Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen (Laud to God in all his kingdoms), BWV 11, known as the Ascension Oratorio (Himmelfahrtsoratorium), is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, marked by him as Oratorium In Festo Ascensionis Xsti (Oratorio for the feast of the Ascension of Christ), probably composed in 1735 for the service for Ascension and first performed on 19 May 1735.
| Original Name | Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen (Himmelfahrts-Oratorium) |
| Librettist | Picander (Christian Friedrich Henrici (1700-1764))(?) (partly re-used in BWV 233) |
| Date of composition | 1735 |
| Premiered | 1735, May 19th in Leipzig, Germany |
| First published | 1852 (BGA) |
| Dedicated to | Ascension Day |
| Type | Sacred Cantata |
| Tonality | D Major |
| Catalogue | BWV 11 |
| Spoken language | German |
| Instruments |
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Chorus/Choir Orchestra |
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Jean-Sébastien Bach: Laud to God in all his kingdoms en ré majeur, BWV 11 "Ascension Oratorio" Johann Sebastian Bach: Laud to God in all his kingdoms in re maggiore, BWV 11 "Ascension Oratorio" Johann Sebastian Bach: Laud to God in all his kingdoms D-dur, BWV 11 "Ascension Oratorio" |