Trinitatis XXVI or 26th Sunday after Trinitatis
24 November 2024 – Today is Trinitatis XXVI or the 26th Sunday after Trinitas. One Leipzig cantata for this day: Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!, BWV 70, already announcing the coming of Advent, next Sunday. Indeed, this is the last Sunday of this liturgical year, next Sunday the new liturgical year begins with Advent I, the 4th Sunday before Christmas.
Bach wrote this cantata in Weimar as a cantata for Advent II, on a libretto by his favourite Salomon Franck. Because during Advent Leipzig held Tempus Clausum (which meant no music in mass) he could not perform the cantata on that day, so he repurposed it for Trinitatis XXVI, because the readings of that day had a similar theme.
So next Sunday we start the liturgical cycle all over again. See you at the other side!
Music for today
- Wachet! betet! betet! wachet!, BWV 70
(first performance 21 November 1723, Leipzig period)
Playlist
WBC67-Trinitatis XXVI or 26th Sunday after Trinitatis
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Image of the day
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.