ariosos and arias. By notational convention the recitatives are in common time. Part I Part II {| class="wikitable" |+Part II: For the Second Day of Christmas !No.!! !!Key!!Time!!First line!!Scoring!!Source – Audio |- |10||Sinfonia||G major||12/8||—||2 flutes, 2 oboe d'amore, 2 oboe da caccia, strings, continuo || |- |11||colspan=3|Recitative (Evangelist, tenor)||Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend||Continuo|| |- |12||Chorale||G major||Common||Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht||2 flutes, 2 oboe d'amore, 2 oboe da caccia, strings, continuo||"Ermuntre dich, mein schwacher Geist", v. 9 (Johann Rist, 1641); Zahn 5741 (Johann Schop, 1641) |- |13||colspan=3|Recitative (Evangelist, tenor; Angel, soprano)||Und der Engel sprach zu ihnenFürchtet euch nicht||Strings, continuo|| |- |14||colspan=3|Recitative (bass)||Was Gott dem Abraham verheißen||2 oboe d'amore, 2 oboe da caccia, strings, continuo|| |- |15||Aria (tenor)||E minor||3/8||Frohe Hirten, eilt, ach eilet||Flute I, continuo||BWV 214: Aria, Fromme Musen! meine Glieder |- |16||colspan=3|Recitative (Evangelist, tenor)||Und das habt zum Zeichen||Continuo|| |- |17||Chorale||C major||Common||Schaut hin! dort liegt im finstern Stall||2 flutes, 2 oboe d'amore, 2 oboe da caccia, strings, continuo||"Schaut, schaut, was ist für Wunder dar", v. 8 (Paul Gerhardt, 1667); Zahn 346 (Martin Luther, 1539) |- |18||colspan=3|Recitative (bass)||So geht denn hin!||2 oboe d'amore, 2 oboe da caccia, continuo|| |- |19||Aria (alto)||G maj/||2/4||Schlafe, mein Liebster, genieße der Ruh'''||Flute I (colla parte an octave above the alto soloist throughout), 2 oboe d'amore, 2 oboe da caccia, strings, continuo||BWV 213: Aria, Schlafe, mein Liebster, und pflege der Ruh|- |20||colspan=3|Recitative (Evangelist, tenor)||Und alsobald war da bei dem Engel||Continuo|| |- |21||Chorus||G major||Split Common (2/2)||Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe||2 flutes, 2 oboe d'amore, 2 oboe da caccia, strings, continuo|| |- |22||colspan=3|Recitative (bass)||So recht, ihr Engel, jauchzt und singet||Continuo|| |- |23||Chorale||G major||12/8||Wir singen dir in deinem Heer||2 flutes, 2 oboe d'amore, 2 oboe da caccia, strings, continuo||"Wir singen dir, Immanuel", v. 2 (Paul Gerhardt, 1656); Zahn 346 (Martin Luther, 1539) |} Part III Part IV Part V Part VI {| class="wikitable" |+Part VI: For the Feast of Epiphany !No.!! !!Key!!Time!!First line!!Scoring!!Source |- |54||Chorus||D major||3/8||Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben||Trumpet I, II, III, timpani, oboe I, II, strings, continuo||BWV 248a (lost church cantata) |- |55||colspan=3|Recitative (Evangelist, tenor; Herod, bass)||Da berief Herodes die Weisen heimlichZiehet hin und forschet fleißig||Continuo|| |- |56||colspan=3|Recitative (soprano)||Du Falscher, suche nur den Herrn zu fällen||Strings, continuo||BWV 248a (lost church cantata) |- |57||Aria (soprano)||A maj/||3/4||Nur ein Wink von seinen Händen||Oboe d'amore I, strings, continuo||BWV 248a (lost church cantata) |- |58||colspan=3|Recitative (Evangelist, tenor)||Als sie nun den König gehöret hatten||Continuo|| |- |59||Chorale||G major||Common||Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier||Oboe