Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 (Score) ロンド From the gospel for Easter

From the gospel for Easter Monday

Schmücke dich

The placing of the chorale not at the end of the work but before the concluding chorus is unusual

drawing its higher meaning from Charpentier’s musical-theological interpretation of the Latin hymn of praise that it is based on

Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 (Score) ロンド From the gospel for EasterThe three verse hymn "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" was written by Philipp Nicolai and is first found in his "Der Freudenspiegel des ewigen Lebens". The poet of the other sections of the text is unknown. The verses of Nicolais hymn determine the structure of the work: verse 1 opens the sequence of movements with a grand, spacious setting of the chorale for choir, verse 2 is at the centre with the chorale set in three parts, and verse 3 concludes