On this page you will find an overview of all chorale cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach.
- The table points the way to more information for each cantata. To do so, click on the BWV number in the first column. [Not all numbers have a link yet; this will be completed in the near future].
- This table is sortable by BWV number, by title and by date of first performance. To do so, click on the black arrows in the header of the table.
- A chronological overview of the 1724/1725 cycle of choral cantatas can also be found on the Timeline page.
- More information by song poet can be found via the page Who is who – hymn poets.
| BWV | Title | Occasion | First performance | Song poet (year) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort | 1st Sunday after Trinity | 11-6-1724 | Johann Rist (1642) |
| 2 | Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein | 2nd Sunday after Trinity | 18-6-1724 | Martin Luther (1524) |
| 7 | Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam | St. John's Day | 24-6-1724 | Martin Luther (1541) |
| 135 | Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder | 3rd Sunday after Trinity | 25-6-1724 | Cyriakus Schneegaß (1597) |
| 10 | Meine Seele erhebt den Herren | Visitation | 2-7-1724 | Magnificat, in Martin Luther's translation (1545) |
| 93 | Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten | 5th Sunday after Trinity | 9-7-1724 | Georg Neumark (1641) |
| 107 | Was willst du dich betrüben | 7th Sunday after Trinity | 23-7-1724 | Johann Heermann (1630) |
| 178 | Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält | 8th Sunday after Trinity | 30-7-1724 | Justus Jonas (1524) |
| 94 | Was frag ich nach der Welt | 9th Sunday after Trinity | 6-8-1724 | Balthasar Kindermann (1664) |
| 101 | Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott | 10th Sunday after Trinity | 13-8-1724 | Martin Moller (1541) |
| 113 | Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut | 11th Sunday after Trinity | 20-8-1724 | Bartholomäus Ringwaldt (1588) |
| 33 | Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ | 13th Sunday after Trinity | 3-9-1724 | Konrad Hubert (1540) |
| 78 | Jesu, der du meine Seele | 14th Sunday after Trinity | 10-9-1724 | Johann Rist (1641) |
| 99 | Was Gott tut das ist wohlgetan | 15th Sunday after Trinity | 17-9-1724 | Samuel Rodigast (1674) |
| 8 | Liebster Gott, wenn wird ich sterben | 16th Sunday after Trinity | 24-9-1724 | Caspar Neumann (voor 1697) |
| 130 | Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir | St. Michael's Day | 29-9-1724 | Paul Eber (1554) |
| 114 | Ach lieben Christen, seid getrost | 17th Sunday after Trinity | 1-10-1724 | Johannes Gigas (1561) |
| 96 | Herr Christ, der einge Gottessohn | 18th Sunday after Trinity | 8-10-1724 | Elisabeth Creutziger (1524) |
| 5 | Wo soll ich fliehen hin | 19th Sunday after Trinity | 15-10-1724 | Johann Heermann (1630) |
| 180 | Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele | 20th Sunday after Trinity | 22-10-1724 | Johann Franck (1649) |
| 38 | Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir | 21th Sunday after Trinity | 29-10-1724 | Martin Luther (1524) |
| 115 | Mache dich, mein Geist bereit | 22th Sunday after Trinity | 5-11-1724 | Johann Burchard Freystein (1695) |
| 139 | Wohl dem, der sich auf seinen Gott | 23th Sunday after Trinity | 12-11-1724 | Johann Christoph Rube (1692) |
| 26 | Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig | 24th Sunday after Trinity | 19-11-1724 | Michael Franck (1652) |
| 116 | Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ | 25th Sunday after Trinity | 26-11-1724 | Jakob Ebert (1601) |
| 62 | Nun komm der Heiden Heiland | 1st Sunday in Advent | 3-12-1724 | Martin Luther (1524) |
| 91 | Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ | 1st Day of Christmas | 25-12-1724 | Martin Luther (1524) |
| 121 | Christum wir sollen loben schon | 2nd Day of Christmas | 26-12-1724 | Martin Luther (1524) |
| 133 | Ich freue mich in dir | 3rd Day of Christmas | 27-12-1724 | Caspar Ziegler (1697) |
| 122 | Das neugeborne Kindelein | Sunday after Christmas | 31-12-1724 | Cyriakus Schneegaß (1597) |
| 41 | Jesu, nun sei gepreiset | New Years's Day | 1-1-1725 | Johann Hermann (1591) |
| 123 | Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen | Epiphany | 6-1-1725 | Ahasverus Fritsch (1679) |
| 124 | Meinen Jesum lass ich nicht | 1st Sunday after Epiphany | 7-1-1725 | Christian Keymann (1658) |
| 3 | Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid | 2nd Sunday after Epiphany | 14-1-1725 | Martin Moller (1587) |
| 111 | Was mein Gott will, das g’scheh allzeit | 3rd Sunday after Epiphany | 21-1-1725 | Herzog Albrecht von Preußen (1554/1547) |
| 92 | Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn | Septuagesimae | 28-1-1725 | Paul Gerhardt (1647) |
| 125 | Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin | Purification | 2-2-1725 | Nunc dimittis – Martin Luther (1524) |
| 126 | Erhalt uns Herr, bei deinem Wort | Sexagesimae | 4-2-1725 | Martin Luther (1531/1542) / Justus Jonas (1531) |
| 127 | Herr Jesu Christ, wahr’ Mensch und Gott | Estomihi | 11-2-1725 | Paul Eber (1562) |
| 1 | Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern | Annunciation | 25-3-1725 | Philipp Nicolai (1599) |
| 4 | Christ lag in Todesbanden | 1st Day of Easter | 1-4-1725 | Martin Luther (1524) |
| 137 | Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König | 12th Sunday after Trinity | 19-8-1725 | Joachim Neander (1680) |
| 129 | Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott | Trinity | 8-6-1727 | Johann Olearius (1665) |
| 80 | Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott | Reformation Day | 1729/1731 | Martin Luther (1528/1529) |
| 192 | Nun danket all Gott | unknown | 17-9-1730 | Martin Rinckart (1636) |
| 112 | Der Herr ist mein getreuer Hirt | Mis. Domini | 8-4-1731 | Wolfgang Meusling (1530) |
| 140 | Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme | 27th Sunday after Trinity | 25-11-1731 | Philipp Nicolai (1599) |
| 117 | Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut | unknown | 1728/1731? | Johann Jakob Schütz (1673) |
| 177 | Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ | 4th Sunday after Trinity | 6-7-1732 | Johann Agricola (1530?) |
| 97 | In allen meinen Taten | unknown | 1734 | Paul Fleming (1642) |
| 14 | Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit | 4th Sunday after Epiphany | 30-1-1735 | Martin Luther (1524) |
| 9 | Es ist das Heil uns kommen her | 6th Sunday after Trinity | 20-7-1732 | Paul Speratus (1524) |
| 100 | Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan | unknown | 1735? | Samuel Rodigast (1674) |