Christ lag in Todesbanden (BWV 4)
BACKGROUND DATA
Occasion: Easter Sunday
Duration: 18'50
Origin: Mühlhausen (?), around 1707 (?)
Text: Martin Luther, 1524.
CONTENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION
- 1. SINFONIA (violini, viole, violone, organo)
- 2. CORO (S, A, T, B, violini, viole, violone, organo)
- 3. DUETTO (S, A, cornetto, trombone, violoncello, organo)
- 4. ARIA (T, violino, violone, organo)
- 5. CORO (S, A, T, B, violone, organo)
- Versus IV: Es war ein wunderlicher Krieg
- 6. ARIA (B, violini, viole, violone, organo)
- Versus V: Hier ist das rechte Osterlamm
- 7. DUETTO (S, T, violone, organo)
- Versus VI: So feiern wir das hohe Fest
- 8. CORO (S, A, T, B, violini, viole, violone, organo)
- Versus VII: Wir essen und leben wohl
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