The St Luke Passion (German: ''Lukas-Passion''), BWV 246, is a Passion setting often attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach. It is included in the BWV catalogue under the number 246. Now it appears in the catalogues under the epigraph of apocryphal or anonymous.

A surviving manuscript of the St Luke Passion from about 1730 is partly in Bach's hand, though scholars believe that the music may not be his own. Presumably Bach performed it, or intended to perform it, in Leipzig. C. P. E. Bach and Agricola assumed it was Bach's and thus included it in their census. Of course, given his delight in exhaustive cycles, Bach should have composed a St Luke Passion. Apparently J. S. Bach took the 'anonymous' St Luke Passion and arranged it for four voices, chorus, orchestra, and continuo to meet an urgent deadline for Good Friday in 1730.

I think the controversy is irrelevant from a performance point of view. It is a delightful piece of music  with all the stylistic features of a Bach cantata but on a miniature scale

We included part of it on Passion Sunday and together with the final part of Wood’s StMark Passion formed the complete passion story

The St Luke Passion (part) — attrib JS Bach

CHORUS - Lord beholding thy dread Passion

And Jesus came out

And while he yet spake

Then Jesus said unto the chief priests

CHORUS - Lord who giv'st thyself to me

And the men that held Jesus

CHORUS - ’Prophesy who is he?

And many other things spake they

CHORUS - ’Art thou the Christ?’

But he said unto them

CHORUS - 'Art thou the son of God?'

And he said unto them

CHORUS — ' What need we any further witness? ’

And the whole company

CHORUS - ’ We have found this man'

And Pilate asked him

CHORUS — Christ, our saviour; God and King

And Pilate said

CHORUS - He stirreth up the nation. '

And the chief priests

CHORUS - ’Away with this man! '

And pilate spake unto them

CHORUS - ’ Crucify him! ’

And Pilate said

Organist and Director of music — Nigel Walton

Conducted by Ed Davies

Evangelists (Bach) - Karys Hodgson and Reg Bamwell

Jesus — Simon Hodgson

Pilate — Mike Newington-Wise