Lutheran Church Year
Dates of "3. Advent" (3^rd Sunday in Advent)

Description, see: 1. Advent

Readings: Epistle: 1 Corinthians 4: 1-5; Gospel: Matthew 11: 2-10

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.

1685-12-16 So
1686-12-15 So
1687-12-14 So
1688-12-12 So
1689-12-11 So
1690-12-17 So
1691-12-16 So
1692-12-14 So
1693-12-13 So
1694-12-12 So
1695-12-11 So
1696-12-16 So
1697-12-15 So
1698-12-14 So
1699-12-13 So
1700-12-12 So
1701-12-11 So
1702-12-17 So
1703-12-16 So
1704-12-14 So
1705-12-13 So
1706-12-12 So
1707-12-11 So
1708-12-16 So
1709-12-15 So
1710-12-14 So
1711-12-13 So
1712-12-11 So
1713-12-17 So
1714-12-16 So
1715-12-15 So
1716-12-13 So
1717-12-12 So - Cantata BWV 186a Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht (1^st performance, Weimar, Music lost)
1718-12-11 So
1719-12-17 So
1720-12-15 So
1721-12-14 So
1722-12-13 So
1723-12-12 So
1724-12-17 So
1725-12-16 So
1726-12-15 So
1727-12-14 So
1728-12-12 So
1729-12-11 So
1730-12-17 So
1731-12-16 So
1732-12-14 So
1733-12-13 So
1734-12-12 So
1735-12-11 So
1736-12-16 So
1737-12-15 So
1738-12-14 So
1739-12-13 So
1740-12-11 So
1741-12-17 So
1742-12-16 So
1743-12-15 So
1744-12-13 So
1745-12-12 So
1746-12-11 So
1747-12-17 So
1748-12-15 So
1749-12-14 So
1750-12-13 So

(?) - G.P. Telemann: Cantata BWV 141 Das ist je gewißlich wahr (not known if performed by J.S. Bach)

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