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Bach St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 -Version of 1736 (final version)-
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Publisher: Barenreiter
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Bach St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 -Version of 1736 (final version)-
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Editor: Dürr, Alfred / Schneider, Max
Orchestral scoring : SSolo/ASolo/2TSolo/2BSolo/2Mixed choir-SATB/Orch1:2recorder-A/2Fl/2Ob/Ob-dam/Ob-dacc/EnglHn/bassoon/Vagb/Str/Org/Orch2: 2Fl/2Ob/Ob-dam/bassoon/Vagb/Str/Org/harpisc.
Language(s) of work: D
Language(s) of text: D
Product format: complete edition, score, Urtext edition
Binding: Linen
Pages / Format: XIV, 309 - 33,0 x 26,0 cm
Bach’s St. Matthew Passion as we know it today evidently had a long history dating back before 1727. It is unclear whether the work performed at the Thomaskirche , Leipzig on Good Friday 1729 was based on a still earlier version. Whatever the case, the surviving version of 1729 presents the work in a form strikingly different from its later incarnation. For example, the opening section ends with the chorale ‘ Jesum lass ich nicht von mir ’ which was replaced by the large-scale cantus firmus chorus ‘O Mensch , bewein dein Sünde gross’ for the 1736 performance.
The well-known alto aria ‘Ach! Nun ist mein Jesus hin ’ is still assigned to a bass in the earlier version, and the aria ‘ Komm süsses Kreuz ’ calls for a lute instead of the later viola da gamba . Moreover, the pieces for double chorus only require a single continuo group. Other differences can be found in the instrumental scoring and voice leading. The early version of the St. Matthew Passion is thus a most interesting addition to the great concert repertoire.
The well-known alto aria ‘Ach! Nun ist mein Jesus hin ’ is still assigned to a bass in the earlier version, and the aria ‘ Komm süsses Kreuz ’ calls for a lute instead of the later viola da gamba . Moreover, the pieces for double chorus only require a single continuo group. Other differences can be found in the instrumental scoring and voice leading. The early version of the St. Matthew Passion is thus a most interesting addition to the great concert repertoire.