(Soar joyfully aloft) for soprano, alto, tenor and bass, vocal ensemble, oboe d\u2019amore I+II, bassoon, strings and continuo.<\/p>\n
Cantata BWV 36, \u201cSchwingt freudig euch empor!\u201d (Soar joyfully aloft), is a work of clarity and elegance that seems especially well-suited to the preparatory period of Advent \u2013 a time that, while not yet festive, still seems illuminated from within by the warm glow of candlelight. This coherent impression, however, is most surprising considering the cantata\u2019s irregular evolution. Initially, Bach borrowed heavily from secular compositions from his C\u00f6then and Leipzig periods to develop a five-movement sacred cantata (the version passed down by his pupil Kirchenberger), before expanding it in 1731 into a two-part sermon cantata through the addition of three chorale movements. The form of the resulting work is highly unusual for Bach\u2019s mature oeuvre. Indeed, it comple\u00adtely eschews the usual recitatives, employing instead three verses of the hymn \u201cNun komm, der Heiden Heiland!\u201d, lending the work the character of a chorale partita interspersed with free passages. Around 1735, Bach must then have \u201cre-secularised\u201d the cantus-firmus-free move\u00adments to produce BWV 36b for a member of the Rivinus family, a well-known Leipzig family of legal scholars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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