Beskrivning
St. Matthew Passion | BWV 244
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Version of 1736 (final version)
Volume / Series: New Bach Edition (NBA). II/5
Editor: Dürr, Alfred / Schneider, Max
Instrumentation of the work: Soloists, Choir, Orchestra
Orchestral scoring: 2S-solo,2A-solo,2T-solo,2B-solo / 2GemCh-SATB / Orch: Chorus I: 2,2Bfl,2(2 Ob d’amore, 2 Ob da caccia),0,0 – 0,0,0,0 – Str(2V,Va,Vagb) – Bc / Chorus II: 2,2(2 Ob’amore),0,0 – 0,0,0,0 – Str(2V,Va,Vagb) – Bc
Language(s) of work: German
Product format: Complete edition, Score, Urtext edition
Binding: Linen
Pages / Format: XIV, 309 S. – 33,0 x 26,0 cm
Information från utgivaren
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.