Giovanni Lanfranco, Miracle of the bread and the fish, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 1620-23

  Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht

Do not be scandalised,my soul

Cantata 186

BWV 186

Event: Cantata for the 7th Sunday after Trinity

Readings: Epistle: Romans 6: 19-23; Gospel: Mark 8: 1-9

Text: Salomo Franck (Mvts. 1, 3, 5, 8, 10); Paul Speratus (Mvt. 6); Anon (Mvts. 2, 4, 7, 9, 11)

Chorale Text: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her

1st Performance: July 11, 1723, Leipzig

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Performance of Soprano: Katharine Fuge; Counter-tenor Richard Wyn Roberts; Tenor: Kobie van Rensburg; Bass: Stephan Loges;

Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner conducting.  Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at St Mary's, Haddington, Scotland.

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Performance of Boy Soprano: Helmut Wittek (Soloist of the Tölzer Knabenchor); Alto: Paul Esswood; Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Robert Holl; Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) / Concentus Musicus Wien; Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting.

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Performance of Soprano: Ruth Holton; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Knut Schoch; Bass: Bas Ramselaar; Holland Boys Choir / Netherlands Bach Collegium; Pieter Jan Leusink conducting.  Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.

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