Bach - St John Passion (1725 version) BWV 245 - Jacobs | Netherlands Bach Society

[@bach]

0:00:11 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)

[@rdbchase]

"More subdued" -- hah! Maybe that is true of the work as a whole, but 'Zerschmettert mich' is exuberant enough; can't get over this aria and 'Ach windet euch nicht so'!

[@susannahintsala6734]

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[@nikogrether8551]

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[@makingmusicmusicando685]

Congratulations: The Netherlands Bach Society is the best playing Bach. It is like having a great dream. When I be dead… I would like to meet the Bach spirit if God permits me that gift. Soli Deo Honor et Gloria. Maravillosa versión de La Pasión según San Juan.

[@beautyinsound]

This is incredible. I love the slightly steadier tempo of the first movement. Thank you all so much for this x

[@beautyinsound]

In fact, not just the first movement… it’s all just so beautifully paced. I love this so much

[@user-74652]

Nice to see you here.

[@gohruikaiethangyss8121]

didn't know you would be here

[@ruioliveira6913]

Sim é a assinatura da polifonia de Bach

[@DailyDoseOfBach]

This 1725 version has become my favourite St John Passion, thanks to this absolute gem of a recording! I've been shamelessly listening to this through Christmas along with other appropriate music 😊 So many incredible bits I'd like to mention here but to name a few: 1) Daniel + other soloists! Sooo good 2) The ending of Kreuzige (soprano semitone). The first time I heard it I was shocked to the core and had to repeat a few times. Mesmerizing! 3) Aria nro 20, Ach windet euch nicht so -- very beautiful from the very first notes onwards as is Daniel's singing 4) Really liking the energy and voice of one of the choir sopranos who is sometimes seen in closer camera shots as well, awesome work 5) Parts 17-27. Especially the Evangelist-Pilatus-Jesus parts are honey to my ears 6) Orchestra. Absolute professionals in telling the stories by Bach. 7) Everything

[@darrenfreeman9139]

This is the most moving piece of music I've ever heard. I cry every time I listen, it's a miraculous piece of art.

[@igordrm]

There's something unique in Bach's work... In everything in life, the Universe, nature, whatever... you will find imperfections. Even in nature itself from time to time probability simply make something astray. And that's what puts Bach's music on a different level of anything else that there are. It is simply perfect. The perfection that lies in nature blossom in each and every note. Not only harmony is perfect, everything is also beautiful. And further... his instrumentation, overall sense of form, perfect balance in everything, from motifs to phrases... My jaw will never stop dropping to Bach's music.

[@TheSoteriologist]

*Absolutely superb !* Daniel and Robin Johannsen _(the coincidence !)_ and also Alberto Miguélez Rouco are particularly impressive.

[@CaptJackAubreyOfTheRoyalNavy]

I must say, I prefer the much more dramatic "Herr unser Herrscher" as an opening chorus in the original version. But this is of course excellent too, and an interesting change of pace.

[@bertspeggly4428]

I wasn't going to say anything, but I agree! "Herr unser Herrscher" is just so magnificent.

[@phebus2005]

Favoring this version is a shame. Skipping the opening choir, a true masterpiece in itself alone, was probably only a practical decision due to specific circumstances, back in 1725. I can hardly imagine Bach disowning his magnificent choir Herr, Unser Herrscher. Obviously, he was asked to forget about it, that year.

[@ednimed8034]

@@phebus2005 don't hesitate to share the "specific circumstances" you could imagine or find. To play this version does not mean "favor" it, it is perfectly possible to like both and is absolutely not a shame. Maybe Bach just wanted to try something else and/or avoid to repeat completely the same work... After all, the idea of "finished product" for such works was not really common.. For some different arias (like "Ach windet euch..") I think it was worth to play it.

[@frederickmenu3140]

Totaly

[@gfhit7520]

@@phebus2005 although I also prefer the 'Herr! Unser Herrscher' choir that I find one of the most unique in music ever, that's a highly biased and unfactual reconstruction. Bach was changing stuff all the time, and how can you really believe that he changed the starting choir because someone told him to? The fact that he reused 'O Mensch' for the Matthäus Passion later is a testimony that he held this choir in very high regard.

[@Lahmacunmatik]

I watched the normal Johannes Passion in Amsterdam, by the same conductor, yesterday! And now I see this video. Amazing.

[@FlexingClassicalMusic]

The influence of classical music extends far beyond the concert hall. Its melodies often find their way into modern music, movies, and even commercials, proving that the classics continue to shape our culture and creativity.

