BWV 248 Title: Christmas Oratorio Category: Passions and Oratorios Instrumentation: choir orchestra Year: 1734 Author: ?Picander Comment: Largely adopted from Cantata BWV 213. Recordings: click here for recordings of this work German Text: click here (Walter F. Bischof 's Bach Cantatas web site). English Text: click here (Z. Philip Ambrose's Texts of the Complete Vocal Works web site). Next: BWV 249 Previous: BWV 247 Note: The information contained in this site has been collected from several sources and its accuracy cannot be guaranteed.