Composition: Geist und Seele wird verwirret, BWV 35 (Bach, Johann Sebastian)

Title Geist und Seele wird verwirret
Alternative title Spirit and Soul become confused
Creators Johann Sebastian Bach (composer) and Georg Christian Lehms (librettist)
Opus BWV 35
Instrumentation alto and orchestra
Number of movements 2
Keys D major
Composed 1726
First published 1857
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Composition types Sacred cantatas
Language German
Period Baroque
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view Sinfonia (No.1) 2 violins, viola and cello Russ Bartoli
view Aria: 'Geist und Seele wird verwirret' (No.2) 3 violins, 2 violas and cello Russ Bartoli
view Aria: 'Gott hat alles wohlgemacht!' (No.3) violin, viola and cello
violin and 2 cellos
2 violas and cello
viola and 2 cellos
Peter Lang
view Aria: 'Gott hat alles wohlgemacht!' (No.3) violin and viola
violin and cello
2 violas
viola and cello
2 cellos
Peter Lang
view Aria: 'Gott hat alles wohlgemacht!' (No.4) trumpet and organ Michel Rondeau
view Sinfonia (No.5) 2 violins, viola and cello Russ Bartoli
view Sinfonia (No.5) organ Alexandre Guilmant
view Sinfonia (No.5) piano Camille Saint-Saëns

Scores

Details Section Type Publisher Date File (click to view)
view Complete Complete Score
view Complete Complete Score
view Complete Complete Score
view Complete Complete Score
view Complete Ramon Casadesus-Masanell 2021 1. Sinfonia (Concerto)
2. Aria: 'Geist und Seele wird verwirret'
3. Recitativo: 'Ich wundre mich'
4. Aria: 'Gott hat alles wohlgemacht!'
5. Sinfonia
6. Recitativo: 'Ach, starker Gott, laß mich'
7. Aria: 'Ich wünsche nur bei Gott zu leben'
Engraving files (MuseScore)
view Complete parts Oboe 1, 2, English Horn
Violins I
Violins II
Violas
Cellos/Basses
Organ
view Complete parts,selections 1. Sinfonia
2. Aria: 'Geist und Seele wird verwirret'
4. Aria: 'Gott hat alles wohlgemacht!'
5. Sinfonia
7. Aria: Ich wünsche nur bei Gott zu leben
view Complete vocal score Breitkopf und Härtel Complete Score
view Sinfonia (No.1) Arrangement for 2 violins, viola and cello
by Russ Bartoli
Peter Lang 2016 Complete Score and Parts
view Aria: 'Geist und Seele wird verwirret' (No.2) Arrangement for 3 violins, 2 violas and cello
by Russ Bartoli
Peter Lang 2016 Complete Score and Parts
view Aria: 'Gott hat alles wohlgemacht!' (No.3) Arrangement for violin, viola and cello
violin and 2 cellos
2 violas and cello
viola and 2 cellos
by Peter Lang
Peter Lang 2013 Complete Score and Parts
view Aria: 'Gott hat alles wohlgemacht!' (No.3) Arrangement for violin and viola
violin and cello
2 violas
viola and cello
2 cellos
by Peter Lang
Peter Lang 2016 Complete Score and Parts
view Aria: 'Gott hat alles wohlgemacht!' (No.4) Arrangement for trumpet and organ
by Michel Rondeau
Complete Score and Trumpet Part
Engraving files (Finale & XML)
view Sinfonia (No.5) Arrangement for 2 violins, viola and cello
by Russ Bartoli
Peter Lang 2016 Complete Score and Parts
view Sinfonia (No.5) Arrangement for organ
by Alexandre Guilmant
Montréal: Les Éditions Outremontaises 2015 Complete Score
view Sinfonia (No.5) Arrangement for piano
by Camille Saint-Saëns
J. Rieter-Biedermann Complete Score

Recordings/Performances

DetailsTypeSectionPerformersArranged forFiles (click to listen)
view Sinfonia (No.1) Karl Ristenpart (conductor) and Marie-Claire Alain (organ) Complete Performance
view Synthesized Aria: 'Gott hat alles wohlgemacht!' (No.4) For Trumpet and Organ (Rondeau) Virtual Performance
view Synthesized Sinfonia (No.5) For Organ (Guilmant) Synthesized Performance
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