Passions composed by Bach • BWV 244 –
St Matthew Passion (Matthäus-Passion) • BWV 244b –
St Matthew Passion, early version(s) • BWV 245 –
St John Passion (Johannes-Passion), various versions, including: •
St. John Passion, 2nd version, with opening chorus "O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß" (1725), BDW , containing: • BWV 245a – Aria "Himmel reiße, Welt erbebe" • BWV 245b – Aria "Zerschmettert mich, ihr Felsen und ihr Hügel" • BWV 245c – Aria "Ach, windet euch nicht so, geplagte Seelen" •
St. John Passion, Bach's last revision (1749), BDW • BWV 247 –
St Mark Passion (Markus-Passion) (libretto is extant; although the music is lost much of it is reconstructable based on associated compositions) • BWV deest –
Weimarer Passion (lost, music partially recuperated in other compositions), BDW
Passions by other composers with movements by Bach • BWV 246 –
St Luke Passion (Lukas-Passion) by an unknown composer and librettist, includes one movement by Bach: • BWV 246/40a – Chorale "Aus der Tiefen rufe ich", BDW • BWV deest –
St Mark Passion (attributed to Keiser), surviving in various (pasticcio) versions, with three movements associated with Bach: • BWV 500a – Chorale "So gehst du nun, mein Jesu, hin", BDW • BWV 1084 – Chorale "O hilf Christe, Gottes Sohn", BDW , and earlier version BDW • BWV deest – Chorale "O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid", BDW , and earlier version BDW • BWV deest – Passion oratorio
Wer ist der, so von Edom kömmt (pasticcio), with three movements associated with Bach: •
BWV 127/1 (variant) – Chorus "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott", BDW • BWV 1088 – Arioso "So heb ich denn mein Auge sehnlich auf", BDW • BWV deest – Chorus "Der Gerechte kömmt um", also as separate motet (BC C 8), BDW
Other vocal compositions associated with Passion music • BWV 244a – Trauermusik
Klagt, Kinder, klagt es aller Welt (funeral cantata), music lost but largely reconstructable based on
BWV 244b and
198 • BWV 200 – Aria "
Bekennen will ich seinen Namen", arranged by Bach from a Passion oratorio by
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, BDW
Spurious • BWV Anh. 169 – Passion text
Erbauliche Gedanken auf den Grünen Donnerstag und Charfreitag über den Leidenden Jesum by
Picander, not set by Bach (apart from some movements of the
St Matthew Passion)
Oratorios and associated cantatas • BWV 248 –
Christmas Oratorio (Weihnachts-Oratorium), consisting of six cantatas composed for the Christmas season of 1734–1735: • BWV 248I – Cantata
Jauchzet, frohlocket! Auf, preiset die Tage • BWV 248II – Cantata
Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend • BWV 248III – Cantata
Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen • BWV 248IV – Cantata
Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben • BWV 248V – Cantata
Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen • BWV 248VI – Cantata
Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben • BWV 248VIa –
textless cantata, model for BWV 248VI. • BWV 249 –
Easter Oratorio (Oster-Oratorium), also known by its incipit
Kommt, eilet und laufet • BWV 249a – Secular cantata
Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen • BWV 249b – Secular cantata
Verjaget, zerstreuet, zerrüttet, ihr Sterne • BWV 11 –
Ascension Oratorio (Himmelfahrts-Oratorium), previously known as Cantata
Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen ==Compositions in the third and fourth chapters of the
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (1998)==