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Only four bear autograph dates. BWV 61 is dated 1714, with the liturgical designation "am ersten Advent ", [3] the First Sunday of Advent. [4] The prescribed readings for the Sunday were from the Epistle to the Romans, "now is our salvation nearer" (Romans 13:11–14), and from the Gospel of Matthew, the Entry into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1–9).
Bach used the hymn in two church cantatas for the first Sunday of Advent, his chorale cantata Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62 (1724) [16] and in the opening chorale fantasia of his earlier cantata Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61 (1714). [17] Max Reger composed a setting as No. 29 of his 52 Chorale Preludes, Op. 67 in 1902. [18]
Church music was allowed in Leipzig only on the first Sunday of Advent. John Eliot Gardiner observes about all three extant cantatas for this occasion, also Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61, and Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36, which all deal with Luther's hymn, that they "display a sense of excitement at the onset of the Advent season ...
" Wir sagen euch an den lieben Advent" (We announce the dear Advent to you) is an Advent song with German text by Maria Ferschl written in 1954, and a melody by Heinrich Rohr. The song is part of the German Protestant hymnal Evangelisches Gesangbuch, the Catholic Gotteslob and many songbooks. It is suitable for children.
Judy Russell rounds up upcoming Oshkosh church and religious events and news.
Advent Sunday is the fourth Sunday before Christmas. On the First Sunday of Advent, Christians start lighting their Advent wreaths, and praying their Advent daily devotional; [2] believers may also erect their Chrismon tree, [2] light a Christingle, [3] as well as engage in other ways of preparing for Christmas, such as setting up Christmas ...
First Sunday in Advent: The readings for the first Sunday in Advent relate to the Old Testament patriarchs who were Christ's ancestors, so some call the first Advent candle that of hope. Second Sunday in Advent: The readings for the second Sunday concern Christ's birth in Bethlehem and other prophecies, so the candle may be called the ...
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