Scoring and Structure
The numbering of Steigt freudig in die Luft in the standard catalogue of Bach's works, the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis, reflects a presumed relationship to extant cantatas, which use variants of Picander's celebratory text and parts of the music. The related cantatas are: the secular cantata Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36c (performed in Leipzig the previous year), the secular cantata Die Freude reget sich, BWV 36b (probably 1735), and two versions of the church cantata for the First Sunday in Advent, Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36. The extant cantatas use woodwinds and strings, and it is possible that that the lost cantata was similarly scored, although the permanent band at Köthen was a small one.
- Aria: Steigt freudig in die Lufft zu den erhabnen Höhen
- Recitativo: Durchlauchtigste
- Aria: "Die Sonne zieht mit sanfften Triebe
- Recitativo: Die Danckbarkeit
- Aria: Sey uns willkommen, schönster Tag!
- Recitativo: Wiewohl das ist noch nicht genung
- Aria: Auch mit gedämpfften schwachen Stimmen
- Recitativo: Doch ehe wir
- Aria: Grüne, blühe, lebe lange
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