BWV 66
Werk BWV 66
Work BWV 66
Vocal Work
Complete
About this Work
Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen (Rejoice, you hearts),[1] BWV 66.2, BWV 66, [2] is a church cantata for Easter by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it for the Second Day of Easter in Leipzig and first performed it on 10 April 1724. He based it on his congratulatory cantata Der Himmel dacht auf Anhalts Ruhm und Glück, BWV 66.1, first performed in Köthen on 10 December 1718.