The St Matthew Passion is set for two choirs and two orchestras. Johann Sebastian Bach is widely regarded the greatest musical genius of all time. [11], In version 5 (never performed), possibly dating from as early 1739, Bach returned to the first version, but revised it thoroughly. 2 by Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra, Géza Oberfrank, Istvan Gati & Hungarian Festival Chorus on Apple Music. [2] That was the option chosen by Bach for his 1724 St John Passion. Bach added some instruments which were already old-fashioned at the time in arias for special effects, such as the archlute (Version I and 1739-1749 revision only, replaced by Organ and/or Harpsichord), the viola d'amore and the viola da gamba (Vg). 9) and the Passover meal itself, the Last Supper, foreshadowed by the announcement of betrayal. Part I covers the events until Peter's denial of Jesus, Part II concludes with the burial of Jesus. "[30] In response, Bach performed the Brockes-Passion of his friend, Georg Philipp Telemann (TVWV 5:1). On 17 March 1739, while still working on this revision, Bach was informed that the performance of the Passion setting could not go ahead without official permission, thus (most likely) effectively halting any plans for that year. Stream songs including "St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244: No.1 Chorus … The alto aria No. O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß ", a 1725 replacement for the opening chorus, found a new home in … Only his final words, in Aramaic, Eli, Eli lama asabthani? The chorale melody soars above the sorrowful questions and … On the way to the crucifixion site (No. Appreciation, performance and study of Bach's composition have persisted into the present era. [31] It took place on 11 March 1829 and was sold out quickly. Soloists sing the words of various characters, also in recitative; in addition to Jesus, there are named parts for Judas, Peter, two high priests (Pontifex I & II), Pontius Pilate, Pilate's wife (Uxor Pilati), two witnesses (Testis I & II) and two ancillae (maids). Apple MusicでMunich Bach Chorus, ミュンヘン・バッハ管弦楽団 & カール・リヒターの「J.S.バッハ:マタイ受難曲 BWV244」を聴こう。"マタイ受難曲 BWV244 第1曲:合唱:来たれ、娘たちよ … After 16 measures of instrumental introduction in 128 time, driven by an ostinato rhythm in the basses, Chorus I intones Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen, until in measure 26 they sing Sehet (Hark!) [27] One of the group was Eduard Devrient, a baritone and since 1820 one of the principal singers at the Berlin Royal Opera. 37) where two witnesses report Jesus having spoken about destroying the Temple and building it again in three days. 27b) furiously demands against the Jews who arrested Jesus "Zertrümmre, verderbe, verschlinge, zerschelle/ Mit plötzlicher Wut/Den falschen Verräter, das mördrische Blut!" 26) that he is betrayed by Judas' kiss and arrested. [4] The performance took place in the St. Thomas Church (Thomaskirche) in Leipzig. The work displays a thoughtful symmetry. ", In the arias, obbligato instruments are equal partners with the voices, as was customary in late Baroque arias. Five chorales conclude a scene (in movements 5, 14, 26, 37 and 40); while a chorale opens Part II (15). Additionally, Song of Songs 6:1 is used in the opening aria (with chorus) of Part Two (No. Now 12c ends in Measure 31 and Movement 33 is eliminated altogether (replaced by a lost Sinfonia). In the center of the five parts is the court hearing which confronts Jesus, Pilate, and the people. 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 … [1] Some main aspects of the structure are shown in tables below. 14) where Jesus predicts that Peter will deny him three times before the cock crows. Choir II consists of SATB voices, violin I, violin II, viola, viola da gamba, cello, two traversos, two oboes (d'amore) and possibly continuo. (How?) 10, "Ich bin's, ich sollte büßen" ("It is I who should suffer"), after eleven disciples asked "Herr, bin ich's?" 1, Chorus I/II: "Kommt, Ihr Töchter, Helft Mir Klagen"", "St. Matthew 49, "Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben", where the absence of strings and basso continuo mark a desperate loss of security. Pilate interrogates Jesus (No. Two distinctive aspects of Bach's setting spring from his other church endeavors. 30). 19), two oboes, in certain movements instead oboe d'amore or oboe da caccia, two violins, viola, viola da gamba, and basso continuo. [19][8], The fifth chorale, movement 15, opens Part II and the third scene. Stream songs including "St. Matthew Passion… The St Matthew Passion was probably first performed on 11 April (Good Friday) 1727 in the St. Thomas Church, and again on 15 April 1729, 30 March 1736, and 23 March 1742. [11] Wolff concludes: "the work accompanied Bach right from his first year as Kantor of St Thomas's to the penultimate year of his life and thus, for that reason alone, how close it must have been to his heart.