recorded at Methuen Memorial Hall, MA, USA.

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Performance of Soprano: Julianne Baird; Alto: Steven Rickards; Tenor: Jeffrey Thomas; Bass: James Weaver; American Bach Soloists; Jeffrey Thomas conducting.


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