Bach - St Matthew Passion BWV 244 - Van Veldhoven | Netherlands Bach Society

The St Matthew Passion performed by the Netherlands Bach Society for All of Bach. Whether or not they are an enthusiast of classical music, practically everyone in the Netherlands knows the St Matthew Passion. Since 1870 the Netherlands has had a rich tradition of annual St Matthew Passion performances. The Netherlands Bach Society was formed in 1921, in reaction to the popular performances by Willem Mengelberg and the Concertgebouw Orchestra. The founders believed that the St Matthew should be performed where it belonged - in a church. The annual performance by the Bach Society in Naarden grew to become 'the' Dutch St Matthew Passion.
Recorded for the project All of Bach on April 16th and 19th 2014 at the Grote Kerk, Naarden. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel bit.ly/2vhCeFB or consider donating bit.ly/2uZuMj5.
For the documentary about our performance of St Matthew Passion go to • Musicians on Bach St M...
For the interview with violinist Shunske Sato on BWV 244 go to • Sato on Bach St Matthe...
For the interview with conductor Jos van Veldhoven on BWV 244 (St Matthew tradition) go to • Van Veldhoven on Bach ...
For the interview with conductor Jos van Veldhoven on BWV 244 (manuscript) go to • Van Veldhoven on Bach ...
For the interview with conductor Jos van Veldhoven on BWV 244 (rhetoric) go to • Van Veldhoven on Bach ...
For the interview with tenor Charles Daniels on BWV 244 go to • Daniels on Bach St Mat...
For more information on BWV 244 and this production go to allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-244/
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Netherlands Bach Society
Kampen Boys Choir
Jos van Veldhoven, conductor
Soloists Coro 1
Benjamin Hulett, evangelist
Griet De Geyter (First Maid, Pilate’s Wife), soprano
Tim Mead, alto
Robert Murray, tenor
Andreas Wolf (Jesus), bass
Soloists Coro 2
Lore Binon, soprano
Alex Potter (First Witness), alto
Charles Daniels (Second Witness), tenor
Sebastian Noack (Judas, Pilate), bass
0:00 Kommt, ihr Töchter (Chor)
8:46 Herzliebster Jesu (Choral)
10:02 Ja nicht auf das Fest (Chor)
10:49 Wozu dienet dieser Unrat? (Chor)
12:50 Du lieber Heiland (Arioso)
13:46 Buss und Reu (Arie)
18:08 Blute nur (Arie)
23:03 Wo willst du (Chor)
24:50 Herr, bin ich's? (Chor)
25:03 Ich bin's (Chor)
28:53 Wiewohl mein Herz (Arioso)
30:07 Ich will dir mein Herze schenken (Arie)
34:24 Erkenne mich, mein Hüter (Choral)
36:40 Ich will hier bei dir stehen (Choral)
39:35 O Schmerz (Arioso)
41:10 Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen (Arie)
46:58 Der Heiland fällt (Arioso)
47:50 Gerne will ich mich bequemen (Arie)
53:28 Was mein Gott will (Choral)
57:00 So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen (Arie)
1:00:07 Sind Blitze, sind Donner (Chor)
1:03:38 O Mensch, bewein (Choral)
1:09:16 Ach! Nun ist mein Jesus hin (Arie)
1:13:34 Mir hat die Welt (Choral)
1:15:31 Mein Jesus schweigt (Arioso)
1:16:58 Geduld! (Aria)
1:22:01 Er is des Totes schuldig (Chor)
1:22:27 Weissage uns (Chor)
1:22:48 Wer hat dich so geschlagen (Choral)
1:24:42 Wahrlich, du bist (Chor)
1:26:19 Erbarme dich (Arie)
1:32:34 Bin ich gleich (Choral)
1:34:33 Was gehet uns das an? (Chor)
1:35:22 Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder! (Arie)
1:40:14 Befiehl du deine Wege (Choral)
1:43:27 Lass ihn kreuzigen (Chor)
1:43:46 Wie wunderbarlich ist doch diese Strafe! (Choral)
1:44:55 Er hat uns allen wohlgetan (Arioso)
1:46:01 Aus Liebe (Arie)
1:50:52 Lass ihn kreuzigen (Chor)
1:51:35 Sein Blut komme über uns (Chor)
1:52:29 Erbarm es Gott! (Arioso)
1:53:23 Können Tränen meiner Wangen (Arie)
2:01:22 Gegrüsset seist du (Chor)
2:01:49 O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (Choral)
2:05:03 Ja freilich (Arioso)
2:05:41 Komm, süsses Kreuz (Arie)
2:13:26 Der du den Tempel (Chor)
2:14:01 Andern hat er (Chor)
2:15:06 Ach Golgatha (Arioso)
2:16:27 Sehet, Jesus hat die Hand (Arie)
2:21:30 Der rufet dem Elias (Chor)
2:21:46 Halt! Lass sehen (Chor)
2:22:23 Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden (Choral)
2:24:56 Wahrlich, dieser ist Gottes Sohn gewesen (Chor)
2:26:33 Am Abend (Arioso)
2:28:27 Mache dich, mein Herze, rein (Arie)
2:35:13 Herr, wir haben gedacht (Chor)
2:38:45 Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder (Chor)

[@bach]

