Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen, BWV 43

Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen
BWV 43
Church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach
OccasionFeast of the Ascension
Bible text
Choraleby Johann Rist
Performed30 May 1726 (1726-05-30): Leipzig
Movements11 in two parts (5 + 6)
VocalSATB soloists and choir
Instrumental
  • 3 trumpets
  • timpani
  • 2 oboes
  • 2 violins
  • viola
  • continuo

Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen ("God goes up with jubilation" or "God has gone up with a shout"), BWV 43, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for the Feast of the Ascension and first performed it on 30 May 1726. It begins with a quotation from Psalm 47.

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