Easter Oratorio

Easter Oratorio
Easter Oratorio
BWV 249
Oratorio by J. S. Bach
	St. Thomas Church, Leipzig
Native name	Oster-Oratorium (Kommt, eilet und laufet)
Occasion	Easter
Cantata text	Picander?
Based on	BWV 249a
Performed	1 April 1725: Leipzig
Movements	11
Scoring	SATB soloists and choir, instruments

The Easter Oratorio (German: Oster-Oratorium), BWV 249, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, beginning with Kommt, eilet und laufet ("Come, hasten and run"). Bach composed it in Leipzig and first performed it on 1 April 1725.