- Erschienen Ist der Herrliche Tag, BWV 629
[1:15]
Canon at the octave between French Horn and Tuba, with English Horn and Bassoon contributing to the general merriment.
- Chorale Text
German:
Erschienen ist der herrlich' Tag,
d'ran sich Niemand g'nug freuen mag:
Christ, unser Herr, heut' triumphiert,
all' sen' Feind' ergefangen führt. Alleluia.
English:
On earth has dawned this day of days
Whereon let all men give God praise!
For Christ is risen from the tomb
And on his foes declared just doom. Alleluia!
--Tr. C. S. Terry
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