St John Passion
In 1725, Bach revived (possibly a last-minute decision) his "St John Passion". It is possible that he had in mind a revival of the "Weimarer Passion", but realized that it was impossible, especially since the Leipzig liturgy required a Passion setting in two parts framing the sermon. However, this did not stop Bach from reusing material from the Weimar work in this new Passion setting. Of the nine movements mentioned in the above list, Bach would use five of them in the second version of the "St John Passion":