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Cantata: On Jesus Christ's ascent on high, 1725

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Librettist: Christiane Mariane von Ziegler
Editor: Julia Ronge
Format: Vocal Score

Voicing: Soli ATB, Coro SATB
Instrumentation: Ob I/Obda, Ob II, Obca, Tr, 2 Cor, 2 Vl, Va, Bc
Language: German/English
Duration: 22 min

After breaking off the annual cantata cycle at the end of March 1725, Bach set a series of cantata texts by the Leipzig poet Christiana Mariana von Ziegler, who maintained one of the first literary-musical salons. The large scale chorale chorus ties this work to the chorale cantatas. The central bass aria "Auf,auf, mit hellem Schall" with solo trumpet is note-worthy since in place of a middle section in the aria, here Bach employs an accompagnato recitative.

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