BWV 247: Markuspassion — Das Kantatenwerk

Overview

OpeningChorus

ScoringCoro (SATB), Soprano solo, Alto solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Fl picc, Fl, Fl dolce, Ob, Ob d'am, Ob da c, Fg, Cor, Cor da c, Cor da tir, Tr, Tr da tir, Ctt, Trb, Timp, Vl solo, Vl picc, Vla d'am, Vlta, Vdg, Vc picc, Vc, Vlne, Org, Cemb

StructurePart 1. 13 movements: C · C · C · C · A · C · C · C · A · A · C · E · CPart 2. 14 movements: A · C · C · C · C · A · C · E · C · C · A · C · E · C

The St Mark Passion, BWV 247, is a lost Passion setting by Johann Sebastian Bach, first performed in Leipzig on Good Friday, 23 March 1731. Though Bach's music is lost, the libretto by Picander is still extant, and from this, the work can to some degree be reconstructed.

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Libretto

PRIMA PARTE

1. Chorus

Coro (SATB)

Geh, Jesu, geh zu Deiner Pein! Ich will so lange Dich beweinen, Bis mir Dein Trost wird wieder scheinen, Da ich versöhnet werde sein.

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