[15]. He used three alternative arias, one of them with a chorale sung by the choir, and replaced the two closing movements, the chorus Ruht wohl and the chorale Ach Herr, laß dein lieb Engelein with the chorale fantasia on "Christe, du Lamm Gottes" (Christ, you Lamb of God),[11] the German Agnus Dei, published in Braunschweig in 1528. One chorale accompanies the bass soloist in an aria (32). 55) Simon of Cyrene is forced to carry the cross. [28] Around December 1828 – January 1829 Devrient persuaded Felix that the two of them should approach Zelter to get the Sing-Akademie to support their project. Upon Jesus' declaration that one of the twelve will betray him in 9d, they ask him "Lord, is it I?" Voice-leading and instrumental notation altered; Most extensive revision in voice-leading and instrumental notation. The other is the extensive use of chorales, which appear in standard four-part settings, as interpolations in arias, and as a cantus firmus in large polyphonic movements. This is by far the most unusually chromatic setting of this chorale tune (Befiehl du deine Wege/O Haupt, voll Blut und Wunden) found in the Passion, occurring at the high point of intensity at the death of Jesus. In the turba parts, the two choruses sometimes alternate in cori spezzati style (e.g. [8][clarification needed], The second chorale, movement 5, ends the first scene, after Jesus remarks that he has to be obedient. In 1725 Christian Friedrich Henrici, a Leipzig poet who used Picander as his pen name, had published Erbauliche Gedanken auf den Grünen Donnerstag und Charfreytag ("Edifying Thoughts on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday"), containing free verse suitable for a Passion presentation in addition to the Gospel text. They are sung by soloists with a variety of instrumental accompaniments, typical of the oratorio style. Choir I consists of a soprano in ripieno voice, a soprano solo, an alto solo, a tenor solo, SATB chorus, two traversos, two oboes, two oboes d'amore, two oboes da caccia, lute, strings (two violin sections, violas and cellos), and continuo (at least organ). In the morning (No. Many of them include the listener into the action, such as the chorale No. A scene in Bethany (No. 17 has three flats (E-flat major), No. The St Matthew Passion is the second of two Passion settings by Bach that have survived in their entirety, the first being the St John Passion, first performed in 1724. St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Pt. In this version the Passion was written for two choruses and orchestras. 54 has one flat (D minor), and No. It was performed in 1749 and (most likely) repeated in 1750. Bach's recitatives often set the mood for the particular passages by highlighting emotionally charged words such as "crucify", "kill", or "mourn" with chromatic melodies. Some musicologists regard movement 24 as the conclusion of scene 3, the aria "Eilt, ihr angefocht'nen Seelen" which locates the action from the courthouse to Golgotha, the calvary. This page was last edited on 16 January 2021, at 04:00. Following the concept of Anselm of Canterbury, the crucifixion is the endpoint and the source of redemption; the emphasis is on the suffering of Jesus. (Wreck, ruin, engulf, shatter with sudden force the false betrayer, the murderous blood!). This is notable in "O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß", the conclusion of the first half – a movement which Bach also used as an opening chorus for the second version (1725) of his St John Passion (later – ca. ), he is supposed to have called Elijah. This is listed as BC D 2c. This is the version (with some possible later adjustments) that is generally known as the St Matthew Passion, BWV 244. RELEASED SEPTEMBER 1, 2005 … — Where? [13] A final, fifth version, revised between 1739 and 1749, was never performed in Bach's lifetime. [1][8], In Bach's time, St. Thomas Church had two organ lofts: the large organ loft that was used throughout the year for musicians performing in Sunday services, vespers, etc., and the small organ loft, situated at the opposite side of the former, that was used additionally in the grand services for Christmas and Easter. [26][8], The ninth chorale, movement 32, is part of the bass aria which follows immediately after the report of the death of Jesus. [5], Klagt, Kinder, klagt es aller Welt, BWV 244a, a cantata of which only the text is extant, was performed 24 March 1729 in Köthen at a memorial service held some months after the death of Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen. The work is scored for vocal soloists (soprano, alto, tenor and bass), a four-part choir SATB, and an orchestra of two flauto traverso (Ft) (except for Version I, since all evidence of Bach's use of traverse flutes point to the 2nd Cantata Cycle as when he first used them), two oboes (Ob), two oboes da caccia (Oc), two oboes d'amore (Oa), two violins, viola (Va), and basso continuo. He added five movements from his Weimarer Passion, with three texts now thought to be by Christoph Birkmann. The Evangelist, a tenor voice, sings the Gospel text in a declamatory style called secco recitative, that is, with only a continuo accompaniment. The St Matthew Passion tells the story … The third chorale, movement 11, is inserted after Jesus asks those who are beating him for justification. Namely, the opening chorus from Bach’s St. Matthew Passion: “Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen” (Come, daughters, help me lament): Today’s Gospel reading is the Passion story according to St. Matthew: Matthew … But even by … There was a second performance on 21 March, also sold out. 