[@manubet100]

Ist unmöglisch zu gleichgültig bleiben, So sein Christianisch, Muslim oder Juden, diesem Art von Musik ist einfach sublim und Perfekt! Wahrlich Bach ist ein fünfte Evangelist. Grüsse aus Perú liebe Freunde von AOB!

[@ynetsv136]

Bach knew this: “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.” (John 14:6, NASB)

[@mathieub.6544]

Deux admirables Johannsen (apparemment sans liens familiaux) !

[@olly8453]

The acoustics in this are just astonishingly magnificent.

[@ignazioroiter1495]

Difficile davvero sentire una resa acustica così piena e meravigliosa che restituisce all'interpretazione tutta la potenza del pathos

[@rembertpliester8408]

Nur Bach gelingt es, mich immer wieder aufs Tiefste zu berühren. Sitze in der Bahn und bin um äußere Fassung bemüht..

[@olly8453]

This is such an absolutely awe-inspiring performance and recording. I'm just blown away by the consistency of quality from Netherlands Bach Society. This group is really raising the bar.

[@prototropo]

Yes, I agree, and just love a rapt evening every time I find a fresh release from NBS. They are my current standard for all early music recordings, although William Christie's handling of Rameau astounds me to tears with any work!

[@mauriciodealencar8496]

Bach is proof of the existence of God!

[@walterkent5574]

Bach is proof of the existence of beauty.

[@willlawrence8756]

@@walterkent5574 One of the many wonderful aspects of the Trinity....

[@Niptika]

Thank you for this incredible performance!

[@edisonhasso830]

This is absolutely amazing, these guys are incredible, it brings tears to my eyes, Bach's music is so satisfying, thank you all that made it possible, high culture indeed.

[@mathieuguillet4036]

Very talented, indeed. 🙏🏼

[@Ben-nh9xw]

What a way to start my day

[@Concert-Improvisation]

Danke für die warmherzige Interpretation und Auswahl der Solisten-Stimmen! Die Verbindung zwischen Artikulation und Schwerpunkten im Text ist sehr überzeugend. Angenehme Klarheit im Klang bei Sängern und Instrumentalisten. Danke auch Maestro für die toll gewählten Tempi!

[@darrenfreeman9139]

I've listened to this dozens of times. It's so beautiful! It's the best recording on KZbin.

[@OscarWilde1124]

Het beste in zijn soort, ongekend deze uitvoering is van wereldklasse...

[@notaire2]

Wunderschöne und tiefempfundene Aufführung dieser großartigen und perfekt komponierten Johannes-Passion mit farbenreichen doch perfekt entsprechenden Tönen aller Originalinstrumente sowie gut harmonisierten Stimmen des ausgezeichneten Chors und herrlichen Stimmen aller genialen Solisten. Der intelligente und erfahrene Dirigent leitet das ausgezeichnete Barockorchester im gut analysierten Tempo und mit künstlerisch kontrollierter Dynamik. Erstaunlich, solch eine authentische Tradition der deutschen Barockmusik in den Niederlande so perfekt konserviert ist. Einfach wunderbar!

[@felixtiggeler341]

Bei der NBS ist das ehrlich gesagt nicht erstaunlich, die sind einfach immer perfekt...

[@grumbazor]

@@felixtiggeler341 Die Tonqualität ist Wahnsinn. Bisher hab ich noch keinen anderen Kanal gefunden der da auch nur in die Nähe kommt. Was sehr sehr sehr schade ist und wohl auch viele Menschen vergrault. Klassik in sehr guter Klangqualität ist ein Traum, in subotimaler im besten Falle langweilig. Dieser Kanal hier ist wirklich weltklasse!

[@hannan3487]

Vielen Dank - ihr seid immer wieder hervorragend in Allem (Instrumente/Musiker, Stimmen/Sänger, Interpretion/Dirigent)!

[@hampton4454]

I especially like the production, with the different angles, and close-ups of the performers and the instruments.

[@meijong6453]

So much beautiful transparency. Utter musicality. Incredibly moving moments, hardly bearable for our worldly bodies.

[@theprofessorslefthand8618]

I clicked on this expecting to find the other version posted in 2018. How happy I was to find this!

[@jeanchristophecossard7337]

Sublime Interprétation...👍❤️ Merci.., Dankechen.. Bach, le plus grand des grands...

[@vos8390]

Es ist vollbracht schitterend gezongen❤

[@diegoanvidal]

Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷

[@frankdegodoy]

Magnifico, espiritualmente edificante. Cultura cristã viva.

[@joaopaulokramersens7028]

Amazing! Greetings from Brazil!