0:07 Kommt, ihr Töchter (Chor) 8:02 Da Jesu diese Rede (Rezitativ) 8:46 Herzliebster Jesu (Choral) 9:38 Da versammleten (Rezitativ) 10:02 Ja nicht auf das Fest (Chor) 10:17 Da nun Jesus war zu Bethanien (Rezitativ) 10:49 Wozu dienet dieser Unrat? (Chor) 11:16 Da das Jesus merkete (Rezitativ) 12:50 Du lieber Heiland (Arioso) 13:46 Buss und Reu (Arie) 17:30 Da ging hin der Zwölfen einer (Rezitativ) 18:08 Blute nur (Arie) 22:49 Aber am erste Tage (Rezitativ) 23:03 Wo willst du (Chor) 23:25 Er sprach (Rezitativ) 24:38 Und sie wurden sehr Betrübt 24:50 Herr, bin ich's? (Chor) 25:03 Ich bin's (Chor) 25:54 Er antwortete (Rezitativ) 28:53 Wiewohl mein Herz (Arioso) 30:07 Ich will dir mein Herze schenken (Arie) 33:19 Und da sie (Rezitativ) 34:24 Erkenne mich, mein Hüter (Choral) 35:33 Petrus aber (Rezitativ) 36:40 Ich will hier bei dir stehen (Choral) 37:48 Da kamm Jesus (Rezitativ) 39:35 O Schmerz (Arioso) 41:10 Ich will bei meinem Jesu wachen (Arie) 46:15 Und ging hin (Rezitativ) 46:58 Der Heiland fällt (Arioso) 47:50 Gerne will ich mich bequemen (Arie) 52:08 Und er kam (Rezitativ) 53:28 Was mein Gott will (Choral) 54:32 Und er kam (Rezitativ) 57:00 So ist mein Jesus nun gefangen (Arie) 1:00:07 Sind Blitze, sind Donner (Chor) 1:01:16 Und siehe (Rezitativ) 1:03:38 O Mensch, bewein (Choral) 1:09:16 Ach! Nun ist mein Jesus hin (Arie) 1:12:30 Die aberJesum (Rezitativ) 1:13:34 Mir hat die Welt (Choral) 1:14:17 Und wiewohl (Rezitativ) 1:15:31 Mein Jesus schweigt (Arioso) 1:16:58 Geduld! (Aria) 1:20:39 Und der Hohepriester (Rezitativ) 1:22:01 Er is des Totes schuldig (Chor) 1:22:12 Da speieten (Rezitativ) 1:22:27 Weissage uns (Chor) 1:22:48 Wer hat dich so geschlagen (Choral) 1:23:42 Petrus aber (Rezitativ) 1:24:42 Wahrlich, du bist (Chor) 1:24:52 Da hub er an (Rezitativ) 1:26:19 Erbarme dich (Arie) 1:32:34 Bin ich gleich (Choral) 1:33:39 Des Morgens (Rezitativ) 1:34:33 Was gehet uns das an? (Chor) 1:34:42 Und er warf (Rezitativ) 1:35:22 Gebt mir meinen Jesum wieder! (Arie) 1:38:00 Sie hielten aber (Rezitativ) 1:40:14 Befiehl du deine Wege (Choral) 1:41:24 Auf das Fest (Rezitativ) 1:43:27 Lass ihn kreuzigen (Chor) 1:43:46 Wie wunderbarlich ist doch diese Strafe! (Choral) 1:44:37 Der Landpfleger (Rezitativ) 1:44:55 Er hat uns allen wohlgetan (Arioso) 1:46:01 Aus Liebe (Arie) 1:50:47 Sie schrieen aber (Rezitativ) 1:50:52 Lass ihn kreuzigen (Chor) 1:51:09 Da aber Pilatus (Rezitativ) 1:51:35 Sein Blut komme über uns (Chor) 1:52:11 Da gab er (Rezitativ) 1:52:29 Erbarm es Gott! (Arioso) 1:53:23 Können Tränen meiner Wangen (Arie) 2:00:40 Da nahmen (Rezitativ) 2:01:22 Gegrüsset seist du (Chor) 2:01:49 O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (Choral) 2:04:11 Und da sie (Rezitativ) 2:05:03 Ja freilich (Arioso) 2:05:41 Komm, süsses Kreuz (Arie) 2:11:42 Und da sie (Rezitativ) 2:13:26 Der du den Tempel (Chor) 2:13:51 Desgleichen auch (Rezitativ) 2:14:01 Andern hat er (Chor) 2:14:50 Desgleichen schmäheten (Rezitativ) 2:15:06 Ach Golgatha (Arioso) 2:16:27 Sehet, Jesus hat die Hand (Arie) 2:19:46 Und von der sechsten (Rezitativ) 2:21:30 Der rufet dem Elias (Chor) 2:21:33 Und baldlief (Evangelist) 2:21:46 Halt! Lass sehen (Chor) 2:21:54 Aber Jesus schriee (Rezitativ) 2:22:23 Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden (Choral) 2:23:52 Und siehe da (Rezitativ) 2:24:56 Wahrlich, dieser ist Gottes Sohn (Chor) 2:25:16 Und es waren viel Weiber (Rezitativ) 2:26:33 Am Abend (Arioso) 2:28:27 Mache dich, mein Herze, rein (Arie) 2:34:02 Und Joseph (Rezitativ) 2:35:13 Herr, wir haben gedacht (Chor) 2:36:04 Pilatus sprach (Rezitativ) 2:36:49 Nun ist der Herr (Rezitativ) 2:38:45 Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder (Chor)

[@W0lfman0]

I really missed the cello solo for 1:35:22 Gebt mir meinem Jesum wieder! I really dislike it on violin. Couldn't you find a cellist? That's my favorite part!

[@carlostejada1479]

Netherlands Bach Society 34:24

[@nicolasguillen6028]

Sublime, espiritual, maravilloso. ¡Gracias! Si tuviera la letra en subtítulos sería genial.

[@caricariconbetin]

www.bach-cantatas.com/Texts/BWV244-Spa7.htm

[@nicolasvaldes151]

Sublime, sublime... ¡sublime!

[@hanskok3862]

It is Good Friday 2024, what an excellent time to listen to this masterpiece and the great rendition by the Bach Society. The smaller choir and orchestra give this rendition a wonderful lightness and joy. A glorious way to celebrate the sacrifice of our Lord Jesus, the only way to be set free.

[@miguecarbo5867]

Escuchando y deleitándome este mismo viernes Santo de 2024 con esta maravillosa interpretación llena de emotividad y sentimiento. Es música pensada para llevar a los corazones a Dios. La Pasión según san Juan de la Sociedad Holandesa Bach también es sublime ❤

[@NataschavanderLindenHeartsz]

Goede vrijdag, ik luister het nu

[@th...........7793]

Amen

[@rudolfowens]

That is precisely what drew me hear too (and I am agnostic).

[@anser105]

HALLELUJAH

[@gottfriedheld9891]

Eine geniale Aufführung mit einem absoluten Spitzenteam. Besser geht es nicht mehr.

[@ernesthill4017]

German is such an interesting language 🤔

[@le_0318]

Absolut! Die Version von Leeuw mit Benedikt Kristjánsson als Evangelist und Andreas Wolf als Jesus ist auch super :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4CoXoaPnqynedEsi=Z5bvOAfkzkfEf9_j

[@catolicismoparaprotestantes]

Me and my 15 months baby listen this masterpiece every morning in our TV. Nice work. Tim Mead is the best! Cheers from Brazil 🇧🇷

[@thiagod.s.nascimento8869]

As my 1 monthed baby, from São Paulo, Brazil.

[@catolicismoparaprotestantes]

@@thiagod.s.nascimento8869 there is a man of culture!

[@Kralasaurusx]

I generally get tired of hearing songs more than a few times, but I've watched/listened to this at least a hundred times now, and it gets even richer with each time listening, and there are parts that still send shivers down my spine. The talent, artistry, and production are beyond words, showcasing not only the incredible performers, but also Bach, and love for the higher power - all at the same time. Bravo

[@needtoknowbasis3499]

This is one of the beauties of great Western music. There's a richness and mystery that drives the compulsion to revisit it. You talk of getting chills. There's a term for that - frisson. It makes your body shiver up your spine, amd raise the hairs on your skin, an emotional, electrical feeling. I know not all have experienced this, but those who do always return for more. And that in the music which causes this feeling is part of the allure, a mystery and human need to revisit and know more intimately. Most people are not even aware the great works offer this.

