BWV_200
Bekennen will ich seinen Namen, BWV 200
Arrangement by Johann Sebastian Bach of an aria from Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel
Bekennen will ich seinen Namen (I shall acknowledge His name), BWV 200, is an arrangement by Johann Sebastian Bach of an aria from Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel's passion-oratorio Die leidende und am Creuz sterbende Liebe Jesu. He scored it for alto, two violins and continuo, possibly as part of a cantata for the feast of Purification. He probably led the first performance around 1742.