Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben

A musical performance at the Nikolaikirche in Leipzig during the Bachfest, held annually in the month of July. Each year there are approximately 100 individual events during the Bach Festival, beginning with an opening concert conducted by the serving Thomaskantor. The final concert is traditionally a performance of Bach's Mass in B minor (BWV 232) in the St. Thomas Church (source: Wikipedia). 

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Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben, BWV 109

Created 17 October 1723, Leipzig period. Occasion: Trinitatis XXI.
BWV2 (1990 catalogue): BWV 109.


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Trinitatis XXI


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The oldest ensemble for Baroque music in the Netherlands. Founded in 1921 in Naarden to perform Bach's St Matthew Passion on Good Friday, and has performed the work annually since then. In honour of the 100th birthday in 2021, the Society started publishing a new and freely accessible recording every two weeks, including HD video of all works of JS Bach on YouTube, under the title All of Bach. Content in English and Dutch.
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A collective group of singers and instrumentalists founded in 1970 by Craig Smith. It was created specifically to perform the complete cycle of over 200 sacred cantatas of J. S. Bach in the liturgical setting for which they were intended, an endeavor twice completed and a tradition which continues today. Has both notes on cantatas and translated librettos.
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Videos with this cantata

All of Bach

Published 28 May 2021
BWV 109 performed by the Netherlands Bach Society conducted by Shunske Sato Walloon Church, Amsterdam

Bach-Stiftung

Published 31 October 2020
J. S. Bach - Cantata BWV 109 "Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben" (J.S. Bach Foundation)

Bloomington Bach Cantata Project

Published 30 October 2023
J.S. Bach,"Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben!" BWV 109-Bloomington Bach Cantata Project

Helmut Rilling

Published 6 December 2009
J. S. Bach - Cantata "Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben" BWV 109 (1/3)

Helmut Rilling workshop

Published 29 October 2020
Workshop zur Kantate BWV 109 "Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben" (J.S. Bach-Stiftung)

John Eliot Gardiner

Published 6 April 2018
J. S. Bach - Cantatas: BWV109, BWV38, BWV98, BWV188 - J. E. Gardiner (Vol. 11 CD2)

Masaaki Suzuki

Published 24 September 2021
J.S. Bach - Cantatas BWV 148, 48, 89, 109 - M. Suzuki (CD 14/55)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Published 13 September 2019
Bach - Cantate BWV 109 - Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben!

Philippe Herreweghe

Published 13 October 2018
BCA151 BWV109 Cantata for 21st Sunday after Trinity Herreweghe 2013

Ton Koopman

Published 12 November 2016
J. S. Bach - Cantatas: BWV 109, 81,77, 90 - T. Koopman (Vol. 8 CD3)