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The Passio secundum Joannem or St John Passion [a] (German: Johannes-Passion), BWV 245, is a Passion or oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, the earliest of the surviving Passions by Bach. [1] It was written during his first year as director of church music in Leipzig and was first performed on 7 April 1724, at Good Friday Vespers at the St ...
BWV 245 – St John Passion (Johannes-Passion), various versions, including: [24] St. John Passion, 2nd version, with opening chorus "O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß" (1725), BDW 00308, containing: BWV 245a – Aria "Himmel reiße, Welt erbebe" BWV 245b – Aria "Zerschmettert mich, ihr Felsen und ihr Hügel" BWV 245c – Aria "Ach, windet ...
The St John Passion, BWV 245 is the first Passion Bach composed during his tenure as Thomaskantor in Leipzig, a tenure that started after the Easter season of 1723. Apart from the German translation of parts of the Gospel of St John and several Lutheran chorales, it used text of the Brockes Passion for its arias.
The tradition of the German oratorio Passion began in Hamburg in 1643 with Thomas Selle’s St John Passion and continued unbroken until the death of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach in 1788. The oratorio Passion, made famous by Johann Sebastian Bach in his St John Passion and St Matthew Passion , is the style that is most familiar to the modern listener.
Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem (The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ According to John), also known as the St. John Passion or simply Passio, is a passion setting by Arvo Pärt for solo baritone (Jesus), solo tenor (Pilate), solo vocal quartet (Evangelist), choir, violin, oboe, cello, bassoon and organ.
The structure of the St John Passion (German: Johannes-Passion), BWV 245, a sacred oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach first performed in Leipzig on Good Friday 1724, is "carefully designed with a great deal of musico-theological intent". [1]
The part appears in the works St John Passion, St Matthew Passion, and the Christmas Oratorio, as well as the St Mark Passion and the Ascension Oratorio Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV 11. Some cantatas also contain recitatives of Bible quotations, assigned to the tenor voice. Bach followed a tradition using the tenor for the narrator of a ...
Text Tune Language Published Notes "Christe, du Lamm Gottes" "Christus, der uns selig macht" Christ who makes us blessed Michael Weiße: Bohemian Brethren: German 1531 "Da der Herr Christ zu Tische saß" When the Lord Christ sat at the table Nikolaus Herman: in Görlitz German 1560 "Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund" When Jesus stood by the Cross