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The ceiling of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig.  

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Coronation mantle of Augustus III which he wore on January 17 1734.
National Museum in Warsaw.

February 19, 2024
Coronation of August III as King of Poland

Woodcarving print based on an aquarel by Eduard Bendemann (1850) of
the monument for Bach in Leipzig, erected by Felix Mendelssohn in
1843. It may very well be the only example of a monument erected by a
composer to honour another.

February 18, 2024
1st Sunday of Lent or Invocabit

The statue of Johann Sebastian Bach next to the Thomaskirche in
Leipzig. When Bach came to Leipzig to audition for the position as
Thomaskantor, he could not have imagined that many centuries later a
statue would be erected for him outside the church.

February 11, 2024
Quinquagesima or Estomihi

The interior of the Wehrkirche in Pomssen, where Bach performed BWV
157. The organ by Gottfried Richter (1640-1717) is the oldest organ
in Sachsen.

February 6, 2024
Funeral service for Johann Christoph von Ponickau

A view of the Herderplatz in Weimar from the southeast (etching by L.
Oeder, 1840). The church of Saint-Paul and Saint-Peter, also known as
the Herderkirche, saw the premieres of several Bach cantatas. John
Eliot Gardiner suggests that Bach cantatas using a festive orchestra
were first performed there, including his first cantata for
Christmas, Christen, atzet diesen Tag, BWV 63 and Der Himmel lacht!
Die Erde jubilieret, BWV 31 for the Easter Sunday of 1715, scored for
soloists, a five-part choir and three instrumental groups. Bach
frequently played the organ, and two of his sons were baptized in the
church.

February 4, 2024
Sexagesima

The Divi Blasii church in Muhlhausen, where Bach was appointed as
organist from 1707 to 1708.

February 4, 2024
Inauguration of Muhlhausen town council

The Presentation in the Temple, painting by Jacques Daret from around
1434. The figure with the long grey beard is Simeon.

February 2, 2024
Candlemas

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Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (aged 61) in a portrait
by Elias Gottlob Haussmann, copy or second version of his 1746
canvas. The original painting hangs in the upstairs gallery of the
Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall) in Leipzig, Germany. (Wikipedia)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) left us a wide collection of
cantatas, written for celebratory days of the liturgical calendar or
other special celebrations.

This free website follows that calendar, based on the liturgical
rhythm and the dates of those celebrations, presenting the cantata(s)
for the day and playlists with those cantatas on five major audio
streaming services: Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Qobuz and Deezer.

Playlists available on:

Available on Spotify
Available on Apple Music
Available on Tidal
Available on Qobuz
Available on Deezer
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