Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
The heavens laugh, the earth exults in gladness BWV 31
Cantata for Easter Sunday Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
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Details
- For
- 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
- Product Type
- Score (Urtext edition)
- Author / Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Editor
- Michael Märker
- Product number
- 194544
- Languages
- german, english
Description
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...