Epiphany (holiday) - Music

Music

Johann Sebastian Bach composed in Leipzig two cantatas for the feast which concluded Christmastide:

  • Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen, BWV 65 (1724)
  • Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, BWV 123 (1725)

Part VI of his Christmas Oratorio, Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben, was also designed to be performed during the service for Epiphany.

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