[@caio757]

Bach was truly a being enlightened by God

[@davidmunoz5903]

But also Bach.... 😂 hahahahaha hahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahaha

[@dukestravels1861]

True. The best music improves with each listen.

[@michaelstadler349]

Never gets old. Never. I typically listen to this at least once each week. Sometimes 2 or 3 or 4.

[@johannsebastianbach7104]

Exactly what I wanted!

[@danielcic]

@Rob Blokdijk Yes, I am 😀😁😀

[@vintage-audio]

All people in the orchestra will be delighted.

[@benjamMin278]

😂😂

[@demspunkdamerica3rdbananar207]

Just what I needed.

[@matthias4522]

🤣🤣🤣

[@gordonsparkes4831]

What a beautiful, FREE gift the Dutch have given to the world! I find most versions of this work rather dense and heavy, but this is light, almost delicate. When I was in the ripieno choir at the Royal Festival Hall there must have been 40 - 50 of us. Here there are just SIX!! It's a much smaller, more authentic rendition, in a beautiful space with a beautiful sound. The quality of the audio - and the video - is supreme. These people have absolutely NAiLED it. Thanks and praise!!

[@austinafrench]

Gordon Sparkes consider donating though! :)

[@gordonsparkes4831]

.... er, OK!! Point taken!

[@johnmalin4933]

Pun intended? Haha. Agree 100% though

[@hermh6913]

Thrue! 20% of the annual budget of NBS (ca. €650,000.-) comes from the Performing Arts Fund. It is the cultural fund for music, musical theater, dance, theater and festivals in the Netherlands. The Fund supports all forms of professional performing arts on behalf of the national government.

[@prjw73]

Yet none of the soloists are Dutch nationals.

[@annagaribian4771]

❤Bach was my most beloved composer as a child. Used to sing solo in our childrens chorus in the atheist state of Soviet Union. I was also lucky to play his organ music on my German Zimmerman piano in Soviet Armenia . Went to music school there. Since then he is my favorite composer who purifies my soul, lifts the spirit to the Sublime❤, to the Eternal❤❤❤

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Anna, thank you for this wonderful comment!

[@TTPABUTEJlb]

Добра тебе, замечательные воспоминания 💟

[@stewartmair3995]

How did you get access to Bach's music in the soviet union?

[@PeterLaman]

Calling this a 'masterpiece' is an understatement. Also, an awesome performance.

[@matthewbrown560]

when Carl Sagan was told that he should put the music of Bach on the gold plated Voyager I and II discs he replied "That would be showing off"

[@legofilmsfin7177]

Absolutely! And also how they have been able to record it. Immaculate.

[@mwewering]

Ich weiß nicht wir ich Ihnen danken kann, das Geschenk ist so groß! Ich sende Ihnen und allen Mitwirkenden meine Hochachtung und ergebensten Dank. Vielen vielen Dank!

[@luukdeboer1974]

Die Welt hat ein großartiges Musikstück von einem Deutschen geerbt

[@clarinetchamber7158]

@@luukdeboer1974 doch liegt dabei der Schwerpunkt nicht auf der Nationalität!

[@susannabonke8552]

Die Niederländer sind hier wirklich beseelt.

[@susannabonke8552]

@@luukdeboer1974 lange vor der Zeit heutiger Nationen. Italiener, Franken, Slaven, Tschechen, Sachsen... Alles vermischt in dem Kulturraum..

[@polonat1]

P

[@alejandromosquerasouto6614]

Quizá la mas bella versión posible de esta inadjetivable maravilla bachiana, cumbre del espíritu artistico humano.

[@jaikee9477]

They calculated that it would take some 30 years for one person just to copy Bach's BWV manually. The sheer amount of information this man created is absolutely staggering. It's a miracle.

[@jamallabarge2665]

"Anyone can go as far as I have gone if they work as hard as I have worked". I wonder how much of "Bach's" works were from JS Bach and how much from his wife, his sons and his senior students?

[@ethaneros8390]

"I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes the music." - Johann Sebastian Bach.

[@russedav5]

@@jamallabarge2665 Those moving the pens were self-effacing lovers of God and him, but he directed their output. How tragic today's rather egotistical and thus small-minded and arrogant thereby showing no understanding of the message of the Passion Bach had.

[@gamers7800]

@@jamallabarge2665 None, they were used as copyist, they knew that old Bach was genius!

[@dadadadoog]

And so much of his work has not survived.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

This is the fourth Easter I listen to this uptaking. I am very grateful about this music, and about Netherlands Bach Society for bringing this music fully alive. My wish for coming years is that I still will be here in 2025, 2026, 2027 and so on, just for the joy to again beeing able to listen to this wonderful music. Thank you!

[@dorotheaprall6396]

I think this THE best version ever !

[@lesscott4301]

Im listening to this on Easter Sunday 2024. I listened to St John's on Friday. Not a Christian but I love classical holy music🙏

[@suyay1]

Bach's best work ever. Brings back memories from my youth. Every Easter to see the Bach association. Now I am the only one left. My brother past away the 20th of april. He used to sing the Matheos Passion in Koor Bergen. It will never be the same❤

[@sadasyoucanbe]

I'm sorry for your loss. I hope you will meet him again. 🙏❤️

[@sonshine5038]

Sad for you but happy for him! To go back to God... Such great memories you have. Lucky you! Cheers🌞

[@RubenGonzalez15]

I want to believe that you, as your brother, have left many good memories in the life of other people.

[@arsoyaltinpinar2667]

May he rest in peace 🙏

[@nickhansen144]

I can relate... I am the only one in my entire family that enjoys BACH, have not met anyone here in Oregon either that likes or listens to Bach.

[@VivCollis]

St Matthew Passion is an all-time favourite. I had a privilege to sing this music and I never get tired of it. Bach is indeed music for the Soul. (from New Zealand)

[@mauriciodeoliveira4648]

A MASTERS PIECE, INTERPRETED BY A MASTERS SINGERS, MY CONGRATULATIONS.

[@philippeviala5600]

Une révélation ! Magnifique de puissance et d’émotion , de limpidité et légèreté , d’humilité. Quel régal merci

[@colinmoore9409]

Thank you so much for bringing such beauty into our lives.

[@franknumann8080]

I had the absolute pleasure of attending a performance in the Naarderkerk two years ago. A life-long wish became a reality. Back in Manila, where I reside, I watch this video every year. Although the country is 80% Catholic, it has no performances of the Mattheus Passion, sadly.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Listening to St Matthew Passion this Easter 2021 is like a homecoming. Best wishes from Sweden.

