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EDITOR’S NOTE: Our article today discusses Bach's St. Matthew Passion, which you can find online at this YouTube link.Occasionally, the article links to a specific point in the video so you can hear the examples referenced in the text. Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 English Translation in Parallel Format Saint Matthew Passion BWV 244: Event: Good Friday Text: Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander), based on Matthäus 26-27 Chorale Texts: Werde munter mein Gemüte | Meinen Jesum laß' ich nicht | Befiehl du deine Wege | O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden | Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit | O Welt, sieh hier dein Leben [John Reeves] Home. The St Matthew Passion performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. The composition is versatile, expressive and carries the story to … A Visitor's Guide To Bach's 'St. Together, with the texts and Bach’s somber meditative music, St. Matthew Passion is an appropriate work to be performed on Good Friday. Many parishes follow the custom of reading the passion gospel in parts on Palm Sunday or Good Friday. The story for the work was taken mostly from the Gospel According to Matthew, but the actual verses that Bach set to music were provided by several contemporary poets.His principal contributor was Christian Friedrich Henrici, a … Matthew: Hear the passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, according to Matthew.

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The St. Matthew Passion is one of hundreds of sacred pieces Bach wrote during his long tenure as director of church music and cantor of the school at Thomaskirche. Bach St Matthew Passion: Text, Translation and Musical Notes . The St. Matthew Passion is one of hundreds of sacred pieces Bach wrote during his long tenure as director of church music and cantor of the school at Thomaskirche. My personal relationship with the St. Matthew Passion From my 20s onward, I have considered the St. Matthew Passion one of the great achievements of classical music.
On the occasion of the centenary of the first performance of the St Matthew Passion in Aberdeen in 1912, Peter Parfitt, Musical Director of Aberdeen Bach Choir, has prepared a musical commentary on the work with the text (in German) and translation into English. Matthew Passion' : Deceptive Cadence Join tenor Ian Bostridge, conductor Ton Koopman and other singers, conductors and scholars for …

My personal relationship with the St. Matthew Passion From my 20s onward, I have considered the St. Matthew Passion one of the great achievements of classical music. The St. Matthew passion : a text for voices. The most beloved passage in the St. Matthew Passion is the alto aria “Erbarme dich” (“Have mercy”), which evokes Peter’s bitter weeping after his denial of Christ. The St. Matthew Passion (German: Matthäuspassion) is a musical composition written by Johann Sebastian Bach.The words tell the story of Jesus’s death on the cross as told in chapters 26 and 27 of the Book of St Matthew in the Bible.The work is for a choir, solo voices and orchestra. Emmanuel Music is a Boston-based ensemble of singers and instrumentalists founded in 1970 by Craig Smith to perform the complete sacred cantatas of J.S. The main text is from the book of Matthew in the Bible and the others from German poetry and hymns, which Bach entwines into the score.

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A Visitor's Guide To Bach's 'St. Matthew Passion' : Deceptive Cadence Join tenor Ian Bostridge, conductor Ton Koopman and other singers, conductors and scholars for … Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 English Translation in Interlinear Format Saint Matthew Passion BWV 244: Event: Good Friday Text: Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander), based on Matthäus 26-27 Chorale Texts: Werde munter mein Gemüte | Meinen Jesum laß' ich nicht | Befiehl du deine Wege | O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden | Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit | O Welt, sieh hier dein Leben