Classical sheet music by Johann Sebastian Bach

Although 'Warum betrübst du dich, mein Herz' (What is it troubles thee, my heart) BWV 138 is based on the chorale of the same name, it is nevertheless not regarded as one of Bach's chorale cantatas. I...

Bach's chorale cantata with its opening text 'Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott recht kindlich kann verlassen' (Tis well with him who on the Lord trusts just like a child) BWV 139 was performed for t...

Kantate zum 27. Sonntag nach Trinitatis. Soli STB, Coro SATB, [Cor], 2 Ob, Taille (Eh), Vl pic, Str, Fg, Org

The cantata 'Mein liebster Jesus ist verloren' BWV 154 was first performed on 9 January 1724, the 1st Sunday after Epiphany. The structure and extent of the work are unusual: it comprises eight, inste...

'Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe' (I stand with my open grave before me) BWV 156 is one of the few surviving cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach that is based on texts from the so-called Picander cycle....

Kantate am Fest Mariae Reinigung, oder am dritten Osterfesttag - möglicherweise während der Weimarer Zeit (1708-1717) komponiert. Soli SB, Coro SATB, Ob, Vl solo, Vc/Cb, Org - Tonart D-Dur / e-Moll

This six-movement cantata BWV 164 was performed for the first time on 26 August 1725 in Leipzig. The text was written by Bach's Weimar cantata poet Salomon Franck and had been published earlier in 171...

The cantata 'O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad'' (O Holy spirit's solemn rite) BWV 165 is one of Bach's earliest cantata compositions and was presumably first performed in the Weimar Schlosskirche for Tr...

The cantata 'Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe' (You mortals, tell of God's devotion) BWV 167 is one of the first works which Bach wrote in his capacity as Kantor of St. Thomas's Leipzig. It was compo...

Bach's cantata 'My God alone this heart possesses' BWV 169 is from his third annual cantata cycle in Leipzig; it was first performed on 20 October 1726 for the 18th Sunday after Trinity. As recent res...

Kantate zum 1. Pfingsttag - Soli SATB, Coro SATB, Ob, Fg, 2 Vl, Va, 3 Tr, Timp, Bc

The cantata 'Ich liebe den Höchsten von ganzem Gemüte' (I love the Almighty with all of my spirit) BWV 174 was composed for Whit Monday 1729. It probably belongs to Bach's fourth cycle of cantatas, kn...

Kantate zu Trinitatis. Soli SAB, Coro SATB, 2 Ob, Obca, Str, Org - Tonart c-dorisch

Version in A major (version in G major under Carus 31.182/50). The cantata Himmelskönig, sei willkommen (BWV 182) occupies a special place in Johann Sebastian Bach's life story. Active as an organist...

The cantata 'Ärgre dich, o Seele, nicht' (Fret thee not, thou mortal soul) BWV 186 is in a sense the companion work to the much better-known cantata 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben' BWV 147. Both wer...

The two-part cantata from Bach's third cycle of cantatas was performed for the first time on 4 August 1726 (the 7th Sunday after Trinity). The large-scale opening chorus for full forces to a text from...

The cantata 'Ich habe meine Zuversicht' BWV 188 comes from the so-called 'Picander cycle' and was written for the 21st Sunday after Trinity in 1728 or 1729. There are some particular problems associat...

Die Weihnachtskantate 'Gloria in excelsis Deo', welche die Forschung seit jeher vor eine Reihe spannender Rätsel stellt, gehört zu den wenigen lateinischen Werken, die Johann Sebastian Bach verfasst h...

The cantata 'Nun danket alle Gott' (Now thank we all our God) BWV 192 is based on the text of the well-known hymn. It is therefore one of a small number of chorale cantatas which contain no free poeti...

The Hochzeitskantate (Wedding Cantata) BWV 195 was performed by Bach from around 1730 at various wedding celebrations in different forms, and was evidently also lent out for performances further afiel...

Especially due to the early date of its composition, from the pen of the just turned 22-year-old Johann Sebastian Bach, the cantata 'The Lord careth for us' BWV 196 has its charm, and through its conc...

'Gott ist unsre Zuversicht' BWV 197 was probably written in the second half of the 1730s for a wedding, no further details of which are known. In the opening chorus in particular, it features quite a...

Unlike most of Bach's other motets, "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied" was not composed for a funeral service, but rather for a happy occasion, probably an anniversary. Unfortunately, no further detail...

Unlike most of Bach's other motets, "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied" was not composed for a funeral service, but rather for a happy occasion, probably an anniversary. Unfortunately, no further detail...

Unlike most of Bach's other motets, "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied" was not composed for a funeral service, but rather for a happy occasion, probably an anniversary. Unfortunately, no further detail...