St John Passion

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Passion sacred oratorio vocal–instrumental composition

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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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 St John Passion self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Johannes-Passion

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Johann Sebastian Bach → notableWork → St John Passion ⓘ
St John Passion → titleInGerman → St John Passion self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Johannes-Passion