Cantata 200

Rembrandt van Rijn, Presentation in the Temple, Hamburger Kunsthalle, c. 1627-28

Bekennen will ich seinen Namen

I want to acknowledge his name

Cantata 200

BWV 200

Event: Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary
1st Performance: c. 1742 - Leipzig
Readings: Epistle: Malachi 3: 1-4; Gospel: Luke 2: 22-32
Text: Anon

All that's left of this cantata is a sad little fragment containing an alto aria. It's really quite good and well worth a listen. But, alas, that's all. (Simon Crouch)

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Performance by Contralto: Margarethe Bence; L'Ensemble instrumental de Stuttgart (Stuttgarter Orchester); Marcel Couraud conducting.

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Performance by Mezzo-soprano: Jard van Nes; Leo van Doeselaar (Organ); Amsterdam Bach Soloists.

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Performance by Robin Tyson, countertenor; the Monteverdi Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner conducting. Recorded at Christchurch, Dorset, Priory Church, UK

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Performance by Contralto: Margrit Conrad;  Bach-Orchester Mainz; Diethard Hellmann conducting.

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Performance by Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Netherlands Bach Collegium; Pieter Jan Leusink conducting.  Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.

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Performance by Alto: Mechthild Georg; Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn; Helmuth Rilling conducting.  Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany.

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Performance by Counter-tenor: Jochen Kowalski; Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields; Kenneth Sillito conducting.  Recorded at Air Studios, London, England.

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Performance by Alto: Barbara Scherler; Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra; Fritz Werner conducting.

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