Cantata BWV 216
Vergnügte Pleißenstadt [Fragment]

Ref.:

BWV 216; BC G 43

German Title:

Vergnügte Pleißenstadt [fragment]

English Title:

Who doth his joy in thy great {splendor/beauty} take (by Z. Philip Ambrose)

Event:

Secular Cantata for the Wedding of Johann Heinrich Wolff and Susanna Regina Hempel

Composed:

Leipzig, 1728
1^st performance: February 5, 1728 - Leipzig

Text:

Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander)

BWV 216 Text: German-1 | German-5 | German-6 | German-7
Translations: English-1 | English-6 | English-10
Chinese-2 | Polish-2

Scoring:

Soloists: Soprano, Alto
Orchestra: ?

Scores:

BWV 216 Scores: Capella: Complete [cap]

References:

BWV 216=BWV 216.1 References: BGA: 34 | NBA: I/40 | BC: G 43 | Zwang: - | First Published: Berlin, 1924 | Bach Digital

Commentaries:

BWV 216 Commentaries: English: Crouch | All Music
Nielsen [Danish] | EvH [Dutch]

Music:

-

Statues:

Fragment of text & music

Discussions:

December 1999 - January 2000; Week of November 24, 2013; Week of July 22, 2018

Contents

Complete Recordings of Cantata BWV 216
Details of Cantata BWV 216a

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

Discography

Complete Recordings

1

J.S. Bach: Hochzeitkantaten [C-11]

Cantata BWV 216, recovered by Joshua Rifkin [23:55]

Joshua Rifkin

Bach Concertino Osaka

Soprano: Susanne Rydén; Alto: Marianne Beate Kielland

Mainich Classics MNCL-104

Mar 20 & 23, 2005

CD / TT: 55:42

Recorded live at Suntory Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
Executive Producer: Tokihiko Umezu; Recording Producer: Yoshinori Nishiwaki (N&F); Balance Engineer: Suenori Fukui (N&F).

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (October 2005)
Thanks to contributors: Richard Sams (October 2005)

Cantatas BWV 216: Vergnügte Pleißenstadt [fragment] for Wedding [Secular cantata] (1728)
Discography: Details & Complete Recordings
Discussions: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3