Bach - St John Passion (1725 version) BWV 245 - Jacobs | Netherlands Bach Society
One year after its first performance, the St John Passion was performed again on 30 March 1725. For this quick reprise, Bach made some fundamental changes to the piece. He wrote a new opening chorus: ‘O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groβ’, which he also used later in the St Matthew Passion. He replaced the closing chorale with ‘Christe, du Lamm Gottes’, which he had written earlier. The vehement ‘Zerschmettert mich’ took the place of ‘Ach mein Sinn’, and instead of ‘Betrachte meine Seel’ and ‘Erwäge’ he wrote the aria ‘Ach windet euch nicht so’. He also wrote a third new aria: ‘Himmel reiβe’.
The masterly new opening transformed the whole Passion into a more subdued piece. The new ending, too, is a call for compassion. During the corona crisis in 2021 – when the Netherlands Bach Society’s annual tour of the St Matthew Passion could not take place – conductor René Jacobs deliberately opted to perform this version instead.
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Netherlands Bach Society
René Jacobs, conductor
Soloists
Daniel Johannsen, evangelist (tenor)
Robin Johannsen, soprano
Alberto Miguélez Rouco, alto
Thomas Hobbs, tenor
Johannes Kammler (Jesus), bass
Arttu Kataja (arias Pilatus), bass
For the full list of cast & crew go to
0:00:00 1. O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß (Chor)
0:06:45 2. Jesus ging mit seinen Jüngern (Rezitativ)
0:09:07 3. O große Lieb (Choral)
0:10:10 4. Auf dass das Wort (Rezitativ)
0:11:10 5. Dein Will gescheh (Choral)
0:12:15 6. Die Schar aber (Rezitativ)
0:12:58 7. Von den Stricken meiner Sünden (Arie)
0:17:29 8. Simon Petrus aber folgete Jesu (Rezitativ)
0:17:40 9. Ich folge dir gleichfalls (Arie)
0:21:11 10. Derselbige Jünger (Rezitativ)
0:23:58 11. Wer hat dich so geschlagen (Choral)
0:25:53 12. Himmel reiße (Arie)
0:29:48 13. Und Hannas sandte (Rezitativ)
0:31:48 14. Zerschmettert mich (Arie)
0:37:23 15. Petrus, der nicht denkt zurück (Choral)
0:38:57 Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck - Toccata a1
0:40:15 16. Christus, der uns selig macht (Choral)
0:41:34 17. Da führeten sie Jesum (Rezitativ)
0:45:58 18. Ach großer König (Choral)
0:47:40 19. Da sprach Pilatus zu ihm (Rezitativ)
0:49:31 20. Ach windet euch nicht so (Arie)
0:54:35 21. Und die Kriegsknechte (Rezitativ)
1:00:12 22. Durch dein Gefängnis, Gottes Sohn (Choral)
1:01:16 23. Die Jüden aber schrieen (Rezitativ)
1:05:18 24. Eilt, ihr angefochtnen Seelen (Arie)
1:09:41 25. Allda kreuzigten sie ihn (Rezitativ)
1:11:41 26. In meines Herzens Grunde (Choral)
1:13:00 27. Die Kriegsknechte aber (Rezitativ)
1:17:00 28. Er nahm alles wohl in acht (Choral)
1:18:26 29. Und von Stund an (Rezitativ)
1:19:42 30. Es ist vollbracht (Arie)
1:24:44 31. Und neiget das Haupt (Rezitativ)
1:25:04 32. Mein teurer Heiland (Arie)
1:28:53 33. Und siehe da (Rezitativ)
1:29:20 34. Mein Herz indem die ganze Welt (Arioso)
1:30:13 35. Zerfließe, mein Herze (Arie)
1:35:51 36. Die Jüden aber (Rezitativ)
1:37:46 37. O hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn (Choral)
1:39:12 38. Darnach bat Pilatum (Rezitativ)
1:40:57 39. Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine (Chor)
1:48:08 40. Christe, du Lamm Gottes (Choral)
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