Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
The heavens are telling of God in glory BWV 76
Cantata for the 2nd Sunday afer Trinity / Reformation Day Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
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Details
- For
- 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
- Product Type
- Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
- Author / Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Editor
- Ulrich Leisinger
- Product number
- 233253
- Languages
- german, english
Description
Scoring: Soli SATB, Coro SATB, 2 Ob (Ob I auch Obda), Tr, Vl solo, 2 Vl, Va, Vga, Bc
The cantata "Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes" (The heavens are telling of God in glory) BWV 76 by Johann Sebastian Bach was written for the 2nd Sunday after Trinity, which fell on 6 June 1723 in the year it was first performed. This ambitious two-part work was the second cantata which Bach wrote after taking up the position of Kantor of St. Thomas’s in Leipzig. Bach’s aim was evidently to demonstrate a pa...