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#EasterOratorio | New College Chapel
#Bach wrote the music that would become his Easter Oratorio in 1725, when he used the material for two separate cantatas, revising and combining them in 1738 as Oratorium Festo Paschali. Enjoy this performance from Oxford Bach Soloists filmed at New College Chapel, Oxford
https://www.continuoconnect.com/features/oxford-bach-soloists-bach-easter-oratorio
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✧ Easter Oratorio ✧
The Easter Oratorio, BWV 249, is one of three oratorios composed by Johann Sebastian Bach for high holiday services of the Lutheran church in Leipzig. He wrote an autograph score (page pictured) in 1738, but had already composed the music in 1725 for two works: the congratulatory Shepherd Cantata and a church cantata for Easter. The ...
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