The Easter Oratorio, BWV 249, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach. He wrote an autograph score in Leipzig in 1738 under this title, matching his Christmas Oratorio and Ascension Oratorio. Bach had
Title page of the 1738 autograph with the title in Latin
1749 engraving of Nikolaikirche, Leipzig
A page of the 1738 autograph, of the end of the first recitative and the beginning of the first aria
Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6, is a cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for use in a Lutheran service. He composed it in Leipzig in 1725 for Easter Monday and first performed it on 2 Ap
Christ with Two Disciples, by Rembrandt
Supper at Emmaus by Caravaggio