Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, BWV 36c

Schwingt Freudig Euch Empor, BWV 36c

Schwingt freudig euch empor ("Soar joyfully aloft"), BWV 36c, is a secular cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig, most likely in 1725, there is evidence of a performance of this cantata taking place in April or May 1725. He used it as a base for two other secular cantatas and a church cantata for the First Sunday in Advent, Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36.