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A Christmas cantata or Nativity cantata is a cantata, music for voice or voices in several movements, for Christmas. The importance of the feast inspired many composers to write cantatas for the occasion, some designed to be performed in church services, others for concert or secular celebration.
The cantata is Bach's earliest extant cantata for Christmas Day, possibly composed in Weimar as early as 1713. [2] The text of the cantata, which echoes theologians in Halle, suggests that it was composed with Halle's Liebfrauenkirche in mind, in 1713, when Bach applied to be organist of this church, or in 1716, when he was involved in rebuilding its organ.
Sehet, welch eine Liebe hat uns der Vater erzeiget (Behold, what a love has the Father shown to us), [1] BWV 64, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach.He composed the Christmas cantata in Leipzig in 1723 for the third day of Christmas, which is also the Feast of John the Evangelist, and first performed it on 27 December 1723.
Bach composed the cantata in his third year as Thomaskantor in Leipzig for Christmas Day, the first day of a Christmas celebration which lasted for three days. [1] The prescribed readings for the feast day were from the Epistle of Titus, "God's mercy appeared" (Titus 2:11–14) or from Isaiah, "Unto us a child is born" (Isaiah 9:2–7), and from the Gospel of Luke, the Nativity, Annunciation ...
Christum wir sollen loben schon BWV 121 Christmas cantata Chorale cantata by J. S. Bach Martin Luther, author of the hymn Occasion Second Day of Christmas Chorale " Christum wir sollen loben schon " by Martin Luther Performed 26 December 1724 (1724-12-26): Leipzig Movements 6 Vocal SATB soloists and choir Instrumental cornett 3 trombones oboe d'amore 2 violins viola continuo Christum wir ...
A Christmas Cantata (Honegger) Christmas Oratorio; Christum wir sollen loben schon, BWV 121; D. Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes, BWV 40; Dies Natalis (cantata) E.
The cantata is often presented in concerts that usually combine several of the parts of the Christmas Oratorio, most frequently parts I to III. It is a Christmas tradition for German-speaking people to attend such a concert. [41] Dürr and Jones described the cantata as "one of the pinnacles of world music literature". [19]
Gloria in excelsis Deo (Glory to God in the Highest), BWV 191, is a church cantata written by the German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach, and the only one of his church cantatas set to a Latin text. He composed the Christmas cantata in Leipzig probably in 1742, for a celebration by the university of Leipzig.