Bach St. Matthew Passion BWV 244

Editor: Dürr, Alfred / Schneider, Max Arranger: Dürr, Alfred Orchestral scoring : SSolo/ASolo/2TSolo/2BSolo/2Mixed choir-SATB/2Orch Language(s) of work: D/GB Product format: vocal score, Urtext edition Binding: Paperback Pages / Format: VIII, 304 - 27,0 x 19,0 cm Bach’s St. Matthew Passion as we know it today evidently had a long history dating back before 1727. It is unclear whether the work performed at the Thomaskirche , Leipzig on Good Friday 1729 was based on a still earlier version. Whatever the case, the surviving version of 1729 presents the work in a form strikingly different from its later incarnation. For example, the opening section ends with the chorale ‘ Jesum lass ich nicht von mir ’ which was replaced by the large-scale cantus firmus chorus ‘O Mensch , bewein dein Sünde gross’ for the 1736 performance.The well-known alto aria ‘Ach! Nun ist mein Jesus hin ’ is still assigned to a bass in the earlier version, and the aria ‘ Komm süsses Kreuz ’ calls for a lute instead o