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Description: BWV31, another exhilaratingly joyful early work, written for Easter (21 April) 1715, celebrates Christ’s rising from the dead with music full of upward moving figures. The opening sinfonia begins with a mighty unison which returns at the close. The same instrumental forces, joined by a fivepart choir (as good as unique in the cantatas), takes up the laughing in heaven with joyful, laughing music. Fugatic passages for just a few voice parts alternate with the full choir. The adagio middle part draws our attention to Christ’s grave before a da capo, in which the orchestra plays what the choir has sung before, brings back the feast The bass recitative/arioso divides into several different sections of allegro, adagio and andante, with an upward run on `ist nun gerissen aus den Tod’. In a continuo aria the bass sings of the Cross’s ladder leading the `Höchster’ to the throne of glory, ample material for rising figures. In the tenor recitative we are invited to rise with Christ into a new life, again all of the music is striving upward. A brief tenor aria with a delightful string orchestra expands on this idea (Adam must die in us for the new man to be able to rise) and then another turn is made in the librettist’s line of thought: the soprano recitative sings of our own death and resurrection, with high notes on `Herrlichkeit’ and `Gott’. One of Bach’s `death arias’ follows, as always bringing out the best of what he has to offer: a superb oboe melody, a pizzicato death knell in the cello, and a chorale melody in the strings (`Wenn mein Stündlein vorhanden ist’). The opening motive, sung by the soprano on `letzte Stunde’ and `brich herein’, is heard all through the aria. The hymn tune we’ve just heard now returns for the final chorale, which is enriched by a moving extra part for trumpet and violin. Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach Artists: Netherlands Bach Collegium, Pieter Jan Leusink (conductor), Holland Boys Choir, Bas Ramselaar (Basso), Nico van der Meel (Tenore) & Ruth Holton (Soprano) 🎵Online purchase or streaming (Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music): brilliant-classics.lnk.to/JSBachChurchCantatasVol55ID 🎬🎮 These tracks are available for sync licensing in videos, films, tv-shows, games, advertising and more. For more information and to request a license go to: brilliantclassicslicensing.com Tracklist: Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret, BWV 31: 00:00 I. Sonata 02:18 II. Coro. Der Himmel lacht! die Erde jubilieret (Coro) 06:19 III. Recitativo. Erwünschter Tag! (Basso) 08:41 IV. Aria. Fürst des Lebens, starker Streiter (Basso) 11:19 V. Recitativo. So stehe dann (Tenore) 12:35 VI. Aria. Adam muß ins uns verwesen (Tenore) 14:40 VII. Recitativo. Weil dann das Haupt sein Glied (Soprano) 15:30 VIII. Aria. Letzte Stunde, brich herein (Soprano) 20:08 IX. Choral. So fahr ich hin zu Jesu Christ (Coro) 👉 Social media links: Instagram: brilliant-classics.lnk.to/InstagramID Facebook: brilliant-classics.lnk.to/FacebookID TikTok: brilliant-classics.lnk.to/TikTokID Spotify Playlists: Brilliant Classics Spotify: brilliant-classics.lnk.to/SpotifyID New Classical Releases: brilliant-classics.lnk.to/NewReleasesID The Best of Liszt: brilliant-classics.lnk.to/PlaylisztID The Best of Bach: brilliant-classics.lnk.to/BestOfBachPlaylistID Most Popular Piano Music: brilliant-classics.lnk.to/MostPopularPianoID Beautiful Classical Music: brilliant-classics.lnk.to/BeautifulClassicalMelodiesID Classical Music For Dinnertime: brilliant-classics.lnk.to/ClassicalMusicforDinnertimeID Thank you for watching this video by Brilliant Classics, we hope you enjoyed it! Don’t forget to share it and subscribe to our YouTube channel. And visit our channel for other pieces by J.S. Bach and more of the greatest composers. We upload daily with complete albums and compilations with the best classical music. brilliant-classics.lnk.to/YouTubeID #Bach #BWV31 #ChurchCantatas #ClassicalMusic #BrilliantClassics