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Part Two is opened by a dialog between the alto soloist deploring her lost Jesus and choir II offering help in searching for him, quoting Song of Songs 6:1 (Wo ist denn dein Freund hingegangen). This was sung only in 1742 and 1743–1746 and had been played on the organ before. For practical reasons the continuo organ is often shared and played with both orchestras. In the 1742 and 1743–1746 versions, a ripieno soprano choir was added to the soprano line. The first chorale, movement 3, is inserted after Jesus tells the crowd to arrest him, but let his disciples go. The interpolated texts theologically and personally interpret the Gospel texts. (My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Rifkin, Joshua (1982). Part One is opened by the chorus "Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen" (Come ye daughters, join my lament), on a text by Picander. [24] He had been hired to teach music theory to both Felix Mendelssohn and his sister Fanny. [5] He set them all in common time for four parts, the instruments playing colla parte with the voices. In the 1727/1729 version, this part is concluded by a four-part setting of verse 6 of the Chorale "Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht (Jesum laß ich nicht von mir)". 7) has Judas Iscariot negotiating the price for handing Jesus over. They vote to crucify Jesus, Pilate gives in, washing his hands claiming his innocence, and delivers Jesus to torture and crucifixion. [1], As is typical of settings of the Passion (and originating in its liturgical use on Palm Sunday), there is no mention of the Resurrection in any of these texts (apart from indirect allusions at Matthew 26:32 and 27:53 and 63). He was, by now, working as a … 43), is impressed and is inclined to release him, as it was customary to release one prisoner for the holiday, supported in this by his wife. [21] Specifically, in 1780, the Cantor, Doles, had three of Bach's Passions performed, assumed to include the St. John and St. Matthew, and "possibly the St. It was compiled by an unknown author, who partly used existing text: from the Brockes Passion (Der für die Sünde der Welt Gemarterte und Sterbende Jesus, aus den IV Evangelisten, Hamburg, 1712 and 1715) by Barthold Heinrich Brockes, he copied the text for movements 7, 19, 20, 24, 32, 34, 35 (partly) and 39; he found movement 13 in Christian Weise's Der Grünen Jugend Nothwendige Gedanken (Leipzig, 1675) and took from Postel's Johannes-Passion (c. 1700) movements 19 (partly), 22 and 30. Voice-leading and instrumental notation and Continuo part altered. [20], In the 1727/1729 version without music and text "Es dient zu meinem Freude", Recitative (with Chorus II: Was ist die Ursach aller solcher Plagen?) Matthew Passion' : Deceptive Cadence Join tenor Ian Bostridge, conductor Ton Koopman and other singers, conductors and scholars for a guided tour of … 17 appears to be missing, and movement No. In a third, on 18 April, Zelter conducted, and soon there were performances in Frankfurt (where a previously projected performance of the Passion had been upstaged by those in Berlin) and in Breslau and Stettin.[32]. ), Chorus I replying with den Bräutigam (the bridegroom – implying Christ). [12] Other versions were performed between 1728 and 1732 (version 3),[10] and in 1749 (version 4). He was born in 1685 in Eisenach, Germany, the same year as Handel, though the two never met, because Handel spent most of his adult life in London. Music for Good Friday part one: Bach's St. Matthew Passion, opening chorus This is the first of two posts with music to mark Good Friday: the first chorus of J.S. 2: No. In "Erbarm es, Gott", the relentless dotted rhythm of the diminished chords evoke the emotional shock of the scourging.