[@josedippolito113]

Magnifique interprétation ! C’est très priant ! Œuvre musicale profonde ! Merci !🇫🇷🌹🎚🇫🇷🌹🎚🇫🇷🌹🎚🇫🇷🌹🙏🇫🇷🌹🙏🇫🇷🌹🙏🇫🇷

[@PaulVanBladel]

World class. A source of inspiration.

[@VepresduCommun]

There is much to enjoy in this masterly performance, including the moments of silence, the beautiful instrumental accompaniment and the soloists. This lesser-known version certainly deserves a top performance like this one!

[@melaniamonicacraciun9900]

Happy Easter celebrations friends, enjoying the Renaissance spirit we need the most, compared to Jesus's agony, anyone should bear at least this agony..it breaks my heart

[@miltonjota8114]

Obra prima.

[@supersoggycheese]

Thanks for this in time for Holy Week!

[@quaver1239]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. Wonderful.

[@vincenzogonzini4227]

Eccellente orchestra : esecuzione e interpretazione impeccabile . Grande Rene Jacob .

[@lenaN5k8Q9]

Very beautiful performance🍃thank you

[@Yalonmadar]

Thank you for this wonderful gift for Passover / Easter. Daniel Johansson since you were in Tel Aviv for Heine Schbertiada, I’ve been following your work and I’m so glad you’re leading this extraordinary oratorio. Bless you all

[@annaandrushkevich8538]

I've been doing the same since he once performed in Moscow. And if it were not for horrible things happening now, he would definitely come again. The best possible evangelist, it looks like Bach's soul has taught him to show us her true feelings.

[@lordchameleon2650]

From 33:58 "Zerschmettert mich" reminded me of a melody Schubert would write. It sounds like something from romantic era. This is the first time I am hearing this aria. Bach accidentally stepped into a time machine writing this part :D

[@waffleman-]

Sounds like Erlkonig :D

[@judithwhitehouse2149]

- definitely a touch of 'Sturm und Drang' there!

[@stephanebelizaire3627]

Wonderful Music Forever, Laus Deo !

[@ТатьянаЧебанова-ж1л]

Музыка Баха - Дар Небес! Спасибо за совершенство!

[@ungernkhan9764]

Alleluia, Christ is risen!

[@thinkbaroque]

Magnificent performance!

[@vaughangarrick]

Beautiful and intimate performance

[@MyEarlyMusic]

Incredible performance, sound, camera. Strong impression.

[@SUMAKARU]

This is the first time I've heard this version of the St John Passion performed so beautifully. I was impressed. thank you.

[@Qbm2109]

Congratulations to all violinists!!! They can sit down again!!!

[@scottf2199]

Such a wonderful treat for this Holy Week! I loved the use of the lute in this rendition.

[@kodebruijn4753]

prachtig, ook gedaan met het juiste respekt en gevoel, ik denk dit mooier te vinden dan de Mattheus.

[@НатальяЧеркасова-г8ъ]

Творчество Баха - без преувеличения - подарок для всего человечества.

[@MrThomasPinch]

Thank you for this wonderful performance.

[@fredericdomino9727]

Bach has the power to project us out of time. Thank you for this captivating emotion.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

Bach is the stronghold of my soul

[@angelbueno4215]

Muchas gracias por este gran concierto. Gran institución la Netherlands Bach Society. Magnifica recreación de los instrumentos y maravillosa acústica, canto, coros y dirección. Desde España con amor.

[@Artist_Aejoo]

So very Beautiful ❤ Thank you for sharing 😍😍😍

[@gerdwund5628]

This is so beautiful. Thank you so much NBS.

[@thisistopsy]

Another splendid and massive work executed finely. Congratulations and wish you NBS all the best!

[@gonzalopanadero3479]

Thanks for this beautiful and original music.

[@gaiteromayor]

Sublime interpretation!

[@norikosuto6393]

Thank you so much for this beautiful perfornace for this holy week！

[@wilbertwolfs]

Bach heeft muziek gecomponeerd met God in zijn hart.

[@herminioteixeira5921]

É maravilhoso assistir este vídeo, e maravilhoso também é constatar que, em algumas partes do mundo, algumas tradições cristãs lembradas e exercidas.

[@ivangarciabajobasssinger6317]

Beautiful version. Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

[@judithwhitehouse2149]

Just amazing - thank you!

[@nikolaicoco333]

Danke schön!!! Bamberg

[@anderslangoks3813]

Thank you and Happy Easter.

[@olga_creek6920]

Thank you very much :) the chorals are beautifully sung!

[@rafikbaladi6555]

This was such a delightful but serious performance of this glorious Bach's invention. An original portrait from the author

[@jonnattanbarreiro3098]

Thank, amazing greeting from Uruguay

[@cstiska]

¡¡¡Ha sido un placer señores!!!