[@stephenpettett3472]

Same here in Chile. Saludos!

[@flavianepomuceno7465]

Same in Brazil. Happy Easter!

[@staffanolofsson8201]

I think we are a whole lot of people that this pandemic year wants to celebrate Bach, the one that holds this world together with his strong belief and his music. Sweden, Chile, Brazil. And... and...

[@barbaravandooijeweert6145]

He is risen. God bless you. Best wishes from the netherlands

[@staffanolofsson8201]

@@barbaravandooijeweert6145 ...and Netherlands. God bless you too, Barbara.

[@jamjam9253]

In my opinion this is the greatest work of music ever.

[@tubekulose]

I love it, but don't forget about Mozart's last work - his Requiem!

[@remomazzetti8757]

There are many great and sublime works for all to enjoy. (And Mozart's Requiem is great, but Sussmayr wrote the Sanctus, Benedictus, and Angus Dei, and the Lacrimosa from measure 9 until the end of the movement.)

[@pperezklein]

@@remomazzetti8757 if Mozart's Requiem is already the greatest work of music ever, imagine what would it be if Mozart had finished it. Surely you're not suggesting that Sussmayr was a better composer than Mozart, right?

[@marcossidoruk8033]

​@@pperezklein It's not.

[@marcossidoruk8033]

​@@tubekuloseMozart requiem is nothing compared to this.

[@rachs57]

This music is so moving for me, I'm in tears through most of it, just cannot understand how either the musicians or singers manage not to cry as they play and sing; it is the most sublime and beautiful music.

[@donnrutkoff922]

When I was in chorus July 1988 in Berlin Waldbuhne the conductor Fritz Weise cried through our.

[@dorotheaprall6396]

Well, we do cry actually. Sometimes right in the middle, but in the end for sure...

[@rachs57]

@@dorotheaprall6396 Thank you for sharing this and for all the beauty you and the choir bring to the world with Bach's masterpiece.

[@dorotheaprall6396]

@@rachs57 just to make sure : I am not singing in THAT particular and very special choir, but in another one. And we perform this work every other year in Strasburg.

[@jackluedtke6432]

you're mentally ill

[@walterkent5574]

Van Veldhoven has brought out the best in this great assemblage of musicians. His genius has added to Bach's.

[@matd808]

Honestly, the best camera work and sound recording of this piece I've ever seen in my life.

[@mozgren]

Not to forget the sound technicians

[@luuktorn]

And the best you will see in your life

[@kencaruso6443]

The best. What a gift to find this on Good Friday.

[@barbarasullivan1862]

Yes!!

[@albertomuller212]

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[@andreysavelev9004]

If Bach saw this, he would probably go crazy. Great performance. Special thanks to the video director for editing. dad Bach gave us music for all the rest of the time

[@jamallabarge2665]

He'd be politely requesting to play along.. He'd be the tubby guy with the Viola. He would be arranging for Royalties. He definitely would have a huge amount of business teaching Master's classes. I can imagine a lot of people who would part with a considerable amount of money. I think that we would discover how much Bach did and how much his musical descendants did.... I think we would be surprised. I think a lot of what we see here is or was the doing of Bach's musical descendants.

[@andreysavelev9004]

@@jamallabarge2665 Who knows.

[@belladorata]

Bach is crying from joy watching and listening to this perfect performance of his work.

[@saula.fantauzzi]

Wow! I finally see another person who uses “dad Bach”. I use it too!

[@princeandrey]

The violinist does an extraordinarily beautiful job, especially on "Erbarme Dich"!

[@princeandrey]

Erbarme Dich!

[@alanmorrison9732]

It really doesn't get any better than this for a Bach Passion; and on period instruments too. Lovely little 6-part ripieno for boy choristers. Everything here is superlative: The professionalism and virtuosity (by which I mean that the high technical standard means the band is free to play with the heart); the orchestral ensemble and choral diction; the necessary solemnity and gravitas; the clear voices of the soloists; the intimacy of the whole company of small-forces, yet powerful when needed; the tasteful playing of the continuo harpsichord and portative organ; and that gorgeous Theorbo centre-stage! I loved it all. The high spot for me emotionally and spiritually is the "Erbarme Dich" - truly, the fiddle player and countertenor put tears in my eyes. I believe that this performance of what was intended to be an evangelistic work (if one obtained the lyrics in one's own language) could bring the listener to explore the truth about Christ, something which is borne out in one of the comments below. Altogether a great achievement. The Early Music Movement has reached a zenith with this. Thank you!

[@juanpablodavalos7533]

I'm wondering why this video doesn't have hundreds of millions of views. This is simply magnificent, both the piece and the interpretation. Thank you very much for sharing real pure art with the world. Greetings from Colombia!

[@guillermogonzalezislas1499]

Karl Richter's version have the million of views 😁

[@stevehuggett2098]

We live in cynical times, a non-secular population questions the truth of everything, blinded to the fact that there are indisputable facts in nature...they're not a political ploy...regardless of which path you tread, blue or red! As only those whose freedom has been threatened, truly understand the value of freedom, only those whose life has been touched by God, truly understand His unconditional love. This life is boot camp for the soldiers of God, we can't all be the Blacksmith, or his Bellowsman, and we 'grunts' are tested to destruction in this life! Trust in God, it will all work out. The persistent truth....none of us are getting out of this life alive!

[@user-wc9uf3wp9l]

A sensational recording that I keep returning to. Thank you so much Jos van Veldhoven and everyone from the Netherlands Bach Society for this sublime performance.

[@athanasiusphilopatorismaxi389]

thank you Europa , for Bach and Netherlands orchestra. and many other gems . much love from Alexandria Egypt

[@Bobbel888]

Bach was German

[@Vetrarbreytin]

@@Bobbel888 Bach was German so from Europe and in this video, his music is performed by an orchestra from the Netherlands, hence his comment. Sometimes it's good to think twice before speaking, mate.

[@777rogerf]

@@Bobbel888 So am I (German-American), but what touches people of different ethnicities is how really HUMAN Bach was.

[@Bobbel888]

@@Vetrarbreytin You certainly may sort Bach as European, and think he would do so, too.

[@user-ep7lm3mg7r]

Nope

[@user-gw4sg9kv8m]

Andreas Wolf is honestly such an underrated singer, the tone of his voice gives me chills, glad to see him in this performance and I'd love to see him in more

[@jlaaper]

While I was looking up something at KZbin I accidentally saw the listing for this passion. This reminded me of the time I served in the Dutch military in Naarden in 1961 when I went to see it in the Grote Kerk in that town. Problem was the church was totally sold out except for the last seat that was right behind a very thick sixteenth century pillar. I could see nothing else. no singers, no musicians. But I could hear everything and the music was wonderful, as is this performance.

