Bach cantata calendars 2024 to 2037

An aerial view of the Stadtschloss in Weimar, with on the right the Schlosskirche (Court Chapel), where Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!, BWV 70, was first performed.

Bach cantata calendars 2024 to 2037

Below are all cantata days I have identified for the cantatas written by Johann Sebastian Bach for those particular days or other days worthy of music, like e.g. his birthday.

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Liturgical Year 2025–2026

DateCantata Day
Sunday, 30 November 2025Birthday of Princess Charlotte Friederike of Nassau-Siegen
Sunday, 30 November 2025Advent I
Wednesday, 3 December 2025Marriage to Anna Magdalena Bach
Sunday, 7 December 2025Advent II
Monday, 8 December 2025Birthday of Maria Josepha, Queen of Poland and Electress of Saxony
Wednesday, 10 December 2025Birthday of Leopold von Anhalt-Köthen
Thursday, 11 December 2025Appointment of Gottlieb Kortte as professor to the University of Leipzig
Sunday, 14 December 2025Advent III
Sunday, 21 December 2025Advent IV
Thursday, 25 December 2025Christmas Day
Friday, 26 December 2025Second day of Christmas
Saturday, 27 December 2025Third day of Christmas
Sunday, 28 December 2025Christmas I
Thursday, 1 January 2026New Year's Day
Sunday, 4 January 2026New Year I
Tuesday, 6 January 2026Epiphany
Sunday, 11 January 2026Epiphany I
Monday, 12 January 2026Homage for Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
Sunday, 18 January 2026Epiphany II
Sunday, 25 January 2026Epiphany III
Sunday, 1 February 2026Septuagesima
Monday, 2 February 2026Candlemas
Wednesday, 4 February 2026Inauguration of Mühlhausen town council
Friday, 6 February 2026Funeral service for Johann Christoph von Ponickau
Sunday, 8 February 2026Sexagesima
Sunday, 15 February 2026Quinquagesima
Thursday, 19 February 2026Coronation of August III as King of Poland
Sunday, 22 February 2026Invocabit
Monday, 23 February 2026Birthday of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels
Sunday, 1 March 2026Reminiscere
Sunday, 8 March 2026Oculi
Wednesday, 11 March 2026Mendelssohn's performance of the Matthaeus Passion
Sunday, 15 March 2026Laetare
Saturday, 21 March 2026Bach's birthday, Julian calendar
Sunday, 22 March 2026Judica
Tuesday, 24 March 2026Funeral of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen
Wednesday, 25 March 2026Annunciation
Sunday, 29 March 2026Palm Sunday
Tuesday, 31 March 2026Bach's birthday, Gregorian calendar
Friday, 3 April 2026Good Friday
Saturday, 4 April 2026Holy Saturday
Sunday, 5 April 2026Easter
Monday, 6 April 2026Easter Monday
Tuesday, 7 April 2026Easter Tuesday
Sunday, 12 April 2026Quasimodogeniti
Sunday, 19 April 2026Misericordia Domini
Sunday, 26 April 2026Jubilate
Sunday, 3 May 2026Cantate
Sunday, 10 May 2026Rogate
Thursday, 14 May 2026Ascension
Sunday, 17 May 2026Exaudi
Sunday, 24 May 2026Whit Sunday
Monday, 25 May 2026Whit Monday
Tuesday, 26 May 2026Whit Tuesday
Sunday, 31 May 2026Trinitatis
Friday, 5 June 2026Marriage of Johann Lorenz Stauber
Sunday, 7 June 2026Trinitatis I
Sunday, 14 June 2026Trinitatis II
Sunday, 21 June 2026Trinitatis III
Wednesday, 24 June 2026Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
Friday, 26 June 2026200th anniversary of Augsburg Confession
Sunday, 28 June 2026Trinitatis IV
Thursday, 2 July 2026Visitation
Sunday, 5 July 2026Trinitatis V
Sunday, 12 July 2026Trinitatis VI
Sunday, 19 July 2026Trinitatis VII
Sunday, 26 July 2026Trinitatis VIII
Tuesday, 28 July 2026Anniversary of Bach's death
Sunday, 2 August 2026Trinitatis IX
Monday, 3 August 2026Nameday August III and Dr August Friedrich Müller
Sunday, 9 August 2026Trinitatis X
Tuesday, 11 August 2026Marriage
Sunday, 16 August 2026Trinitatis XI
Sunday, 23 August 2026Trinitatis XII
Tuesday, 25 August 2026Ratswechsel 1727
Wednesday, 26 August 2026Ratswechsel 1748
Thursday, 27 August 2026Ratswechsel 1731
Saturday, 29 August 2026Ratswechsel 1742
Sunday, 30 August 2026Birthday of Carl Heinrich von Dieskau
Sunday, 30 August 2026Ratswechsel 1723
Sunday, 30 August 2026Trinitatis XIII
Saturday, 5 September 2026Birthday crown prince Friedrich Christian von Saksen
Sunday, 6 September 2026Trinitatis XIV
Sunday, 13 September 2026Trinitatis XV
Sunday, 20 September 2026Trinitatis XVI
Sunday, 27 September 2026Trinitatis XVII
Monday, 28 September 2026Celebration Johann Christian von Hennicke
Tuesday, 29 September 2026Michaelis
Thursday, 1 October 2026Café Zimmermann season opener 1729
Sunday, 4 October 2026Trinitatis XVIII
Monday, 5 October 2026Election anniversary of August III as King of Poland
Wednesday, 7 October 2026Birthday of August III of Poland, Elector of Saxony
Sunday, 11 October 2026Trinitatis XIX
Saturday, 17 October 2026Funeral Queen Christiane Eberhardine
Sunday, 18 October 2026Trinitatis XX
Sunday, 25 October 2026Trinitatis XXI
Saturday, 31 October 2026Reformation day
Sunday, 1 November 2026Trinitatis XXII
Monday, 2 November 2026Consecration of Störmthal church and organ
Sunday, 8 November 2026Trinitatis XXIII
Sunday, 15 November 2026Trinitatis XXIV
Sunday, 22 November 2026Trinitatis XXV