In order to be able to perform the work at low cost and to combine it with other classical church music works without additional instruments, the following reduced versions of the instrumental movement exist, timpani ad libitum in each case:

• piano solo
• organ & piano
• strings & piano/organ

The cantata “Christ, the Heavenly Phoenix” is – as far as I know – the only cantata so far whose text refers thematically to alchemical symbols. The composition was inspired by the eponymous title ...