[@wolframzimpfer3467]

Bravo Benjamin Hulett, selten einen so guten Evangelisten gehört. Bach ist für mich das größte Genie aller Zeiten.

[@BsLbth]

Whent as a Child with my dad. Hé Told i have to go once in my life. Dit not want to go... but this Made me love classic music and leave a great impression!and certainly the end.

[@andrewdias2690]

That countertenor... WOW. I got chills. Also, during Sind Blitze sind Donner, I was on the edge of my seat. Bravo all around.

[@genevieverosochacki3950]

What a supreme gift from Netherlands. It's like a huge blanket of soul comfort to humanity, all over the world. For anyone blessed to have internet and interest this free gift is immeasurably life-giving. Greetings from Cape Town. People can be fickle, as described in this very Passion, but the music remains ever constant and dependable. Thank you NBS and KZbin..

[@jeanchristensen2520]

Superb. Thank you!

[@sonshine5038]

AMEN!🌞

[@oyvindm1954]

I have listened to and sung this music hundreds of times for 45 years and it becomes more and more Divine for each time I heard it. Thanks so much to Netherlands Bach Society and all others that perform it.

[@michaellipareli7146]

A prayerful and moving start to my Holy week

[@flavianepomuceno7465]

Thank you, Netherlands Bach Society, for making this treasure available. This masterpiece can fill hearts and souls thanks to your generosity. Happy Easter!

[@susannabonke8552]

I cannot agree more.

[@davidriggenbach6672]

The size of the orchestra shows just how musically ambitious Bach was! I am sure he had to battle an establishment unwilling to fulfill his petition of performing such a complex and monumental work for a church festivity. But at the end both Bach and the world won! One of the masterpieces of humanity.

[@sgmrmp]

It's hard to know where to begin in praising the NBS and this superb performance. I have been singing Bach professionally for 40 years, specializing in Evangelist roles, and nothing I have seen or done surpasses this SMP. Bravo. Though quarantined I am freed and worshipping through this performance.

[@janetbaker5962]

So happy to read what you have written! Amen.

[@michelitfr9783]

Exactly what it is!

[@ruthhopeful1405]

I am a Muslim but Bach music fills me up to ears with the joy and the ecstasy of Christian wine and NBS ferments the finest for thirsty souls.

[@martinepeters9891]

​​@@ruthhopeful1405 a Muslim called Ruth? I suppose that you are a convert? Today I was in church listening to this, I can't even remotely imagine that a Muslim would be interested in listening the story of Crucifixion of Christ. To a Muslim, even the most liberal one, this crucifixtion story is pure blasphemy. Islam is based on the Christians and Jews being wrong in their belief for the most part, so your comment is kinda 'strange'.

[@ruthhopeful1405]

​@@martinepeters9891 Muslims , or rather, those who call themselves Muslim come from diverse backgrounds and , like Christians, they are not entirely without prejudice, I am afraid that some fanatic Muslim has misrepresented Islam to you. The holy Quran totally endorses Christianity and Judaism. This is why Islam is better for you. You dont have to deny Jesus to become a Muslim. Think of it as an upgrade :) But Christianity is also the path to salvation and the holy book says so. Nobody is trying to steal your faith from you. Just trying to strengthen it. I do read your Holy Bible and enjoy it. Book of Proverbs my favorite. You may also wanna consider reading the Quran, Just one time from the beginning to the end. See with you own eyes and dont buy anecdotes.

[@4061earthabcdesong]

Thanks thanks thanks 👍👍👍 I am eternally grateful for Bach and The Netherlands Bach Society 🥰🥰🥰

[@shin-i-chikozima]

Bach is a magnificent and great and irreplaceble elixir of the soul

[@mark-j-adderley]

... to think that as a 59 year old, this is one of the most beautiful memories of my childhood ... ... and the recitatives still stand out as the most precise musical statements of all time.

[@mavisemberson8737]

We sang as as a school senior choir in a public performance in the 1950s and all the school had lessons about it in our Music O level classes!

[@wreckageofmyflesh6325]

Andreas Wolf: wonderful performance, what a voice! May that voice never be damaged and bring joy to mankind for many years to come!

[@evetei]

..and to humankind!

[@user-nl4xp7hh9d]

Agreed!

[@ludmilavokrinkova6358]

Matoušovy pašije poslouchám pravidelně o Velikonocích. Uchvacuje mě tento silný biblický příběh, úžasná Bachova hudba a překrásné provedení tímto báječným souborem. Díky ❤😢😊 L. V. z Prahy

[@shin-i-chikozima]

It's like my grumpy soul is being sucked away in this wonderful performance and the solemn chorus

[@GregorySM2010]

I’m listening to the GREATEST of the GREATEST MASTERPIECE every year during the Passion Week. God bless you all, performers & Maestro!❤️🎶 Sincerely, Gregory A Smirnov, choir director. California.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

This is the third year I listen to Netherland Bach Society in this. It has become a tradition, this 2023. If all around us is in a constant changing the St Matthew Passion by Bach is still the same. If all is in movement we need a rock that stays still. And St Matthew Passion is such a rock.

[@jphanson]

Is that Rock not the God and Father of Jesus Christ?

[@79_Au.]

@@jphanson That's subjective, a rock for one person may not be one for another.

[@jphanson]

@79_Au Going by OP’s comment, nothing in this world can be permanent. So any true Rock is not only transcendent, but also unchanging and eternal. Listen closely and Bach will tell you about it…

[@liesderaadt165]

Kkoo kijk het

[@staffanolofsson8201]

@@jphanson I love this music, and I am grown up in a Christian home with loving parents, still I have to say that Im more of an agnostic these times. But I can never deny my love for the roots in which I am grown up, and so I love this music, the nearest a rock I can come.

[@user-sm9ik8yh7g]

Самое лучшее и красивое произведение Баха. Без слез и мурашек по коже слушать сложно. Это лучшее переложение Евангелия от Матфея. Это моя любимая музыка. Три часа пролетают, как на одном дыхании. В современном мире сложно найти что-то подобное. Даже религиозная современная музыка обычно звучит легкомысленно и неглубоко. Бах писал музыку не для людей, а для Бога, поэтому она касается человеческих сердец до сих пор. Спасибо данному замечательному коллективу, что потрудились и исполнили это чудесное творение! Да пребудет с вами Господь!🙏🏛️🎻⛪✝️

[@pionier5362]

Love and Peace from Germany 🙏

[@rockghost1704]

May the Lord be with you too. ✝️ Best wishes from The Rock of Gibraltar.

