J. S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244, (4/-)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

"Da ging hin der Zwölfen eine", Recitative (Tenor, Bass) from Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244, mov. VII

"Blute nur, du liebes Herz!", Aria (Soprano) from Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244, mov. VIII

Matthäus-Passion (BWV 244) was to be performed in Good Friday. It was written in Leipzig, 1729, and revised in the same city in the late 1740's.

1st performance: April 11, 1727 - Leipzig (Earlier Version, possibly as late as Apr 15, 1729); 2nd performance: March 30, 1736 - Leipzig (Later Version); 3rd performance: March 23, 1742 ? - Leipzig (Later Version); 4th performance: 1743-1746 - Leipzig

Scoring:
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Soloists: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass; Choir I: SATB; Choir II: SATB
Orchestra: 2 flutes dolce, 2 transverse flutes, oboe, 2 oboes d'amore, 2 oboes da caccia, 2 violins, viola, viola da gamba, continuo

Lyrics for Mov. VII
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German (original)
Evangelist (T), Judas (B)

Evangelist
Da ging hin der Zwölfen einer, mit Namen Judas Ischarioth, zu den Hohenpriestern und sprach:

Judas
Was wollt ihr mir geben? Ich will ihn euch verraten.

Evangelist
Und sie boten ihm dreißig Silberlinge. Und von dem an suchte er Gelegenheit, dass er ihn verriete.

English (translation)
Evangelist
Then there went one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, forth unto the chief priests and said:

(Judas)
What would ye then give me? I would to you betray him.

Evangelist
And they offered him thirty silver pieces. And from thence forth he sought an opportunity when he might betray him.

Lyrics for Mov. VIII
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German (original)
Blute nur, du liebes Herz!
Ach! ein Kind, das du erzogen,
Das an deiner Brust gesogen,
Droht den Pfleger zu ermorden,
Denn es ist zur Schlange worden.

English (translation)
Bleed alway, O thou my heart!
Ah, a child which thou hast nurtured,
Which at thine own breast hath suckled,
Bodes his keeper now to murder,
For it hath become a serpent.

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