[16]. The words of Jesus, also termed Vox Christi (voice of Christ), usually receive special treatment. A small group is represented by Chorus I or Chorus II separately (Chorus I always for the disciples); High priests and larger groups of people are sung by Chorus I and II together. "[14] In 1749, Bach performed the St John Passion once more, in an expanded and altered form from the 1724 version, in what would be his last performance of a Passion. "Christus, der uns selig macht" (Christ, who has made us blessed),[8] stanza 1 of Michael Weiße's 1531 hymn, summarizes what Jesus has to endure, even though he is innocent ("made captive, ... falsely indicted, and mocked and scorned and bespat"). The work is closed by a grand scale chorus in da capo form, choir I and II mostly in unison for the first part Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder (We sit down in tears), but in dialog in the middle section, choir II repeating "Ruhe sanfte, sanfte ruh!" 67, Recitative with Chorus "Nun ist der Herr zur Ruh gebracht" (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus 2) Otto Klemperer/Philharmonia Choir/Philharmonia Orchestra 試 … In the opening chorus Bach blends Picander’s text with the chorale ‘O Lamb of God most holy’, sung by the ripieno choir, to introduce the Passion. It is said to be … The following day (No. In "Blute nur", the line about the serpent is set with a twisting melody. Bach first performed it in 1724 and revised it in 1725, 1732, and 1749, adding several numbers. " [27][8], The tenth chorale, movement 37, ends the scene of the crucifixion. It is listed as BC D 2e.[31]. Luke". Bach was Thomaskantor (i.e., Cantor, and responsible for the music in the church) since 1723. Bach: St Matthew Passion バッハ合唱団 、 デイヴィッド・ウィルコックス 、 アルフレーダ・ホジソン 0.0 1727 sacred oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, Versions and contemporaneous performances, First version (BWV 244.1, previously 244b), Funeral cantata for Köthen (BWV 1143, previously 244a), Passion performances in the St. Thomas Church, Later revisions and performances (BWV 244.2, previously 244), Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen, Without text (played by organ only) in older versions of the Passion, Klagt, Kinder, klagt es aller Welt, BWV 244a, St Matthew Passion structure § Numbering of the movements, List of chorale harmonisations by Johann Sebastian Bach § BWV 244–244b, Learn how and when to remove this template message. Little is known with certainty about the creation process of the St Matthew Passion. — What? Part I ends with a chorale fantasia that is based on the opening chorus of the St John Passion in its second version, also performed by both choirs in unison, whereas the opening chorus is for double … I am working with a group that is promoting … soloists sing arias, in most cases preceded by an accompagnato recitative, and occasionally in a dialogue with the choir. Bach St Matthew Passion: Text, Translation and Musical Notes On the occasion of the centenary of the first performance of the St Matthew Passion in Aberdeen in 1912, Peter Parfitt, … "In meines Herzens Grunde" (Within my heart's foundation)[8] is stanza 3 of Valerius Herberger's 1613 hymn "Valet will ich dir geben". It is widely regarded as one of the greatest masterpieces of classical sacred music. The Passion was performed under the Cantor of St. Thomas until about 1800. Many composers wrote musical settings of the Passion in the late 17th century. The woodwinds are two traversos, oboes and oboes d'amore for each choir, and in addition for choir I two oboes da caccia. ", The narration follows Jesus' instructions for securing the upper room for Passover, and the beginning of the Last Supper. The next call by Chorus I is Seht ihn (See him! And very successfully. J.S. Chorale: first stanza of Johann Heermann's "Herzliebster Jesu". William Sterndale Bennett became a founder of the Bach Society of London in 1849 with the intention of introducing Bach's works to the English public. The corresponding movement numbers are given from the Neue Bach-Ausgabe (NBA). At the garden of Gethsemane (No. – See the endurance) and ultimately Seht — Wohin? Once the fuller group of singers and the orchestra were brought in, Devrient recalled, participants were amazed at "the abundance of melodies, the rich expression of emotion, the passion, the singular style of declamation, and the force of the dramatic action. The first two lines of the hymn are a rhetorical question: "My dearest Jesus, which crimes have you committed, that such dire judgement has been passed? and Chorus (I & II). Direct speech sections of the Gospel text are brought by other singers in the same "secco" format (e.g. The St Matthew Passion (German: Matthäus-Passion), BWV 244, is a Passion, a sacred oratorio written by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1727 for solo voices, double choir and double orchestra, with libretto by Picander. In the early version BWV 244b the chorale No. [8][20], The sixth chorale, movement 17, comments in two more stanzas from "Herzliebster Jesu" (3), after Jesus addresses the different people of his kingdom. The sense of gigantic undulation is … Since 1975, it is usually assumed that Bach's St Matthew Passion was first performed on Good Friday 11 April 1727,[3] although its first performance may have been as late as Good Friday 1729, as older sources assert. Two variants of movement numbering are given, first that of the Neue Bach-Ausgabe (NBA), then that of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV). The 20-year-old Felix himself conducted the rehearsals and first two performances by the Singakademie. [9], Bach revised the Passion by 1736, for a performance on Good Friday 30 March 1736. The Passion, close to Bach's heart, has an "immediate dramatic quality".