[@aammssaamm]

Как вы уже задрали вашими мурашками. Хоть бы тут уже не писали этот бред.

[@user-sm9ik8yh7g]

@@aammssaamm Мне правда очень нравится такая музыка, я не вру

[@aammssaamm]

@@user-sm9ik8yh7g Слушай песню "Валенки".

[@krisjustin3884]

Bach’s music was Christ centered and heaven inspired! Sublime masterpiece!

[@carolynclark1724]

Beautiful performance! I cannot get enough of Bach’s Passion. Tim Mead’s voice is beautiful!

[@Cantorisalto1]

It is truly magnificent - the whole range, rich and resonant throughout - there are other leading countertenors who'll have to watch their backs. He's truly remarkable!!!

[@ru99414]

Just like Bach, this performance is immortal. First work I heard from Netherlands Bach Society, and it's absolutely stunning. The interpretation of this work is so different than what people did many years ago, and this performance is a great example of how far we have come in interpreting Bach

[@kikivolauvent1]

7 angels: Oh you blessed person!!!! You have hours and hours of joy in front of you - All their performances are stupendous and the filming is 2nd to none too - such a gift to all of us.

[@ru99414]

@@kikivolauvent1 yes indeed, but this recording have luckily already been on KZbin for a few years, so I found it two years ago or so hehe

[@pierre-xavierchassot3183]

une de mes version favorite , juste apres celle de karl richter de 1958 , quelle force cette musique nous communique ! elle peux nous aider dans les moments dures et nous remetre dans la bonne voie ! merci a bach et a tous ces interpretes :pierre xavier de chassot .

[@mountaine9088]

This is absolutelyt superb. And I won't forget Andreas Wolf singing his heart out as Jesus - what a beautiful voice. A singer to keep track of.

[@mauritsdolmans746]

I sang in the boys' choir for years, half a century ago, for the annual performance at Musis Sacrum in Arnhem, and this music has become part of my soul. It is heart-wrenchingly beautiful. Each time I hear this, I am profoundly moved, especially by arias like "Erbarme Dich". It is astounding how Bach was able to stuff so much emotion in the rigours of baroque music. So much sadness in beauty, and so much beauty in sadness... Especially in these Corona days, when we have lived in a culturally and social desert, and have seen our loved ones die and suffer, this music gives comfort: we will resurrect!

[@ingridjcrozier]

I sang in the St. Matthews Passion in Seattle years ago. I am a music major but had never heard it. I was astounded at the heart wrenching moments of some of the sections. I was so surprised at the emotion in Bach's music, having always seen it more as mathematical "clockwork" kind of music.

[@popeurbanviii3748]

@@ronwalker4849 yes

[@janesmith9024]

I sang this in my teens and still know every note almost. We need to ensure children continue to have good much etched into their souls (and lift the covid 19 ban in the UK on singing) and stop the muzzling of young and old.

[@jamallabarge2665]

@@ingridjcrozier When a person can turn "clock work" into human meaning you know that you are graced by something rare and wonderful.

[@jdelombaerde]

I played it a few years ago on a tour in France, there is definitely a "before" and an "after"' !

[@marias.587]

We need Music by Johann Sebastian Bach. And we need wonderful concerts like this. Bachs music is my soothing resting place since I was a little child. And it is a special gift today for me to hear this music with these great artists. Thank you for this concert.

[@joseenriquearcesalinas4898]

Ii

[@cristinag5798]

De acuerdo, está música es sanadora!!

[@cassieborges8698]

2:24:56 The single most beautiful line of music ever written, and the heart of this magnum opus, and they sing it with such a sense of wonder and joy that it breaks my heart.

[@stevenfairless4931]

The dynamics of a total presentation ... and yet a picture of "We do this every day, we live to sing" .. not possible without every aspect so visual or behind a curtain. Thank You All.

[@dlefil1364]

The most beautiful interpretation !! The prominent pieces ("Kommt, Ihr Töchter,...", "Erbarme dich", "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden", "Wir setzen uns..." are divine ! All the singers are exceptionnally good !

[@countalma9800]

You're entitled to your opinion of course, but objectively speaking, these singers are not "exceptionally good". None of them seems to know how to use chest resonance; as a result, the sound produced is weak and thin. Also, the choir can barely be heard, which means that it's either too small (which it is!), or they should've tried to sing with more power. Overall, these "authentic" performances have little "authenticity" about them. Yes, the choirs and orchestras of the period were small, but this doesn't mean that Bach (or any other composer of the era, for that matter) didn't dream of being able to involve more musicians and singers in the performance of their music, and it certainly doesn't mean that those small choirs and orchestras, that were available, performed with this highlighted sense of restraint and delicacy, afraid to ever produce a full, dark, chesty, powerful sound. And, of course, "vibrato-less" singing of the era is a pure myth. Vocal treatises of the time advise against singing with a trembling voice (which is a sign of serious vocal problems), and perhaps they advise against excessive vibrato, which, indeed, is ugly, but they never advocate straight tone!

[@benoistveillerette1221]

@@countalma9800 I am sorry Countalma but I totally disagree. I think that the singers are exceptionally good, as well as the choir (which I personally hear very well), the orchestra and the maestro. I do not really understand what you mean by chest resonance and I do not receive their voices as weak and thin. What I also hugely appreciate in this interpretation is that the soloists participate in all choirs. This makes the choirs stronger and is actually very democratic: they are not above the choir signers / the crowd, but instead part of them...

[@MrPatropolis55]

@@countalma9800 are we listening to the same recording? I agree that say, the evangelist has quite a bright tone as tenors are wont to have nowadays, however I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing. Perhaps you are hoping to hear dramatic robust singing akin to the Melocchi school, but a modern recording of Matthew Passion is probably not the best place to look for that. Maybe perhaps because it might be musically inappropriate for the more delicate ensemble singing. It's all a matter of taste tbh

[@SocialBurrito3]

@@countalma9800 Surely you cannot include the older Gentleman in your sad opinion. He has a very robust chest voice. The other singers are very good too. Maybe you need a better sound system?

[@schaulinmarkus6002]

@@countalma9800 How often have you heard baroque music in your life so far? I don`'t think that has been the case with you that often, because otherwise you would know that ensemble performed very well! Bach's music requires a different way of interpreting it, for example an opera by Wagner.

[@javiernavas4001]

Your versions are the best on KZbin. It would be amazing to have subtitles in English for the ones who don’t understand German, it would be so pedagogic and interesting to understand the text and rhetoric meanings.

[@hwd7171]

Perfect for background music on a cold winter's day curled up with a good book.

[@mwewering]

Ist es nicht schlimmer dies zu denken, als jeder andere Frevel? Welche Schönheit liegt in selbstverliebter Bequemlichkeit?

