Cantata Information
Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202
Created ? 1720, Köthen period. Occasion: Marriage to Anna Magdalena Bach.
BWV2 (1990 catalogue): BWV 202.
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Videos with this cantata
All of Bach
Published 10 September 2022BWV 202 performed by the Netherlands Bach Society Violin and direction by Sayuri Yamagata Grote Kerk, Naarden
Bach-Stiftung
Published 1 June 2019J.S. Bach - Wedding Cantata BWV 202 "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten" (J.S. Bach Foundation)
Helmut Rilling
Published 18 November 2013Johann Sebastian Bach - Weltliche Kantaten - (BWV 202), (BWV 203), (BWV 204)
Peter Schreier workshop (1984)
Published 30 May 2019Bach erklärt: Workshop zur Kantate BWV 202 "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten" (J.S. Bach-Stiftung)
Ton Koopman
Published 21 June 2012Bach: Cantate 'Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten - Dorothee Mields - Ton Koopman - Live Concert [HD]