Johann Sebastian Bach :: Cantata No.36 (Schwingt freudig euch empor)


 

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Bach, Johann Sebastian
1685-1750
(b Eisenach, 21 March 1685; d Leipzig, 28 July 1750). German
Cantata No.36 (Schwingt freudig euch empor) <1731>
chorus solos SATB
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There is an earlier version of this cantata, without mvts.2, 4 or 6, and with a different final chorale.
Source of text: Perhaps Bach or Picander; nos.2, 6, 8, Martin Luther, 1524; no.4 Philipp Nicolai, 1599. Language: German
I. Chorus: "Schwingt freudig euch empor"
II. Chorus: "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland"
III. Aria: "Die Liebe zieht mit sanften Schritten"
IV. Chorus: "Zwingt die Saiten in Cythara"
V. Aria: "Willkommen, werter Schatz"
VI. Chorus: "Der du bist dem Vater gleich"
VII. Aria: "Auch mit gedämpften, schwachen Stimmen"
VIII. Chorus: "Lob sei Gott, dem Vater, g'ton"