[@hwd7171]

@@mwewering Hi Matthias, sorry, I only speak English. "Is it not worse this to think of as anyone else outrage? Which beauty lies in more self-loving convenience." Google Translate. Well said👍 Greetings from Australia. 🇦🇺

[@mwewering]

@@hwd7171 „is it not worse to think this compared to any other sin?

[@hwd7171]

@@mweweringThank you, I am a sinner, that's why I believe in Jesus for the forgiveness of my sins. I hope that you trust in Jesus too. ❤✝️🙏✝️⚓✝️

[@mwewering]

@@hwd7171 We are all sinners. Finding the splinter in the other's eye is not difficult. If you know what I mean. Sorry

[@r.jaster5334]

Bin immer wieder erstaunt wie bei diesen Aufnahmen der Bach Society jeder einzelne Musiker der ins Bild kommt so viel Individualität und Persönlichkeit ausstrahlt. Es muß ein genialer Dirigent sein, der es vermag diese wunderbare Musik durch Betonung der Individualität zum erklingen zu bringen!

[@cesarabrahamcastanedavalen3788]

Countenor Tim Mead is in the pick of his potential with this incredibly moving and virtuoso performance, a racing star and I'm greatly expecting to listen so much more about him.

[@annabratton5323]

I performed the St. Matthew Passion last February with my university chorale and I am so grateful that I got to be a part of such an amazingly beautiful work of art. Listening to this has me feeling so nostalgic and emotional; I never thought I would miss it as much as I do!

[@user-hq7us4lz6g]

Winter evening. Restrained hum of voices. Those who were looking forward to this moment with impatience and trepidation, and those who, through ignorance or curiosity, found themselves under the shadow of his greatest creation. Sounds and emotions, gestures, frozen like lava, and the roads traversed, reflected in the heavenly mirror. Hope and a merciless curtain, ready to fly upward with a movement of the hand for each of us!

[@michaelkingsbury4305]

The best version I have ever heard! This organization is a good enough reason to make a third trip to the Netherlands!

[@mariacamillacrippa3611]

magnifica esecuzione di un'opera stupenda, ogni volta emozionante! Complimenti a tutti, direttore, orchestrali e cantanti

[@TheClassicalSauce]

I'm in tears. Beautiful. This is one of my favorite works of all time. So gorgeous! The light is spectacular! Well done!

[@veralanger8947]

I didn’t think I would ever come across someone interpreting Erbarme Dich as divinely as Julia Hamari did. After I heard Tim Mead I had to change my mind. We still have exceptional talents with exceptional feel for Bach. Thank you, Mr Mead. So important to have your talent in this difficult, weird time.

[@polishsilverstacker3246]

I also recommend Tolzer Knabenchor performance of this Opus Magnum of Bach. I used to sing in a choir with Prof. Stefan Stuligrosz and we have performed this masterpiece in 1987 couple of times!

[@tinekedijk7385]

Wonderful as a Dutch woman in Oz ( Australia ) to thoroughly enjoy this moving rendition of The Matthew passion . As a young child I would sit ,with my 5 sisters and my parents, around the dining room table to listen to this wonderful performance . A deep thank you to my parents Mien and Wouter !

[@gretchenbruner5571]

Good Friday is not Good Friday without this concert but it is very difficult to find performances of the St Matthew Passion. It is my favorite. I’m played flute in it several times

[@henkbruinsma]

Also, in my family it was a tradition to listen to St Matthew's Passion on Good Friday. Unfortunately, I couldn't 't fully enjoy the music because I felt ashamed to be human and part of humanity that crucified Jesus. Strange in retrospect. I have to admit, I have an aptitude to feel guilty.

[@joelle030944]

Magnifique, Bach Netherland Socity est ce que je connais de plus beau et de plus réussi dans l'exécution des œuvres de BACH: inégalable, vivant, habité de spiritualité, c'est rarissime. Qui dit mieux ? Non, il n'y a pas mieux!

[@souadsaad5110]

I feel that God loves me so much to grant me this glorious opportunity and privilege to be among other listeners

[@zsuzsannamindszenty956]

I am thankful from my heart- I am listening this recording on Goodfriday from Hungary. We are in quarantine because of the COVID-19. It gives me hope to this crasy Eastern....

[@Wolfgang1782]

At 1h28m the combination of lute and organ for the continuo is something I’ve not seen or heard before. What a lovely richness it adds to the legato of Erbame dich.

[@amadeus5889]

Just wanted to say, in a recording full of moving performances, Tim Mead’s “Erbarme dich” is heartbreaking.

[@francoisgirod3934]

I do love Tim Mead's performance in "Erbarme Dich", probably the best version I've ever listened to. Overwhelmingly emotionnal ! God's voice ! Thanks so much to move me so deeply !

[@eduardvanleersum2881]

Hij kan mooi zingen ja. Alleen zijn bovenste knoopje vergeten dicht te doen.

[@drewcantrill-fenwick5185]

Agreed. And the violin playing is wonderful too.

[@banzobeans]

@@eduardvanleersum2881 😆 I imagine he didn't have time after the self-flagellation...

[@Cantorisalto1]

Tim Mead - flawless performances time after time - I never want my money back!!

[@christopherwaz6913]

Mead is a very good singer and musician. It's not his fault countenor is not natural voice. Good female alto always sounds better. Try this Dutch gem. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hILLoot8d5dpoLs

[@durhamgrigg1881]

I have just stumbled on this totally inspiring performance of Bach's St Matthew's Passion, while staying in to save the NHS and save lives in UK. Thank you Netherlands Bach Society and all the wonderful musicians and soloists. This is truly a definitive performance!! It has inspired, consoled, encouraged and uplifted me when I, and so many around the world this Easter weekend, are seeking assurance that all this Corona Virus Pandemic upheaval and pain will pass, and God does truly love His creation and each one of us (made in his image) so much, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life!! Thank you.

[@martas9283]

I have my doubts about a Creator loving any of us, but Bach will always inspire and console and this performance is superb for sure, so precise and light

[@linus0804]

Durham Grigg thank you, beautifully said!

[@jaikee9477]

@@martas9283 Intellectually it's quite easy to conclude that there is a God and that he revealed himself. The notion that anything would pop into existence out of nothing is rather laughable. Look at your DNA, the most complex structure in this universe. It is information and information must have an intelligent cause. This OS software has an intelligent cause, so why would the DNA accidentally come into being and have an unguided natural cause?

[@martas9283]

@@jaikee9477 between war, poverty, disaster and disease, some of us don't feel that divine love..that's why we need Bach, because he clearly did

[@talastra]

@@jaikee9477 That the entire universe "popped into existence out of nothing" is, in fact, the scientifically based current most likely explanation. Don't confuse the psychological fact of your faith with the facts of universe outside of your understanding.