[@migueldelafuente4607]

This recording is incredible (both video and sound), you guys are always improving your content

[@fernandosoares5812]

Não conheço esta versão, embora soubesse que Bach "voltou" várias vezes à "Paixão segundo S.João". Esta forma, tão intima e delicada, de interpretar JSBach que "Netherlande Bach Society" nos oferece é tão amável e tão singular que nem sei o que vos dizer. Um muitissimo obrigado por divulgar esta versão e, porque estamos em tempo de Páscoa (tempo da primavera, da renovação, tempo de ouvir as grandes obras de Bach), desejo-voa, a vós Netherlands Bach Society, uma BOA PÁSCOA!

[@sirkkunystrom8911]

My first St. John Passion is La Petite Bande conducted by Sigiswald Kuijken from 1990. Rene Jacobs as altus. I prefer this one.

[@cardipiano]

Thank you for existing ! A magnificent performance for a magnificent work. This "Himmel reiße" was perfectly balanced.

[@claudiosironi7591]

Really fantastic performance and recording ! Bravo.

[@maron3008]

すばらしい！

[@laurentcourcol9653]

magnifique et bouleversant.

[@barroco05]

Vielen Dank!

[@carlosgonzalezalatorre8132]

Awesome...🙌🏻

[@hundingwelser]

yeah, great perfomance

[@jimenahuenchupan6026]

Hermosa musica amo a Bach ❤

[@sharpjs]

One can really hear how the absence of the crowd affects the acoustics.

[@gfhit7520]

I don't know if it's a coincidence or a deliberate choice from Jacobs' part, but it's uncanny how the alto's voice is similar to his own young one!

[@antoniosannicolas3286]

Excelente realización técnica, sonido y cámaras ymezclas

[@PORIO171]

Exicted to see both versions!

[@rosaus6]

❤️❤️❤️

[@BorisDavidyuk]

What a beautiful performance, continuo section does marvellous job especially in recits. Not sure about the necessity of such scrupulous halts at fermatas in chorales though.

[@unquietthoughts]

Nice!

[@ViRrOorR]

Love it at 7:50 when they go jesus, JEsus, jesus from nasareet! its so dramatic love it

[@ソラマメ-l2w]

I’m so surprised!!!!!

[@ariadne4720]

I absolutely love the St. Matthew Passion by NBS. Superb. But for me, at least at this point in my life, this work, The St John Passion, and this 1725 Version, absolutely pulls at my heart from beginning to end. Sublime. And under the horrors of the pandemic, the Netherlands Bach Society really outdid themselves (which is difficult to do :) The voicing, dynamics, tempi, clarity, simply everything is perfection, and more than that, it cannot fail to touch your heart with hope, anger, sorrow, reconciliation, and joy. (I am an atheist by the way and have been since I was a young child, which is no barrier at all to Bach's wonderful sacred music)

[@stanio2002]

❤

[@corinaijac4381]

Nicht nur das Vorgeschriebene, sondern auch das Eigene; gfunden; Jesu' Entsagen und Schmerz und...das heutige.

[@jaspernatchez]

The St John without the magnificent opening chorus is unimaginable. I don't believe it.

[@bach]

One year after the first performance (1725) of the St John Passion, the work was performed again. For this quick reprise, Bach made some fundamental changes to the piece, for example a new opening chorus: ‘O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groβ’, which he also used later in the St Matthew Passion. So there are several versions..

[@jaspernatchez]

@@bach I understand that's what you believe. A composer knows when he's achieved magnificence, and the opening chorus of THE St. John is exactly that. Bach wouldn't just willy-nilly replace it. I don't know, perhaps he had to come up with an opening chorus as you suggest due to practical constraints for a particular performance, but that should not be considered a "version" and that isn't "some fundamental changes to the piece", implying that those changes were intended to be permanent, as composers sometimes do (the instance that comes to mind in Schumann, at Clara's insistence, replacing the mediocre original last movement of the Gm piano sonata with the current, magnificent movement). I love your performances and am a subscriber, however I believe what you do here is a travesty.

[@bach]

The facts are that Bach produced versions of the St John Passion in 1725, 1732, 1739 and 1749 that differ in parts from that of 1724.

[@jaspernatchez]

@@bach That's fine. I have no idea of the extent of or reasons for their diversions. Composers often go back to old pieces because something was bugging them and they need to fix it. I cannot believe that to be the case with what you present here, which I believe is a grave disservice to Bach.

[@jaspernatchez]

@@bach Let me ask you a question. Do you believe Bach intended two of his most major works to share an opening chorus?

[@dianelabbe801]

Das ist wunderschon

[@orstorzsok6708]

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