Lutheran Church Year
Dates of "1. Advent" (1^st Sunday in Advent)

Advent is the 4 week period before Christmas when the Church celebrates the first coming of Christ and anticipates his second coming. Advent can fall on any date between (and including) November 27 and December 3.
Type of Holiday: Season; Fast
Time of Year: Roughly 4 weeks before Christmas; Sunday after Christ the King Sunday
Duration: 4 Sundays and their weeks ending at Christmas Eve
Celebrates/Symbolizes: Jesus' first and second comings
Alternate Names: N/A

Readings: Epistle: Romans 13: 11-14; Gospel: Matthew 21: 1-9

Musical Context of Bach Cantatas: Motets & Chorales for Sundays in Advent

Dates in the Lifetime of J.S. Bach

All dates are in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DD.
Abbreviations of German weekdays: Sonntag, Montag, Dienstag, Mittwoch, Donnerstag, Freitag, Samstag.

1685-12-02 So
1686-12-01 So
1687-11-30 So
1688-11-28 So
1689-11-27 So
1690-12-03 So
1691-12-02 So
1692-11-30 So
1693-11-29 So
1694-11-28 So
1695-11-27 So
1696-12-02 So
1697-12-01 So
1698-11-30 So
1699-11-29 So
1700-11-28 So
1701-11-27 So
1702-12-03 So
1703-12-02 So
1704-11-30 So
1705-11-29 So
1706-11-28 So
1707-11-27 So
1708-12-02 So
1709-12-01 So
1710-11-30 So
1711-11-29 So
1712-11-27 So
1713-12-03 So
1714-12-02 So - Cantata BWV 61 Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (1^st performance, Weimar)
1715-12-01 So
1716-11-29 So
1717-11-28 So
1718-11-27 So
1719-12-03 So
1720-12-01 So
1721-11-30 So
1722-11-29 So
1723-11-28 So
1724-12-03 So - Cantata BWV 62 Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (1^st performance, Leipzig)
1725-12-02 So
1726-12-01 So
1727-11-30 So
1728-11-28 So
1729-11-27 So
1730-12-03 So
1731-12-02 So - Cantata BWV 36 Schwingt freudig euch empor (1^st performance, Leipzig)
1732-11-30 So
1733-11-29 So
1734-11-28 So - G.P. Telemann: Cantata Machet die Tore weit (I), TWV 1:1074 (1^st performance, Leipzig)
1735-11-27 So
1736-12-02 So
1737-12-01 So
1738-11-30 So
1739-11-29 So
1740-11-27 So
1741-12-03 So
1742-12-02 So
1743-12-01 So
1744-11-29 So
1745-11-28 So
1746-11-27 So
1747-12-03 So
1748-12-01 So
1749-11-30 So
1750-11-29 So

Vocal works with no definite date

(1732-1735) - Cantata BWV 62 Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (2^nd performance, Leipzig)

Sundays and Holidays in the Lifetime of J.S. Bach

Prepared by Dr. Georg Fischer (April 2007), Aryeh Oron (March 2010)
Contributed by Dr. Georg Fischer (March 2010)
Please direct any questions or comments to: Dr. Georg Fischer