[@christrose1292]

Welch eine wunderbare Musik. Danke für die exzellente Aufnahme. Eine Augen- und Ohrenweide!! Bach der 5. Evangelist! Gottes Segen Ihnen allen ! 😇♥️🙏

[@stefanrieger7730]

Bach der 5. Evangelist? Alles in allem genommen, übertrifft Bach alle Evangelisten (es gibt mehr als vier) an Ausdruck, Wahrhaftigkeit und Tiefe. Bach war ein tiefgläubiger evangelischer Christ, der seiner tiefen Gottgläubigkeit durch seine unsterbliche Musik unnachahmlichen Ausdruck verliehen hat.

[@antiv]

What a transcendent and moving performance, how can this be topped? And what an incredibly worthwhile and generous gift to the world to give us all this for free. Thanks Netherlands Bach Society! 🙏🏼❤️

[@sjennica]

What an extraordinary performance. My heart might explode.

[@leoperarm]

Absolutely priceless.

[@angelleon1967]

Que paz

[@ahmedsredy2429]

I'm a muslim but this music purely came from Bach's heart and goes to the hearts of those who feel it ,in fact music has no nationality or religion and quoting the bible "it's the peace of God that passeth all understanding" this is what this masterpiece inspires to anyone who has a spiritual inclination.Thank you for posting this video .

[@Vextrove]

Even atheists

[@honorejoefrancenandrianjan3345]

An example of the magical effect of the music !

[@raouldegendre2571]

Ahmed Sredy very good thank you i fully agree , there is just one God , great music great prayer

[@Hunter-xv7kz]

This music is Christian. Non-Christians love to demean the Christian nature of spectacular Christian art, but the fact remains this and JS Bach was heavily inspired by Christianity and is a testament to the beauty of Christianity.

[@diomedes8791]

Thank you Ahmed. I am happy to learn that Bach’s music, though rooted in a Northern European Christian tradition, has the ability to build bridges between people. In everyone of the chorales in the Matthew passion, I hear an outpouring of love, humility and compassion ... humanity’s most precious gifts ... which belong to all humanity ... and which grows in intensity when shared. Bless you Brother.

[@ludwigvanbeethoven61]

The bass is like a heart beat. incredible

[@dickvanwestrienen3144]

While these feelings are rare to me, this time I can honestly say that I am extremely proud to be Dutch. Allthough there are many nationalities on stage, its called the Netherlands Bach Society. What an intrepretation of this Masterpiece. Moving from the first second to the very last. And what an expertise by all performers. I bow to you Netherlands Bach Society for sharing this wonderful piece with the world. May every living soul may get the oppertunity to listen to this. Thank you!

[@jamallabarge2665]

I'm a big fan of Phillips and Mammoet. These folks are doing a great job.

[@appleslover]

Is the Netherlands trying yet once again to claim something/one German as its own?

[@Johannludwigamadeus]

@@appleslover Funny - Bach was German - and a German saying he's proud to be German is supposed to be a Nazi. Really funny.

[@alisalegato]

@@Johannludwigamadeus Бах - Гений Человечества и Немец ... и не надо этого стесняться .... ( Изверги были и сейчас есть )

[@user-th5ux5ez6z]

素晴らしいです❣️ 優しく語りかけるような演奏に心暖まります。 日本で聴けます事を祈っています。 ありがとうございます😊

[@carlosbitencourt6511]

The opening is unbelievably... sublime! 😍

[@guym-]

Such wonderful balanced singing, nothing forced, it just flows.

[@lfsberaldo]

The best music ever written, played by the best ensemble I´ve ever knew!

[@LiviaCairo]

This is absolute heaven. I'm flying over the clouds.

[@liamcroatt171]

I love Bach. Thank you for this-the fact that this is just out there for free for anyone to listen to is amazing to me. It's a miracle, what we've created for ourselves. A symphony playing one of the greatest pieces ever written by one of the greatest composers ever to exist can be found in only a few seconds right in your bedroom. It's astounding to me.

[@annexton3795]

"Soli Deo gloria"

[@damorar]

Adding captions to NBS performances would be the sweetest thing in the world.. Maybe one day my dream will come true. Thank you, my favorite dutchmans.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Kära sjuksköterska! (also a swede) Cant you read these captions down below the frame? Like me, looking on this on a PC.

[@eliseoali5047]

FELICITACIONES!!!❤

[@DeeYanKeymusic]

The NBS's merit for the music of this world is simply infinite.

[@odunhops7727]

this piece is out of this world!

[@javageek123]

The pandemic is still raging. It is Lent 2021. Today is the 2nd Friday of Lent. Listening to this passion narrative today fills me with much spiritual thoughts of the Passion and Crucifixion of Our Lord. Thank you for this beautiful rendition. For people like me, born and raised in the EAST, these treasures of the WEST are shockingly unbelievable surprises. Thank you again for posting this for free.

[@annehathaway2107]

Something is raging alright , all our churches here unjustifiably closed for public worship, did slip in to light a candle though some allow that ours only recently opened to do that, listening to this spiritually uplifting. Thank you .

[@sonshine5038]

@@annehathaway2107 As wrong as closing churches are, remember that YOUR body is a temple. God's spirit fills your soul. You are always in church, right? Best of God's Blessings to you! Cheers~🌞

[@liammurphy2725]

@@sonshine5038 Thank you for that. It's so easy to slip into despondency when we feel deprived of our spiritual food. He set the table before us, let us feast on our blessings.

[@sonshine5038]

@@liammurphy2725 Bless you Liam. You're a lovely fellow and I wish you the best of God's Blessings 🌞💞

[@liammurphy2725]

@@sonshine5038 And to you and yours.

[@tinekedijk7385]

I just love the respectful attitude of all the participants . It adds so much to my enjoyment.

[@philipclark2653]

This was the most deeply moving, and extraordinary performances of this work that I have ever heard (and that is with tribute to the many great performances of Bach's great work). But this performance has such pure depth of understanding of the music -- the genius of the music -- and each performer makes it their own. I have never been so moved by such commitment and attention to providing us with the glory of what this music and composer has given us. I will follow NBS from now on, and hope one day to actually be there in person. I have few other words I can say, except thank you. This is music and art, at its apex. The interviews and the documentary were also so informative and inspiring to watch. Van Veldoven's conducting made me hear the music in ways I never had before. It's a revelation for me.

[@paulfaigl8329]

absolutely. God bless

[@smikejasper4461]

I love how this ensemble are so tuned into each other as well as the conductor - beautiful, beautiful music.

[@mdechi]

This is a must-watch for me on Good Friday - absolute great rendition of Bach’s St Matthew Passion! Thanks to the Netherlands Bach Society