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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.
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 ...
The duration of the cantata is given as 20 minutes. [9] Bach would later use the pair of horns in Part IV of his Christmas Oratorio. [10] In the following table of the movements, the scoring, keys and time signatures are taken from Alfred Dürr's standard work Die Kantaten von Johann Sebastian Bach. [11] The continuo, which plays throughout, is ...
Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen (Let honour be sung to You, O God), [1] BWV 248 V (also written as BWV 248 V), is a church cantata for the second Sunday after Christmas, which Johann Sebastian Bach composed as the fifth part of his Christmas Oratorio, written for the Christmas season of 1734–35 in Leipzig. [2]
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.
See Christmas Cantatas Georg Philipp Telemann: [45] Jauchzet, frohlocket, der Himmel ist offen, TWV 1:953 (Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst, Hamburg 1726 – cantata for St. Stephen's Day) Christoph Graupner: see List of cantatas by Christoph Graupner § GWV 1106; Johann Sebastian Bach (see also Church cantata (Bach) § Second Day of Christmas): [46 ...