Lutheran Church Year
Dates of "2.So.n.Weihn." (Sunday after New Year, 2^nd Sunday after Christmas)

Readings: Epistle: 1 Peter 4: 12-19; Gospel: Matthew 2: 13-23

Musical Context of Bach Cantatas: Motets & Chorales for Turning Time

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.

1687-01-05 So
1688-01-04 So
1689-01-02 So
1690-01-01 So
1693-01-04 So
1694-01-03 So
1695-01-02 So
1696-01-01 So
1698-01-05 So
1699-01-04 So
1700-01-03 So
1701-01-02 So
1702-01-01 So
1705-01-04 So
1706-01-03 So
1707-01-02 So
1708-01-01 So
1710-01-05 So
1711-01-04 So
1712-01-03 So
1713-01-01 So
1716-01-05 So
1717-01-03 So
1718-01-02 So
1719-01-01 So
1721-01-05 So
1722-01-04 So
1723-01-03 So
1724-01-02 So - Cantata BWV 153 Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind (1^st performance, Leipzig)
1727-01-05 So - Cantata BWV 58 Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid (1^st performance, Leipzig)
1728-01-04 So
1729-01-02 So
1730-01-01 So
1733-01-04 So
1734-01-03 So
1735-01-02 So - Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV248/5 Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen (1^st performance, Leipzig)
1736-01-01 So
1738-01-05 So
1739-01-04 So
1740-01-03 So
1741-01-01 So
1744-01-05 So
1745-01-03 So
1746-01-02 So
1747-01-01 So
1749-01-05 So
1750-01-04 So

Vocal works with no definite date

(1733-1734) - Cantata BWV 58 Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid (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