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Christen, ätzet diesen Tag, BWV 63
Created 25 December 1713, Weimar period, Occasion: Christmas Day.
BWV2 (1990 catalogue): BWV 63.
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Videos with this cantata
Bach-Stiftung
Published 18 December 2021J.S. Bach - Cantata BWV 63 ""Christen, ätzet diesen Tag"" (J.S. Bach Foundation)
Bach-Stiftung workshop
Published 16 December 2021Bach erklärt: Workshop zur Kantate BWV 63 ""Christen, ätzet diesen Tag"" (J.S. Bach-Stiftung)
Masaaki Suzuki
Published 3 September 2021J.S. Bach - Cantatas BWV 61, 63, 132, 172 - M. Suzuki - CD 07/55
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Published 8 September 2019Bach - Cantate BWV 63 - Christen, ätzet diesen Tag
Justus von Websky (1960)
Published 21 June 2019Bach Kantate BWV 63 Christen ätzet diesen Tag, Justus von Websky 1960
All of Bach
Published 13 December 2018BWV 63 performed by the Netherlands Bach Society conducted by Marcus Creed Grote Kerk, Naarden
Philippe Herreweghe
Published 9 December 2017BCA008 BWV63 Cantata for 1st Day of Christmas Herreweghe 2002
Helmut Rilling
Published 22 September 2017Weimarer Bachkantaten-Akademie 2017 | Abschlusskonzert Eisenach
Ton Koopman
Published 2 September 2016J. S. Bach – Cantatas: BWV 63, BWV 162, BWV 155 – T. Koopman (Vol3 CD1)
John Eliot Gardiner
Published 21 July 2016J.S. Bach - Cantata ""Christen ätzet diesen Tag"" BWV 63 (Gardiner)
John Eliot Gardiner (rehearsal)
Published 19 April 2016Bach's "" Christen ätzet diesen Tag"" BWV 63 in rehearsal
Philippe Pierlot
Published 2 March 2016Bach Cantata BWV 63 Christen, ätzet diesen Tag Pierlot
Karl Richter
Published 10 April 2015J.S. Bach Cantata Christen, ätzet diesen Tag, BWV 63, Karl Richter
Thomanerchor Leipzig
Published 29 November 2014JS Bach: Christmas Cantata BWV 63 - Thomanerchor, Georg Christoph Biller (Audio video)
Helmut Rilling
Published 2 November 2011JS Bach Cantata BWV63 Rilling