Composed for an Easter Sunday performance in 1715 during Bach's tenure as court composer at Weimar, this cantata has long been a favorite among the more than 250 he wrote. Unabridged electronically enhanced reprint of the vocal score first issued by C. F. Peters in ca. 1880.
1. Sonata
2. Coro: Die Himmel lacht, die Erde jubilieret
3. Recitativo: Erwunschter Tag Sei, Seele, wieder froh
4. Aria: Furst des Lebens, starker Streiter
5. Recitativo: So stehe denn, du Gott ergebne Seele
6. Aria: Adam muss in uns verwesen
7. Recitativo: Weil denn das Haupt sein Glied,...