Luthran Church Year
Dates of "Mariä Verkündigung" (Feast of Annunciation of Mary)

Readings: Epistle: Isaiah 7: 10-16; Gospel: Luke 1: 26-38

Musical Context of Bach Cantatas: Motets & Chorales for Feast of Visitation of Mary

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.

1685-03-25 So Okuli
1686-03-25 Mo
1687-03-25 Di
1688-03-25 Do
1689-03-25 Fr
1690-03-25 Sa Karsamstag
1691-03-25 So Laetare
1692-03-25 Di
1693-03-25 Mi
1694-03-25 Do
1695-03-25 Fr
1696-03-25 So Okuli
1697-03-25 Mo
1698-03-25 Di
1699-03-25 Mi
1700-03-25 Do
1701-03-25 Fr Karfreitag
1702-03-25 Sa
1703-03-25 So Judika
1704-03-25 Di Osterdienstag
1705-03-25 Mi
1706-03-25 Do
1707-03-25 Fr
1708-03-25 So Judika
1709-03-25 Mo
1710-03-25 Di
1711-03-25 Mi
1712-03-25 Fr Karfreitag
1713-03-25 Sa
1714-03-25 So (Palmsonntag) - Cantata BWV 182 Himmelskönig, sei willkommen (1^st performances, Weimar)
1715-03-25 Mo
1716-03-25 Mi
1717-03-25 Do Gründonnerstag
1718-03-25 Fr
1719-03-25 Sa
1720-03-25 Mo
1721-03-25 Di
1722-03-25 Mi
1723-03-25 Do Gründonnerstag
1724-03-25 Sa - Cantata BWV 182 Himmelskönig, sei willkommen (4^th performance, Leipzig) + Cantata BWV Anh 199 Siehe, eine Jungfrau ist schwanger 1^st performance, Leipzig; Music lost) (?)
1725-03-25 So (Palmsonntag) - Cantata BWV 1 Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (1^st performance, Leipzig)
1726-03-25 Mo - J.L. Bach: Cantata Ich habe meinen Konig eingesetzt, JLB (1^st performance, Leipzig; Lost)
1727-03-25 Di
1728-03-25 Do Gründonnerstag
1729-03-25 Fr
1730-03-25 Sa
1731-03-25 So Okuli
1732-03-25 Di - J.F. Fasch: Cantata Gottes und Marien Kind (1^st performance, Leipzig)
1733-03-25 Mi
1734-03-25 Do
1735-03-25 Fr
1736-03-25 So Palmsonntag
1737-03-25 Mo
1738-03-25 Di
1739-03-25 Mi
1740-03-25 Fr
1741-03-25 Sa
1742-03-25 So Ostersonntag
1743-03-25 Mo
1744-03-25 Mi
1745-03-25 Do
1746-03-25 Fr
1747-03-25 Sa
1748-03-25 Mo
1749-03-25 Di
1750-03-25 Mi

Vocal works with no definite date

(Weimar Years) - Cantata BWV 182 Himmelskönig, sei willkommen (2^nd & 3^rd performances, Weimar)
(After 1728) - Cantata BWV 182 Himmelskönig, sei willkommen (6^th performance, Leipzig)
(?) - G.P. Telemann: Cantata BWV Anh 156 Herr Christ der einge Gottessohn, TVWV 1:732 (not known if performed by J.S. Bach)

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

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