Lutheran Church Year
Dates of "Palmsonntag" (Palm Sunday, 6^th Sunday in Lent)

Readings: Epistle: Philippians. 2: 5-11 / 1 Corinthians 11: 23-32; Gospel: Matthew 21: 1-9

Musical Context of Bach Cantatas: Motets & Chorales for Palm Sunday, Holy Week

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.

1685-04-15 So
1686-04-07 So
1687-03-23 So
1688-04-11 So
1689-04-03 So
1690-03-19 So
1691-04-08 So
1692-03-30 So
1693-03-15 So
1694-04-04 So
1695-03-27 So
1696-04-15 So
1697-03-31 So
1698-03-23 So
1699-04-12 So
1700-04-04 So
1701-03-20 So
1702-04-09 So
1703-04-01 So
1704-03-16 So
1705-04-05 So
1706-03-28 So
1707-04-17 So
1708-04-01 So
1709-03-24 So
1710-04-13 So
1711-03-29 So
1712-03-20 So
1713-04-09 So
1714-03-25 So (Mariä Verkündigung) - Cantata BWV 182 Himmelskönig, sei willkommen (1^st performances, Weimar)
1715-04-14 So
1716-04-05 So
1717-03-21 So
1718-04-10 So
1719-04-02 So
1720-03-24 So
1721-04-06 So
1722-03-29 So
1723-03-21 So
1724-04-02 So
1725-03-25 So (Mariä Verkündigung)
1726-04-14 So
1727-04-06 So
1728-03-21 So - Cantata BWV 182 Himmelskönig, sei willkommen (5^th performance, Leipzig)
1729-04-10 So
1730-04-02 So
1731-03-18 So
1732-04-06 So
1733-03-29 So
1734-04-18 So
1735-04-03 So
1736-03-25 So Mariä Verkündigung
1737-04-14 So
1738-03-30 So
1739-03-22 So
1740-04-10 So
1741-03-26 So
1742-03-18 So
1743-04-07 So
1744-03-22 So
1745-04-11 So
1746-04-03 So
1747-03-26 So
1748-04-07 So
1749-03-30 So
1750-03-22 So

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)

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

Prepared by Dr. Georg Fischer (April 2007)
Contributed by Dr. Georg Fischer (March 2010)
Please direct any questions or comments to: Dr. Georg Fischer