226a J. S. Bach - Motet Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226

YEAR 1729 CITY Leipzig LYRICIST Romans 8:26-27 and chorale by Martin Luther (1525) OCCASION funeral of the headmaster of Thomasschule: Johann Heinrich Ernesti FIRST PERFORMANCE 20 October 1729 LOCATION Grote Kerk, Naarden CONDUCTOR Stephan MacLeod SOPRANO Orlanda Velez Isidro, Klaartje van Veldhoven, Griet de Geyter, Aleksandra Lewandowska, Marjon Strijk, Hilde van Ruymbeke, Stephanie Pfeffer, Marta Paklar ALTO Barabás Hegyi, Gemma Jansen, Elena Pozhidaeva, Bernadett Nagy, Marine Fribourg, Victoria Cassano McDonald TENOR Adriaan de Koster, Wolfgang Frisch, Guy Cutting, Diederik Rooker, Immo Schröder, Ronald Threels BASS Matthew Baker, Sebastian Myrus, Pierre-Guy Le Gall White, Martijn de Graaf Bierbrauwer, Michiel Meijer, Jelle Draijer VIOLIN Shunske Sato, Sayuri Yamagata VIOLA Staas Swierstra CELLO Lucia Swarts DOUBLE BASS Robert Franenberg OBOE Martin Stadler, Peter Frankenberg ALTO OBOE Yongcheon Shin BASSOON Benny Aghassi ORGAN Pieter-Jan Belder HARPSICHORD Siebe Henstra