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 Mezzo-soprano: Jard van NesLeo 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 ConradBach-Orchester MainzDiethard Hellmann conducting.


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Performance by Alto: Sytse BuwaldaNetherlands Bach CollegiumPieter Jan Leusink conducting.  Recorded at St. Nicolaschurch, Elburg, Holland.

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Performance by Alto: Mechthild GeorgWürttembergisches Kammerorchester HeilbronnHelmuth Rilling conducting.  Recorded at Gedächtniskirche Stuttgart, Germany.

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Performance by Counter-tenor: Jochen KowalskiAcademy of St Martin-in-the-FieldsKenneth Sillito conducting.  Recorded at Air Studios, London, England.

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Performance by Alto: Barbara ScherlerPforzheim Chamber OrchestraFritz Werner conducting.


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