Bach Cantatas in order

[Roehre]

My recollection (from studying this cantata for 'O' level many years ago) is that it was for the last Sunday before Advent, rather than for a specific numbered Sunday after Pentecost, and so therefore can appropriately be done every year.

That indeed is how it is played today within the church year (and why I played it last Sunday together with the Advent 1 cantatas), but it was meant for Trinity 27, not the week before Advent 1.

[verismissimo]

Today I listened to Cantatas for Advent 36, 61, 62 and 132. What a pity 70a and 186a and 147a are lost.

There are so many from Christmas to Epiphany (twenty eight by my count, including the six in the Christmas Oratorio), I'm going to start on them early!