Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
The heavens laugh, the earth exults in gladness BWV 31
Cantata for Easter Sunday Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
3 solister (STB), blandad kör (SSATB), orkester, basso continuo
Detaljer
- För
- 3 solister (STB), blandad kör (SSATB), orkester, basso continuo
- Typ av produkt
- Partitur (urtext)
- Författare / Kompositör
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Utgivare
- Michael Märker
- Produktnummer
- 194544
- Språk
- tyska, engelska
Beskrivning
Scoring: Soli STB, Coro SSATB, Ob, 3 Tr, Timp, 2 Vl, 2 Va, Bc, [2 Ob, Tl (Eh), Fg]
The words are based on the Easter Gospel, the account of the Resurrection of Jesus, which is first joyfully celebrated. Then follows a call to the faithful: every Christian must make the Resurrection a reason to renew himself spiritually, so as to complete a kind of inner Resurrection himself.
For his scoring – which changed slightly from performance to performance – Bach called upon a five-part choir, thre...
