Cantata BWV 134a
Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht

Ref.:

BWV 134a

German Title:

Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht

English Title:

Time, that creates days and years (by Richard Stokes)

Event:

Birthday Cantata on New Year's Day (Serenata) 1719 for the Royal House of Anhalt-Köthen
Readings: Epistle: Galatians 3: 23-29; Gospel: Luke 2: 21
Musical Context: Motets & Chorales for Turning Time

Composed:

Köthen, 1719
1^st performance: January 1, 1719 - Köthen

Text:

Christian Friedrich Hunold

BWV 134a: Text: German-1 | German-6 | German-7
Translations: English-1 | English-3I | English-3P | English-6 | English-10
Catalan-1 | Polish-2 | Russian-3 | Spanish-7

Scoring:

Soloists: Alto [Providence], Tenor [Time]; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, continuo
Mvt. 1: Recitative [T, A] | Mvt. 2: Aria [T] | Mvt. 3: Recitative [T, A] | Mvt. 4: Aria - Duet [A, T] | Mvt. 5: Recitative [A, T] | Mvt. 6: Aria [A] | Mvt. 7: Recitative [T, A] | Mvt. 8: Chorus

Scores:

BWV 134a Scores: Score BGA [3.50 MB] | Score BGA Anh [0.87 MB]
Autograph Score (Facsimile): D-B Mus. ms. Bach St 18 [Bach Digital]

References:

BWV 134a=BWV 134.1 References: BGA: XXXIV [inc.] | NBA: I/35 | BC: G 5 | Zwang: W 6 | First Published: BG, 1881 [inc.] | Autograph score (facsimile): Paris, Bibliothèque Nationala [inc.] | Bach Digital

Commentaries:

BWV 134a Commentaries: English: BCW | Crouch | All Music | Mincham
Nielsen [Danish] | EvH [Dutch] | Role [French]

Music:

Music Examples

Discussions:

Week of March 17, 2002; Week of March 26, 2006; Week of August 2, 2009; Week of March 27, 2016; Week of July 1, 2018

Contents

Complete Recordings - BWV 134
Complete Recordings - BWV 134a
Recordings of Individual Movements from BWV 134

Discussions - Part 1 (1^st round)
Discussions - Part 2 (2^nd round)
Discussions - Part 3 (3^rd round)
Discussions - Part 4
Discussions - Part 5 (4^th round)
Discussions - Part 6 (4^th round)

Complete Cantatas Vol. 10 - conducted by Ton Koopman

Discography

Complete Recordings

1

Bach Kantaten (BWV 36b, BWV 134a) [C-4]

Cantata BWV 134a [39:00]

Wolfgang Unger

Leipziger Universitätschor / Pauliner Barockensemble

Counter-tenor: Matthias Koch; Tenor: Nils Giesecke
PBE: Oboe I: Günter Strobelt; Oboe II: Norbert Kaschel; Violins 1: Konstanze Beyer, Ronny Mausolf, Werner Thomsch, Dörthe Geißler; Violins 2: Eckhard Kiesling, Hans Gette, Eva-Maria Mehling; Violas: Matthias Sannemüller (I), Hermann Schicketanz (II), Werner Harazim (I), Stephan Scharf (ll); Violoncellos: Thomas Fritzsch, Hans-Rüdiger Hulsch; Violone: Achim Beyer; Bassoon: Stefan Pantzier; Harpsichord: Ulrike Wappler

Thorofon

Oct 1996

CD / TT: 67:06

Recorded at Bethanienkirche, Leipzig, Germany.
Recording Supervision: Maria Suschke.
Buy this album at:
CD (1997): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
CD (2000): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de | ArkivMusic

J.S. Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 10
Bach-2000 Vol. 5 - Secular Cantatas [B-0]

Cantata BWV 134a [20:02]

Ton Koopman

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir (Chorus Master: Ulrike Grösch)

Alto: Michael Chance; Tenor: Paul Agnew
ABO Soloists: Margaret Faultless (Violin); Jonathan Manson (Cello); Patrick Beaugireaud (Oboe)
ABC: Sopranos: María-Luz Álvarez, Els Bongers, Loes Groot Antink, Francine van der Heijden, Vera Lansink; Altos: Annemieke Cantor, Marleene Goldstein, Peter de Groot, Hugo Naessens; Tenors: Andreas Gisler, Henk Gunneman, Joost van der Linden, Geraint Roberts, John Wright; Basses: Kees van Hees, Matthijs Mesdag, René Steur, Hans Wijers
ABO: Violins: Margaret Faultless, Marc Cooper, Foskien Kooistra, Carla Marotta, Catherine Martin, Fanny Pestalozzi, Alida Schat, Sylvia Schweinberger, Sebastiaan van Vucht; Violas: Martin Kelly, Jane Rogers; Cellos: Jonathan Manson, Catherine Jones; Double-bass: Nicholas Pap; Oboes: Patrick Beaugireaud, Michel Henry, Stefaan Verdegem; Bassoon: Marc Vallon; Organ, Harpsichord: Ton Koopman [recitatives & arias]; Organ: Matthew Halls [choir]; Lute: Mike Fentross

