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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sinfonia from Easter Oratorio, BWV 249
Composed: 1725
Premiered: 1725, Leipzig
Duration: 4 minutes

Ten years before it was named the Easter Oratorio, Bach debuted this work on Easter Sunday, April 1 in 1725. At that time, it was published under the title Kommt, gehet und eilet. Sinfonia is the opening movement of the piece, and this orchestration was arranged by Tafelmusik’s Alison MacKay.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sinfonia from Easter Oratorio, BWV 249
Composed: 1725
Premiered: 1725, Leipzig
Duration: 4 minutes

Ten years before it was named the Easter Oratorio, Bach debuted this work on Easter Sunday, April 1 in 1725. At that time, it was published under the title Kommt, gehet und eilet. Sinfonia is the opening movement of the piece, and this orchestration was arranged by Tafelmusik’s Alison MacKay.