Bach – Cantata Es erhub sich ein Streit BWV 19 – Sato | Netherlands Bach Society



We recorded this cantata as part of our staged programme ‘Bach & Telemann: Money, power and pleasure’. Read more about this programme and watch the entire performance via https://youtu.be/iQbM6KjET8g

In the opening chorus of Bach’s cantata Es erhub sich ein Streit – recorded here for All of Bach with Shunske Sato – Bach gets straight to the point. It’s clear – this is war. And not any old war, but a heavenly attack on Satan. Led by Archangel Michael, the serpent that once tempted Eve is wrestled to the ground by swarming armies of angels.

For more information on BWV 19 and credits of this production go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-19/

Recorded for the project All of Bach on October 6th 2022 at Concertzaal Tilburg. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel https://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating https://bit.ly/3J5uprM.

All of Bach is a project of the Netherlands Bach Society, with the aim to perform and record all of Bach’s works and share them online with the world for free. Visit our online treasury for more videos and background material on https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/allofbach. For concert dates and tickets go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/concerts.

Netherlands Bach Society
Shunske Sato, conductor
Rachel Redmond, soprano
Daniel Johannsen, tenor
Matthew Baker, bass
Caecilia Thunnissen, theatre concept and direction
Mahshad Safaei, scenography

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23 thoughts on “Bach – Cantata Es erhub sich ein Streit BWV 19 – Sato | Netherlands Bach Society”

  1. For my friends who are protesting the costumes, don't be alarmed, the lyrics have not been changed and the message is clear: in the fight between good and evil, Christianity is victorious through faith and divine protection.

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  2. Surprise surprise. Europe embracing sexual revolution and attempting to modernize Bach. Upside down world indeed. And it’s all going splendidly! And how is that awesome birth rate? This is a shame. Embarrassing. Shall we begin to wonder whether Bach really was gay or a woman? I mean, liberate him from the patriarchal past! They got one thing right: men certainly are women today and women are men. And the experiment is going swimmingly.

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  3. Музика та спів дуже гарні ! Але Бах писав цю музику для Всевишнього , та хочаб із поваги до Баха варто виконувати його твори у пристойному зовнішньому вигляді . Божих вам благословінь.

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