Erato 8573-8022-2
Antoine Marchand CC-72210
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Teldec

Oct 1998

3-CD / TT: 224:01
3-CD / TT: 224:01
MP3 / TT: 223:27
11-CD / TT:

Recorded at Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Producer: Tini Mathot; Sound Engineer & Editing: Adriaan Verstijnen.
See: Complete Cantatas Vol. 10 - conducted by Ton Koopman
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 134a: Complete Cantata [36:00] | Complete Cantata [36:00]
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Teldec 11-CD (2000): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de

3

Edition Bachakademie Vol. 139 - Congratulatory and Hommage Cantatas (BWV 30a, 36c, 36b, 134a, 173a)

Cantata BWV 134a [36:08]

Helmuth Rilling

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart / Bach-Collegium Stuttgart

Alto: Ingeborg Danz; Tenor: Marcus Ullmann
BCS: Oboes: Ingo Goritzki, Hedda Rothweiler; Bassoon: Günther Pfitzenmaier; Violins 1: Walter Forchert (Georg Egger [solo]), Thomas Gehring, Eva Maria König (Ottavia Egger, Rahel Rilling, Peter Prislin), Christina Eychmüller; Violins 2: Thomas Hang, Gerd-Uwe Klein, Gunhild Bertheau, Gotelind Himmler, Antje Lindemann; Violas: Wolfgang Berg, Axel Breuch (Nancy Sullivan), Carolin Kriegbaum; Solo Cello: Francis Gouton [Continuo], Matthias Wagner; Double-bass: Harro Benz; Harpsichord: Boris Kleiner

Hänssler 92.139
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Apr 7-8, 2000

2-CD / TT: 121:14
MP3 / TT: 121:44

Recorded at Stadthalle Leonberg, Germany.
Recording: Tonstudio Teije van Geest, Heidelberg; Producer: Richard Hauck.
Listen on YouTube:
CD-2: Cantatas BWV 134a, BWV 173a [55:19]
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4

J.S. Bach: Secular Cantatas Vol. 2 (BWV 208, BWV 134a)

Cantata BWV 134a [34:56]

Masaaki Suzuki

Bach Collegium Japan

Alto [Göttliche Vorsehung]: Damien Guillon; Tenor [Zeit]: Makoto Sakurada
Chorus: Sopranos: Joanne Lunn, Sophie Junker, Minae Fujisaki, Yoshie Hida; Altos: Damien Guillon, Hiroya Aoki, Tamaki Suzuki, Chiharu Takahashi; Tenors: Makoto Sakurada, Yusuke Fujii, Hiroto Ishikawa, Yosuke Taniguchi; Basses: Roderick Williams, Daisuke Fujii, Toru Kaku, Chiyuki Urano
Orchestra: Oboe I: Masamitsu San'nomiya; Oboe II: Atsuko Ozaki; Bassoon: Yukiko Murakami; Violins 1: Natsumi Wakamatsu [Leader], Paul Herrera, Yuko Takeshima; Violins 2: Azumi Takada, Yuko Araki, Yukie Yamaguchi; Violas: Hiroshi Narita, Mina Fukazawa
Continuo: Violoncello: Hidemi Suzuki; Violone: Takashi Konno; Harpsichord: Masaaki Suzuki, Masato Suzuki

BIS SACD-1971
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Jul 2011

SACD / TT: 74:40
MP3 / TT: 73:17

Recorded at the MS&AD Shirakawa Hall, Nagoya, Japan.
Tuner: Akimi Hayashi; Producer: Andreas Ruge; Sound Engineer: Matthias Spitzbarth; Post-production: Editing: Andreas Ruge; Mixing: Matthias Spitzbarth; Executive Producer: Robert von Bahr.
Buy this album at:
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Music Download: iTunes

5

"Bach in Köthen" - Musik im Französischen Kammerton (J.S. Bach: Die Zeit, die Tag und Jahre macht) [C-4]

Cantata BWV 134a: Mvt. 3-4 [10:11] (from a complete performance)

Hermann Max

Das Kleine Konzert

Tenor: Immo Schröder; Counter-tenor: Franz Vitzthum

YouTube

Sep 25, 2011

Audio / TT:

Recorded live at Basilika, Köthen (Anhalt), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, in the frame of Köthener Bach Festtage. Broadcast by MDR.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 134a: Mvt. 3: Recitative [T, A] + Aria - Duet [A, T] [10:11]