Cantata 165 (Gardiner / Leonhardt / Leusink)

Louis Tiffany, Nicodemus Came to Him by Night, First Presbyterian Church, Lockport, NY

O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad,
O sacred bath of water and the Spirit
Cantata 165
BWV 165


Event: Trinity Sunday
Readings: Epistle: Romans 11: 33-36; Gospel: John 3: 1-15
Text: Salomo Franck (Mvts. 1-5); Ludwig Helmbold (Mvt. 6)
Chorale Text: Nun laßt uns Gott dem Herren
1st Performance:
June 16, 1715, Weimar
 

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Performance by Soprano: Ruth Holton; Counter-tenor: Daniel Taylor; Tenor: Paul Agnew; Bass: Peter Harvey; Monteverdi Choir / English Baroque Soloists; John Eliot Gardiner conducting. Live recordings from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage, at St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. 

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Performance by Boy Soprano: Tobias Eiwanger; Alto: Paul Esswood;Tenor: Kurt Equiluz; Bass: Max van Egmond; Tölzer Knabenchor (Chorus Master: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden) and; Collegium Vocale Gent (Chorus Master: Philippe Herreweghe) / Leonhardt-Consort; Gustav Leonhardt conducting.


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Performance by Soprano: Ruth Holton; Alto: Sytse Buwalda; Tenor: Nico van der Meel; Bass: Bas Ramselaar;






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