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A Christmas cantata outside the classical music tradition was the 1986 project The Animals' Christmas by Jimmy Webb and Art Garfunkel. In 1995, Bruckner's Fest-Kantate Preiset den Herrn, WAB 16, has undergone an adaptation as Festkantate zur Weihnacht (festive Christmas cantata) for mixed choir with Herbert Vogg’s text "Ehre sei Gott in der ...
The Gospel text included by Bach in his six Christmas Oratorio cantatas consists of: Luke 2:1, 3–7, i.e. part of the Christmas Day reading. Luke 2:8–14, i.e. second half of the Christmas Day reading. Luke 2:15–20, i.e. text of the Second Day of Christmas Gospel reading. Luke 2:21, i.e. the New Year's Day Gospel reading
Bach composed the cantata in his second year in Leipzig for the Second Day of Christmas as part of his second cantata cycle. [2] [3] The prescribed readings for the feast day were from the Epistle to Titus (Titus 3:4–7), and the Gospel of Luke (Luke 2:15–20), [3] [4] of the shepherds at the manger.
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 ...
The Christmas cantata was first performed in 1734, in Leipzig. [2] Bach was then Thomaskantor, responsible for music at four churches in Leipzig, a position he had assumed in 1723. The cantata follows the nativity of Jesus as narrated in the Gospel of Luke. It covers the adoration of the shepherds.
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]