St John Passion

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The St John Passion is a sacred oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach that dramatically sets the Gospel of John’s account of Christ’s crucifixion to music for choir, soloists, and orchestra.

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Label Occurrences
St John Passion canonical 8
Johannes-Passion 3
Bach’s St John Passion 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Passion ⓘ
sacred oratorio ⓘ
vocal–instrumental composition ⓘ
basedOn Gospel of John ⓘ
biblicalSourceChapters John 18 ⓘ
John 19 ⓘ
catalogNumber BWV 245 ⓘ
cityOfFirstPerformance Leipzig ⓘ
closingChoraleFirstVersion Ach Herr, lass dein lieb Engelein ⓘ
composer Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
containsChoraleMelodiesBy Johann Heermann ⓘ
Martin Luther ⓘ
Paul Gerhardt ⓘ
countryOfFirstPerformance Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1724-04-07 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Nikolaikirche, Leipzig ⓘ
genre Baroque sacred music ⓘ
hasMultipleVersions true ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the earliest large-scale works Bach composed in Leipzig ⓘ
includes arias ⓘ
chorales ⓘ
choruses ⓘ
recitatives ⓘ
keyOpeningChorus G minor ⓘ
language German ⓘ
liturgicalDenomination Lutheran ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage vernacular German ⓘ
liturgicalUse Good Friday ⓘ
narratorRole Evangelist ⓘ
narratorVoiceType tenor ⓘ
notableFeature dramatic and concise setting of the Passion narrative ⓘ
openingChorusTitle Herr, unser Herrscher ⓘ
originalLiturgicalContext Vespers service ⓘ
performanceTradition regularly performed in Holy Week ⓘ
periodOfComposition early Leipzig period ⓘ
placeInBachOeuvre one of Bach’s major sacred works ⓘ
relatedWork Mass in B minor ⓘ
St Matthew Passion ⓘ
scoring choir ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
vocal soloists ⓘ
structure two parts ⓘ
style German Baroque ⓘ
subject Passion of Christ ⓘ
textType biblical narrative ⓘ
chorale poetry ⓘ
free poetry ⓘ
titleInGerman Johannes-Passion ⓘ
linked to: St John Passion

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Johann Sebastian Bach → notableWork → St John Passion ⓘ
St John Passion → titleInGerman → Johannes-Passion ⓘ
linked to: St John Passion
Heinrich Schütz → notableWork → Johannes-Passion ⓘ
linked to: St John Passion
Herr, unser Herrscher → partOf → St John Passion ⓘ
Ach Herr, lass dein lieb Engelein → usedIn → St John Passion ⓘ
Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen → relatedWork → St John Passion, BWV 245 ⓘ
linked to: St John Passion
O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden → usedInWork → St John Passion ⓘ
Bach Collegium Japan → performs → St John Passion ⓘ
BWV 245 → title → St John Passion ⓘ
BWV 245 → title → Johannes-Passion ⓘ
linked to: St John Passion
Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen → usedAsChoraleIn → Bach’s St John Passion ⓘ
linked to: St John Passion
Bach-Gesellschaft Ausgabe → includesWork → St John Passion ⓘ