BWV 245

E912930

BWV 245 is Johann Sebastian Bach’s St John Passion, a monumental sacred oratorio depicting the Passion of Christ according to the Gospel of John.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
BWV 245 canonical 2
BWV 245/40 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Passion ⓘ
sacred oratorio ⓘ
vocal composition ⓘ
catalogNumber BWV 245 ⓘ
chorusFunction turba choruses ⓘ
cityOfFirstPerformance Leipzig ⓘ
composer Johann Sebastian Bach ⓘ
compositionLocation Leipzig ⓘ
countryOfFirstPerformance Electorate of Saxony ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1724-04-07 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Nikolaikirche, Leipzig ⓘ
genre Passion oratorio ⓘ
hasRevision 1725 version ⓘ
1749 version ⓘ
c. 1730s version ⓘ
intendedFor church performance ⓘ
language German ⓘ
liturgicalPart Part I before the sermon ⓘ
Part II after the sermon ⓘ
liturgicalUse Good Friday ⓘ
movementTypes arias ⓘ
chorales ⓘ
choruses ⓘ
recitatives ⓘ
notableChorale Ach Herr, lass dein lieb Engelein ⓘ
O große Lieb, o Lieb ohn alle Maße ⓘ
Wer hat dich so geschlagen ⓘ
numberOfParts 2 ⓘ
originalKey G minor ⓘ
period Baroque ⓘ
religiousTradition Lutheran ⓘ
requires choir ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
vocal soloists ⓘ
sacredOrSecular sacred ⓘ
subject Passion of Christ ⓘ
textSource Gospel of John ⓘ
chorale texts ⓘ
free poetic texts ⓘ
title Johannes-Passion ⓘ
linked to: St John Passion

St John Passion ⓘ
vocalRoles Evangelist (tenor) ⓘ
Jesus (bass) ⓘ
Pilate (bass) ⓘ
alto solo ⓘ
bass solo ⓘ
soprano solo ⓘ
tenor solo ⓘ
workNumberingSystem Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Ach Herr, lass dein lieb Engelein → BWVNumber → BWV 245/40 ⓘ
linked to: BWV 245
BWV 245 → catalogNumber → BWV 245 ⓘ