Bach - Preis und Dank from Easter Oratorio BWV 249 | Netherlands Bach Society

The triumphant final chorus of the Oster-Oratorium - recorded here for All of Bach with Jos van Veldhoven - is overtly inspired by the Sanctus from the Hohe Messe. Like the Sanctus, Preis und Dank has two contrasting parts - a homophonic first part and a five-part fugal second part. The chorus ends abruptly: probably Bach’s intention was to emphasise Christ’s victory over death. For the complete Easter oratorio ’Kommt, eilet und laufet’ BWV 249 go to: For the interview with conductor Jos van Veldhoven and tenor Thomas Hobbs on ’Kommt, eilet und laufet’ go to For more information on BWV 249 and credits of this production go to Recorded for the project All of Bach on May 23th 2017 at the Walloon Church, Amsterdam. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel and consider donating All of Bach is a project of the Netherlands Bach Society / Nederlandse Bachvereniging, offering high-quality film recordings of the works by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by the Netherlands Bach Society and its guest musicians. Visit our free online treasury for more videos and background material For concert dates and further information go to Netherlands Bach Society Jos van Veldhoven, conductor Maria Keohane, soprano Damien Guillon, alto Thomas Hobbs, tenor Sebastian Myrus, bass