Presentation of Jesus at The Temple - Music

Music

The Lutheran church of the Baroque observed the feast as "Mariae Reinigung" (Purification of Mary). Johann Sebastian Bach composed several cantatas to be performed in the church service of the day, related to Simeon's canticle Nunc dimittis as part of the prescribed readings.

  • Erfreute Zeit im neuen Bunde, BWV 83, 1724
  • Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, BWV 125, 1725
  • Ich habe genug, BWV 82, 1727

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