The heavens laugh, the earth exults in gladness (Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret)
Cantata for Easter Sunday
by Johann Sebastian Bach
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STB vocal soli, SSATB choir, oboe, 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 violin, 2 viola, basso continuo, [2 oboes, taille, bassoon]

SKU: CA.3103105

Cantata for Easter Sunday. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edited by Michael Marker. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Bach vocal. German title: Der Himmel Lacht, Die Erde Jubilieret. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Easter and Eastertide. Choral Score. Composed 1715. BWV 31. 8 pages. Duration 24 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 31.031/05. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3103105).

ISBN 9790007115234. Language: German/English.

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, three trumpets and timpani, three oboes, taille and bassoon, strings and basso continuo. Score available separately - see item CA.3103100.