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Premiere performance of Bach’s St John Passion

Premiere performance of Bach’s St John Passion

Sacred oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach
EVENTS_DATEGLOBAL18TH CENTURYHISTORICAL EVENTS
🗓️ 7 April 1724

The structure of the St John Passion, BWV 245, a sacred oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach first performed in Leipzig on Good Friday 1724, is "carefully designed with a great deal of musico-theological intent". Some main aspects of the structure are shown in tables below.