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The DWR Baroque Interlude – Bach – Easter Oratorio: Kommt, eilet und laufet BWV 249
April 15, 2022 in Music | Tags: eilet und laufet BWV 249, The DWR Baroque Interlude - Bach - Easter Oratorio: Kommt | by The Arbourist | Comments closed
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The Netherlands Bach Society performs ‘Kommt, eilet und laufet’ for All of Bach. This Oster-Oratorium (Easter oratorio) was first performed on Easter Sunday in 1725. Two days earlier, the congregation in Leipzig had listened to the St John Passion, just as in 1724. The closing chorus ‘Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine’ sent them on their way home to celebrate Holy Saturday. And then, on Sunday morning, the church resounded with the huge contrast of a Sinfonia with leading roles for three trumpets and timpani. Before the singers get going, Bach seems to recall Jesus’s death with a melancholy Adagio in B minor for solo traverso and strings.
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