Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret [Leipzig version] BWV 31.2; BWV 31; BC A 55b GND

Easter Day, Cantata Cycle I (1723/1724)
Other catalogues
NV 1790, S. 76 [10]; BR-WFB N 103
Genre
Sacred cantata
Proper
Psalm: Psalm 110
Epistel: 1. Korinther 5, 6-8
Gospel: Markus 16, 1-8
Scoring
Sopran solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Tromba I, Tromba II, Tromba III, Timpani, Oboe, Oboe d'amore I (1724) und Oboe d'amore II (1731), Taille, Bassono, Violine I, Violine II, Viola I Viola II, Basso continuo

Date of origin, Work history
vor dem 09. April 1724
First performance on April 9, 1724 (original printed text); subsequent performance on March 25, 1731 (original printed text). Both performances in C major (chamber pitch). Further performance after 1750 by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach in Halle (new organ part)
Early performances
, Leipzig, St. Nicholas Church (Premiere) (Link to event)
Die Kantate wurde im Frühgottesdienst der Nikolaikirche mit einer Predigt von Salomon Deyling und nachmittags in der Thomaskirche mit einer Predigt von Johann Gottlob Carpzov auggeführt.
WA nach 1750 durch WFB in Halle
, Leipzig, St. Nicholas Church (Link to event)
relation to other works:
is part of BWV diverse [1. Jg.]
is revision of BWV 31.1 / BC A 55a
Comment
Presumably there is hardly any difference between the early version and the version of the 2nd performance in Leipzig (25.3.1731)
Introduction to the work
Link to videos:
Der Himmel lacht! Die Erde jubilieret, BWV 31.2 (Ensemble Pygmalion, R. Pichon)

Author Libretto
Franck, Salomon (1695-1725) ?
Libretto
Salomo Franck. Movement 9: Wenn mein Stündlein vorhanden ist (Nikolaus Herman, date of composition 1560; first print 1562), additional stanza (1574). Text print: Franck 1715, page 75. Original text prints: Leipzig 1724 II, page [3], and Leipzig 1731 I, page [3]
Link to lyrics
Author Chorale
Herman, Nikolaus (um 1480–1561)
Chorale
Chorale
Chorale
Original lyrics
RUS-SPsc 6.34.3.209 [Textdruck]

Original sources
D-LEb Rara I, 7b [Textdruck] [Libretto]
PL-Kj Mus.ms. Bach St 14, Faszikel 1 [Part(s)]
PL-Kj Mus.ms. Bach St 14, Faszikel 2 [Part(s)]
PL-Kj Mus.ms. Bach St 14, Faszikel 3 [Part(s)]
RUS-SPsc 6.34.3.209 [Textdruck] [Libretto]
Additional sources
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1159/XI, Faszikel 9 [Score]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 1175 [vocal score / piano reduction]
D-B Mus.ms. Bach P 445, Faszikel 2 [Score]
D-B N.Mus.ms. 10072-20 [Score]
D-Eib 4.4.5 [Score]
PL-Kj Mus.ms. Bach St 14, Faszikel 4 [Part(s)]
PL-Wu RM 5911, Faszikel 3 [Score]
PL-Wu RM 5911 [Konvolut] [Score]
Verschollen Sing-Akademie BWV 31, Partitur [Score]

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