Classical sheet music by Johann Sebastian Bach

Bach's Christmas Oratorio, composed in 1734, narrates the story of the birth of Jesus in a cycle of six cantatas with a text probably by Christian Friedrich Henrici (known as Picander) who provided se...

With the publication of this choral score the performance material for this central work by Johann Sebastian Bach is now complete.

This choral score completes the performance material for this central work by Johann Sebastian Bach.

für Soli (SATB), gem. Chor und Orchester

The cantata "Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende" BWV 28 for the Sunday after Christmas begins unusually: with an aria instead of the usual opening chorus, characterized by joyful, dance-like rhythms i...

Festive horn sounds open Bach's cantata Darzu ist erscheinen der Sohn Gottes BWV 40, first performed on 26.12.1723. The two inner chorales, which are inserted between the recitative and the correspond...

Bach's second cantata beginning with the text "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" BWV 62 was performed on 1 Advent (the only Advent Sunday with church music in Leipzig at the time) in 1724 and belongs to t...

With its large orchestration, which was used chorally in accordance with older models, the cantata is a festive piece. In terms of its external splendor, it is at best equalled, but not surpassed, by...

The cantata Sehet, welch eine Liebe BWV 64, composed for Christmas Day 1723, is characterized by the opening chorus in the "old style" without obbligato instruments. As with the cantata Darzu ist ersc...

Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag (Frühfassung). Soli SATB, Coro SATB, 2 Cor, Timp, 3 Ob, Str, Fg, Org

Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtsfeiertag. Soli SATB, Coro SATB, 3 Tr, Timp, 2 Fl, Ob, Obda, Obca, Str, Org - Tonart D-Dur / h-Moll

The cantus firmus is present in four of the six movements, giving the cantata great unity. In addition to the opening chorus and final chorale, it is heard in one of the rare tercets in Bach's vocal w...

Bach was not able to use the Weimar Advent cantata 'Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht' BWV 186a in Leipzig, as there was no performance of church music there between the 1st Sunday of Advent and Christmas. B...

Carsten Klomp hat für die vorliegende Ausgabe den Orchestersatz der 1. Kantate aus Johann Sebastian Bachs Weihnachtsoratorium auf die Orgel übertragen. Damit ermöglicht er nicht nur eine Aufführung in...

Das Weihnachtsoratorium nur mit Orgel- statt mit Orchesterbegleitung? Kann das funktionieren - ausgerechnet bei diesem so festlichen und farbig orchestrierten Werk? Die vorliegende Bearbeitung zeigt:...

Das Weihnachtsoratorium nur mit Orgel- statt mit Orchesterbegleitung? Kann das funktionieren - ausgerechnet bei diesem so festlichen und farbig orchestrierten Werk? Die vorliegende Bearbeitung zeigt:...

The Christmas Oratorio with just organ instead of orchestral accompaniment? Can this work with such a festive and colorfully orchestrated piece? This arrangements show that it can, and surprisingly we...

für Soli (SATB), gem. Chor und Orchester Chorpartitur

Bach's well-known church cantata "Schwingt freudig euch empor" BWV 36, which was first heard in its final version on 1 Advent 1731 in Leipzig's Nikolaikirche, goes back to a secular birthday cantata f...