Bach: Cantata "Es erhub sich ein Streit" BWV 19

This is the second cantata from a concert recording of the workshop "Die Bachkantate" at the Zurich University of Arts on the 5th March 2020. An ensemble of music students from the ZHdK playing historical instruments and Keiko Enomoto, soprano, Maximilian Vogler, tenor and Mathias Constantin, bass are performing under the direction of Michael Biehl the cantata BWV 19 "Es erhub sich ein Streit" by J. S. Bach.
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00:00 Coro: Es erhub sich ein Streit
04:04 Recitative: Gottlob! Der Drache liegt
05:14 Aria: Gott schickt uns Mahanaim zu
09:36 Recitative: Was ist der schnöde Mensch, das Erdenkind?
10:38 Aria: Bleibt, ihr Engel, bleibt bei mir!
18:45 Recitative: Laßt uns das Angesicht
19:27 Chorale: Laß dein' Engel mit mir fahren
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The Ensemble:

Violin: Patricia Duy Diem Do, Solveig Steinthorsdottir
Viola da braccio: Dominique Polich
Violoncello: Javier Lopez Escalona, Gian-Andri Cuonz
Violone: Lucca Alcock
Trumpet: Carlos Sampaios, Laura Winter, Cédric Peier
Timpani: Yves Ryser
Flauto traverso: Akira Spitz
Oboe, Oboe d’amore: Linda Alijaj, Hitomi Inoue
Harpsichord: Nenad Ivkovic
Organ: Rebecca Ineichen
Coro: Keiko Enomoto-Chaintreuil, Katharina Willi, soprano
Elmar Hauser, counter tenor
Rodrigo Carreto, Maxime Thély, Maximilian Vogler, tenor
Mathias Constantin, Cyrille Nanchen, bass
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Es erhub sich ein Streit (There arose a war), BWV 19, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig in 1726 for the Feast of Saint Michael and first performed it on 29 September 1726. It is the second of his three extant cantatas for this feast. Bach took up his position in Leipzig in 1723. His first years in the city were particularly productive in terms of cantatas for the church calendar. As well as being a Christian festival, St. Michael's Day was important in the commercial life of Leipzig as it marked the start of one of the city's annual trade fairs.

The prescribed readings for the day were from the Book of Revelation, Michael fighting the dragon (Revelation 12:7–12), and from the Gospel of Matthew, heaven belongs to the children, the angels see the face of God (Matthew 18:1–11). The text of the cantata was written by Christian Friedrich Henrici, better known as Picander.

The chorale theme is Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele, which was codified by Louis Bourgeois when setting the Geneva Psalm 42 in his collection Pseaumes octante trios de David (Geneva, 1551).

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Bio: Michael Biehl

Michael Biehl wurde in Dortmund geboren. Er studierte an der Musikhochschule Münster Cembalo, wo er 1992 die Künstlerische Reifeprüfung mit dem Prädikat "Sehr gut" erlangte. Gleichzeitig studierte er an der Westfälischen-Wilhelms-Universität die Fächer Musikwissenschaft, Philosophie und Germanistik.
Von 1993 bis 2018 lebte er in Basel, wo er an der Schola Cantorum Basiliensis ein Aufbaustudium in den Fächern Fortepiano und Cembalo bei Andreas Staier und Jean Goverts absolviert hat. Dieses schloss er 1997 mit dem Diplom für historische Tasteninstrumente "Mit Auszeichnung" ab. Ferner studierte er Generalbassspiel bei Jesper Christensen.
Neben seiner vorwiegend solistischen Tätigkeit ist Michael Biehl ein gefragter Kammermusikpartner, Liedbegleiter und Continuospieler auf historischen Tasteninstrumenten. So gab er Liederabende mit Maria Cristina Kiehr, Kurt Widmer, spielte mit Emma Kirkby, Nuria Rial und Cecilia Bartoli und unter Dirigenten wie Nikolaus Harnoncourt, William Christie, Marc Minkowski, Christopher Hogwood und Paul Goodwin.
Seit 2002 unterrichtet Michael Biehl an der ZHdK die Fächer Cembalo und Fortepiano, sowie Generalbassspiel, Kammermusik und Liedgestaltung auf historischen Tasteninstrumenten.
Seit 2018 lebt Michael Biehl in Frankreich.
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«Leonart» (Nenad Ivkovic) is a musician and music video producer based in Switzerland. He was born in Nis, Serbia, where he started to play piano when he was six years old. He graduated with honor his Bachelor of Arts and his Master Pedagogy studies on the harpsichord at the ZHdK and continues his studies in his second Master of Performance. Leonart also working as a performer of church music, he plays the organ and conducts choirs on a regular basis. Since last year, he has started his own series of concerts in his home studio in Greifensee and he has moved into the music video production business.
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