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 fivepart choir, three trumpets and timpani, three oboes, taille and bassoon, strings and basso continuo.
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