Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:hymns
gptkbp:arrangements Various ensembles
gptkbp:associated_with Advent season
gptkbp:author gptkb:Philipp_Nicolai
gptkbp:available_on Streaming platforms
gptkbp:based_on Matthew 25:1-13
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Johann_Sebastian_Bach
gptkbp:cultural_impact Influence on choral repertoire
gptkbp:duration Approx. 30 minutes
gptkbp:first_performance 1731
gptkbp:genre Sacred music
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
gptkbp:influenced Later choral works
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Protestant_Reformation
gptkbp:instruments Oboe, Bassoon, Trumpet
gptkbp:key E-flat major
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:notable_influence gptkb:choir
gptkbp:notable_performances gptkb:Bachfest_Leipzig
gptkbp:notable_recordings Conducted by Herbert von Karajan
Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
Conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Conducted by Andrew Manze
Conducted by Andrew Parrott
Conducted by John Nelson
Conducted by Philippe Herreweghe
Conducted by Richard Egarr
Conducted by Richard Hickox
Conducted by Christoph Spering
Conducted by David Hill
Conducted by Gustav Leonhardt
Conducted by Helmuth Rilling
Conducted by John Butt
Conducted by Lars Ulrik Mortensen
Conducted by Masaaki Suzuki
Conducted by Paul Mc Creesh
Conducted by Peter Phillips
Conducted by Peter Schreier
Conducted by Richard Tognetti
Conducted by Simon Halsey
Conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock
Conducted by Ton Koopman
gptkbp:notable_song Zion hears the watchmen singing
gptkbp:number_of_movements gptkb:7
gptkbp:opening_ceremony Advent
gptkbp:orchestration Strings and Continuo
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Bach's_cantata_cycle
gptkbp:performed_by Various choirs
Professional orchestras
gptkbp:performed_in gptkb:Lutheranism
gptkbp:premiered_on gptkb:Weimar
gptkbp:recorded_by Many artists
gptkbp:sings Church services
gptkbp:style gptkb:Baroque
gptkbp:year_composed 1731
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Chorale_Prelude:_Wachet_auf,_ruft_uns_die_Stimme,_BWV_645
gptkb:Chorale_Prelude:_Wachet_auf,_ruft_uns_die_Stimme
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7