Oratorio, edition of selected works, Urtext edition. Par TELEMANN GEORG PHILIPP. Composed around 1760, Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu is one of Telemann ’s last large-scale vocal works. The libretto, by Karl Wilhelm Ramler, recounts the Biblical events from the Resurrection to the Ascension in seven sections. Alternating between recitative, da capo arias and festive choruses, Telemann succe…
