Cantata BWV 186a
Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht

Ref.

BWV 186a

German Title

Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht

English Title

Fret not, O soul (by Richard Stokes)

Event

Cantata for the 3^rd Sunday in Advent
Readings: Epistle: 1 Corinthians 4: 1-5; Gospel: Matthew 11: 2-10
Musical Context: Motets & Chorales for Sundays in Advent

Composed

Weimar, 1717
1^st performance: December 13, 1717 - Weimar

Text:

Salomo Franck (Mvts. 1-5); Ludwig Helmbold (Mvt. 6)

BWV 186a Text: German-5 | German-6
Translations: English-1 | English-6 | English-10
Dutch-0 | Dutch-7
Chorale Text: Von Gott will ich nicht lassen [BWV 186a/6]

Scoring

Music lost. Reconstruction by Diethard Hellmann, Hänssler Verlag (Stuttgart, 1963)

Scores:

BWV 186a Scores: Music lost

References:

BWV 186a=BWV186.1 References: BGA: - | NBA: NBA I/1 | BC: A 5 | Zwang: - | First Published: - | Bach Digital

Commentaries:

BWV 186a Commentaries: English: Crouch | Emmanuel Music
Nielsen [Danish] | EvH [Dutch] | Role [French] | B!52, Odcinek 54 [Polish]

Music

-

Discussions

Week of August 6, 2000; Week of August 7, 2005; Week of August 7, 2011; Week of July 19, 2015

Contents

Complete Recordings of Cantata BWV 186
Complete Recordings of Cantata BWV 186a
Recordings of Individual Movements from Cantata BWV 186

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

Discography

Complete Recordings

1

Bach Kantate BWV 186a, Ärgre dich o Seele nicht, Diethard Hellmann [CR-186a]

Cantata BWV 186a, Reconstruction by Diethard Hellmann [20:03]

Diethard Hellmann

Bachchor und Bachorchester Mainz

Soprano: Agnes Giebel; Alto: Ingeborg Ruß; Tenor: Karl Markus; Bass: Ernst Gerold Schramm

YouTube

Late 1960's ?

Audio / TT:

Recorded at Christuskirche, Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (?). Tape recording from the radio.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 186a: Complete Cantata [20:03]

2

Bach: Kantate BWV 186a Ärgre dich, o Seele nicht, Ralf Popken [CR-186a]

Cantata BWV 186a [16:30]

Ralf Popken

Wilhelmshavener Vokalensemble / Capella Savaria

Soprano: Bettina Pahn; Tenor: Jörn Lindemann; Counter-tenor & Bass: Ralf Popken

YouTube

Dec 21, 1997

Audio / TT:

Recorded at St. Georgskirche, Sengwarden, north of Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony, Germany. Tape recording from radio. There are about 30 years between the creation of the first recording with Diethard Hellmann and this one with Ralf Popken.
Listen on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 186a: Complete Cantata [16:30]

3

Bach:vokal | concerts 2017, Serie No. V: Kantaten zum 2. und 3. Advent (BWV 70, 186a, 140) [C17-5]

Cantata BWV 186a [20:00]

Kay Johannsen

Solistenensemble Stimmkunst / Stiftsbarock Stuttgart (Konzertmeisterin: Christine Busch)

Soloists BWV 186a: Sopranos: Rahel Maas [4], Agnes Knoop [5]; Alto: Lena Sutor-Wernich [5]; Tenor: Daniel Schreiber [3]; Bass: Thomas Scharr [2]
Solistenensemble Stimmkunst: Sopranos: Verena Schmid, Franziska Bobe, Agnes Knoop, Rahel Maas; Altos: Anne Greiling, Lena Sutor-Wernich, Lidia Vinyes Curtis, Wiebke Wighardt; Tenors: Michael Berner, Stephan Scherpe, Daniel Schreiber, Jo Holzwarth; Basses: Ekkehard Abele, Jens Hamann, Matthias Horn, Thomas Scharr

YouTube

Dec 1, 2017

Video / TT: 71:05

Recorded & filmed live at Stiftskirche, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the frame of the Cantata Cycle Bach:vokal. Recording by SWR 2.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 186a: Complete Cantata [20:00]

4

Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht, BWV 186a [C22-12]

05:12-24:20: Cantata BWV 186a [19:08]

Artistic Director & Conductor: Ryan Turner

Emmanuel Music

BWV 186a soloists: Soprano: Carley DeFranco & Sonja Tengblad Alto: Margaret Lias; Tenor: Jonas Budris; Bass: Will Prapestis
Jennifer Slowik (English Horn)

YouTube

Dec 11, 2022

Video / TT: 24:20

Recorded & filmed live at Emmanuel Church, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, in the frame of Emmanuel Music: Bach Cantata Series.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 186a: Full Concert, including Complete Cantata [24:20]

5

Christmas Concert 2023 (J.S. Bach: Advent Cantatas: BWV 132, 186a, 140) [CV-1]

Cantata BWV 186a [20:57]

Nozomi Sato

ICU Christmas Concert 2023 Project Choir / Orchestra

Soloists: Soprano: Kozue Shimizu; Counter-tenor: Toshiharu Nakajima; Tenor: Hiroki Kouno; Bass: Ikutaro Nakagawa
ICU Project Choir: Sopranos: Erica Johnson, Nia Kaneta, Itsuki Shikata, Kana Takechi, Sayaka Takigawa, Ami Yoshida; Altos: Ami Kato, Miko Kuze, Mika Murotani, Nahoko Okamoto, Michiru Sasaoka, Erina Yachi, Nanaka Yasuda; Tenors: Mirai Kiya, Renato Komukai, Kaito Nakamura, Yoshiki Takai, Rei Takahashi, Miu Yamada, Zhou Huanlai, Shion Nishiyama; Basses: Tensei Hashimoto, Haseru Ida, Jo Andrew Inoue, Lee Kyungsoo, Yutaka Leonhardt Krawehl, Benjamin Orth, Hayata Amano, Kenta Esaka
Orchestra: Akira Harada (Violin concert-master); Maki Horiuchi (Violin); Rieko Ikeda (Violin); Karito Ohmitsu (Violin); Go Tomono (Viola); Toru Yamamoto (Violoncello); Saki Ishihara (Violoncello); Seiji Nishizawa (Double-bass); Ayaka Mori (Oboe); Ayako Onodera (Oboe); Minori Saji (Oboe, Oboe da caccia); Yuki Kofu (Bassoon); Ryo Tamiya (Organ)

YouTube

Dec 9, 2023

Video / TT: 72:05

Recorded & filmed live at ICU Chapel, International Christian University, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan.
Watch on YouTube:
Cantata BWV 186a: Complete Cantata [20:57]

6

Bach: Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht, BWV 186a [C23-13]

Cantata BWV 186a

Artistic Director & Conductor: Ryan Turner

Emmanuel Music

BWV 186a Vocal Soloists: Sopranos: Janet Ross & & Kristen Watson; Alto: Katherine Maysek; Tenor: Fausto Miro; Bass: Dana Whiteside
Instrumental Soloists: Mark Berger (Viola)

Emmanuel Music

Dec 17, 2023

No Video

Recorded & filmed live at Emmanuel Church, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, in the frame of Emmanuel Music: Bach Cantata Series.
No video yet.

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (November 2008 - October 2024)
Thanks to conbtributors: Rainer Harald (March 2019 - December 2020)

Cantata BWV 186a: Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht [music lost] for 3^rd Sunday in Advent (1717)
Discography: Details
Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4