Bach - Cantata Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret BWV 31 - René Jacobs | Netherlands Bach Society

Bach wrote the festive cantata Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret – recorded here for All of Bach with René Jacobs – for Easter. For this most important feast day in the church, Bach pulls out all the stops. He presents an orchestra that is gigantic by his standards, comprising three trumpets and timpani, as well as five parts for the choir instead of four. The transformation from mortality to immortality lies at the heart of this cantata, BWV 31. Bach’s lyricist Salomon Franck seizes on Jesus’s resurrection to look ahead to the coming world. For more information on BWV 31 and credits of this production go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/... Recorded for the project All of Bach on November 5th 2023 at Grote Kerk Naarden. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel https://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating https://bit.ly/3J5uprM. All of Bach is a project of the Netherlands Bach Society, with the aim to perform and record all of Bach's works and share them online with the world for free. Visit our online treasury for more videos and background material on https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/allo.... For concert dates and tickets go to https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/conc.... Netherlands Bach Society René Jacobs, conductor Isabel Schicketanz, soprano Thomas Hobbs, tenor Edward Grint, bass 0:00 Sonata 2:22 Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret - Chorus 5:52 Erwünschter Tag! Sei, Seele, wieder froh! - Recitative (B) 7:45 Fürst des Lebens, starker Streiter - Aria (B) 10:07 So stehe dann, du gottergebne Seele - Recitative (T) 11:27 Adam muß in uns verwesen - Aria (T) 13:26 Weil dann das Haupt sein Glied - Recitative (S) 14:17 Letzte Stunde, brich herein - Aria (S) 18:01 So fahr ich hin zu Jesu Christ - Chorale #classicalmusic #baroquemusic #earlymusic #music #bachvereniging #nederlandsebachvereniging #netherlandsbachsociety #classical #bach #jsbach #historicallyinformedperformance #allofbach #cantata #choir #orchestra