Ref.:

BWV 70a

German Title

Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!

English Title

Watch! Pray! Pray! Watch! (by Francis Browne)

Event

Cantata for the 2^nd Sunday in Advent
Readings: Epistle: Romans 15: 4-13; Gospel: Luke 21: 25-36
Musical Context: Motets & Chorales for Sundays in Advent

Composed

Weimar, 1716 | 1^st performance: December 6, 1716 - Weimar

Text:

Salomo Franck (Mvts. 1-5); Christian Keymann (Mvt. 6)

BWV 70a Text: German-1 | German-5 | German-6 | German-7
Translations: English-1 | English-6 | English-10
Dutch-0 | Dutch-3
Chorale Text: Meinen Jesum laß' ich nicht [BWV 70a/6]

Scoring

Music lost

BWV 70a Scores: Autograph Score (Facsimile): D-B Mus. ms. Bach St 95 [Bach Digital]

References:

BWV 70a=BWV 70.1 References: BGA: - | NBA: - | BC: A 4 | Zwang: - | First Published: - | Provenance | Bach Digital (Weimar version)

Commentaries:

BWV 70a Commentaries: English: BCW | Crouch | Emmanuel Music
Nielsen [Danish] | EvH [Dutch] | Role [French] | B!52, Odcinek 53 [Polish]

Music

-

Discussions

Week of November 24, 2002; Week of December 18, 2005; Week of October 14, 2012; Week of November 22, 2015

Contents:

Complete Recording of BWV 70a
Complete Recording of Cantata BWV 70
Recordings of Individual Movements from Cantata BWV 70

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