Cantata Information
Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
Created 1 January 1727, Leipzig period, Occasion: Holy Saturday or Sabbatum Sanctum.
BWV2 (1990 catalogue): BWV 227.
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Videos with this cantata
Bach-Stiftung
Published 27 January 2024J.S. Bach - Motet BWV 227 ""Jesu, meine Freude"" (J.S. Bach Foundation)
Wilfried Schnetzler workshop
Published 25 January 2024Workshop zur Motette BWV 227 ""Jesu, meine Freude"" (J.S. Bach-Stiftung)
Raphaël Pichon, Pygmalion
Published 27 January 2022Bach: The complete motets, BWV 225 - 230 | Raphaël Pichon & Ensemble Pygmalion
Vox Luminis
Published 6 July 2021J.S. Bach: Motet BWV 227 ""Jesu, meine Freude"" | Vox Luminis, Lionel Meunier, live *4K* concert video
Daniel Reuss
Published 13 September 2020LIVE: Abschlusskonzert Musikfest Erzgebirge mit der Cappella Amsterdam
All of Bach
Published 28 February 2019BWV 227 performed by the Netherlands Bach Society conducted by Christoph Prégardien Grote Kerk, Alkmaar
Philippe Herreweghe
Published 6 January 2018BWV227 Motet Jesu, meine Freude Herreweghe 2011
Regensburger Domspatzen
Published 13 November 2016BWV 227 - Jesu, meine Freude (Scrolling)
Nederlands Kamerkoor
Published 1 November 2015J.S. Bach BWV 150 & 227 Nederlands Kamerkoor, 25 Oct. 2015, Amsterdam
Helmut Rilling
Published 2 December 2013Johann Sebastian Bach - Motetten - (BWV 229), (BWV 227), (BWV 118), (BWV deest), (BWV 230)
Bach-consort Moscow
Published 6 November 2013Bach-consort.J.S.Bach: Motett ""Jesu, meine Freude"" BWV 227
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Published 8 December 2012Bach - Motet BWV 227 - Jesu, meine Freude
Wilfried Schnetzler
Published 15 May 2012J.S. Bach: Motette BWV 227 «Jesu, meine Freude»
Daniel Reuss
Published 31 January 2012J.S. Bach: Motet BWV 227 'Jesu, meine Freude' - Vocalconsort Berlin [HD]