[2]. I found your Website because of the enthusiastic comments of Robert Murphy who will be participating in the Bach Festival 2000 St. Matthew Passion chorus. [14], Wolff writes: "Bach experimented with the St John Passion as he did with no other large-scale composition",[11] possible by the work's structure with the Gospel text as its backbone and interspersed features that could be exchanged. — to our guilt), after which Chorus I and II sing the last lines of Picander's text in separate blocks. [10], Some parts were adjusted for a new performance on Good Friday 23 March 1742. In a dramatic highpoint of the Passion,[17][18] the chorus (No. "Ach Herr, laß dein lieb Engelein" (Ah Lord, let your own angels dear)[8] is stanza 3 of Martin Schalling's 1569 hymn "Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr".[8][29]. 56, "Yes, of course this flesh and blood in us / want to be forced to the cross; / the better it is for our soul, / the more bitter it feels.". This is listed as BC 2b. Essentially a re-production of Version I with a few alterations (text changes in Movements 9, 19 & 20, instrumentation reflective of Version III). Jesus and all other male characters are sung by a bass (including Peter and Pilate) or tenor (servant); female characters (such as the Maid) are sung by a soprano, while the people who are often summarily called die Jüden (the Jews), the servants of the High Priest, and the soldiers are sung by a four-part chorus (SATB) in dramatic turba movements. 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Bach used the hymns in different ways, most are four-part setting, two as the cantus firmus of the two chorale fantasias framing Part I, one as a commenting element in a tenor recitative. [citation needed] In all prior versions (1727/1729, 1736, and 1742), the continuo part was sustained in all recitatives. [8][28], The eleventh chorale, movement 40, ends the Passion. [13], The Bible text used for Part One is Matthew 26:1–56. The opening chorus continues by taking up the questions and answers by Chorus I and II again, now adding: Sehet — Was? [8][23][24], The seventh chorale, movement 26, ends the scene of the court hearing, after Pilate refuses to change the inscription. Stream songs including "St. Matthew Passion, for chorus". [11][12] This article is written using the NBA numbering system. "Weissage uns, Christe") and sometimes sing together ("Herr, wir haben gedacht"). The two main schemes in use today are the scheme from the Neue Bach-Ausgabe (NBA, New Bach Edition) which uses a 1 through 68 numbering system, and the older Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV, Bach Works Catalog) scheme which divides the work into 78 numbers. Here at last was a St Matthew Passion that was compatible with the 140 voices of Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia. Bach created particularly distinctive accompagnato recitatives in this work: they are accompanied not by continuo alone, but also by the entire string section of the first orchestra using long, sustained notes and "highlighting" certain words, thus creating an effect often referred to as Jesus's "halo". Bach worked together with his librettist, Christian Friedrich Henrici, known as Picander[4] who published the text of the libretto of the St Matthew Passion in 1729. Bach then revised it again between 1743 and 1746. The bass aria No. 27a) Jesus's arrest, the chorus make angry interjections (Laßt ihn, haltet, bindet nicht!). The chorus sings, in the final chorale No. In Leipzig it was not allowed to paraphrase the words of the Gospel in a Passion presentation on Good Friday. While soprano and alto mourn (in duet, No. Mendelssohn's revival brought the music of Bach, particularly the large-scale works, to public and scholarly attention (although the St John Passion had been rehearsed by the Singakademie in 1822). In the opening chorus of the St. Matthew Passion he does this by superimposing the German Agnus Dei – the chorale O Lamm Gottes Unschuldig (O Lamb of God, unspotted), sung by a … 1 by Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra, Géza Oberfrank, Istvan Gati & Hungarian Festival Chorus on Apple Music. In version 3, after Bach wrote his St Matthew Passion, he returned the opening chorus Herr, unser Herrscher and the final chorus Ruht wohl to their … Edited by Adolf Bernhard Marx ) in Leipzig it was possibly performed in 1749 and most. 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