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Georg Frideric Handel
Brockes Passion, HWV 48 |
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Ref. |
HWV 48 |
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German Title |
Brockes Passion (Der für die Sünde der Welt gemarterte und sterbende Jesus) |
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English Title |
Passion after Barthold Heinrich Brockes (Jesus who Suffered and Died for the Sins of the World) |
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Event |
Oratorio Passion for Good Friday |
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Composed |
Composed by Georg Frideric Handel - London, c1715-1716 ?
1st performance (no performances documented until):
Date unknown (possibly March 23, 1719 at Hamburg Cathedral) or
April 3 (Tuesday in Holy Week), 1719, Hamburg Reventher Dom .
Repeated March 20, 1721, Hamburg Drillhaus
Repeat Hamburg performance Lenten Season 1722 (no date or venue cited)
15 movements in omnibus Brockes Pasticcio Passion, March 22, 26, 28 & 30, 1722 (no Hamburg venue cited)
Possible Hamburg repeated Lenten Season 1723
Repeated Good Friday, March 26, 1723 at Lüneberg
Repeated April 5, 1724, Hamburg
Drillhaus.
Repeat performances: Hamburg, 1719, 1722, 1723 and 1730 in series of passion performances, with the Brockes text being presented for artistic comparison in four different settings (of R. Keiser, G.P. Telemann, G.F. Handel and J. Mattheson) on a series of four evenings.
Performances by J.S. Bach:
1st performance: Good Friday April 8, 1746 - Leipzig (prepared for performance by
J.S. Bach)
2nd performance: Good Friday August 1748 - October 1749 - Leipzig
Pasticcio Passion, based on Markus-Passion by Friedrich Nicolaus Brauns [previously attributed to Reinhard Keiser] with insertion of 7 arias from Brockes Passion by G.F. Handel - Good Friday April 31, 1747 or April 12, 1748 - Thomaskirche, Leipzig |
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Text |
Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1712)
Handel made slight word modifications in the Brockes text, and set only 106 movements, omitting occasional repetitive trio-aria commentaries, such as No. 107, Faithful Soul aria. Handel also set the Faithful Soul aria, No. 109 as a duet for two sopranos, and the Centurion tenor aria, No. 113, “How can it be that when the sky weeps,” for the Faithful Soul soprano. Handel provides only the first stanza of the three-stanza concluding chorale, No. 117, “I am a member of your body.” |
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German Text | Translations: English-3 |
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Scoring |
Soloists: 4 Sopranos, 4 Altos, 3 Tenors, 5 Basses; 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: 2 oboes, 2 bassons, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Persons:
Evangelist - Tenor
Jesus - Bass
Maria - Soprano
3 mujeres - Soprano
Tochter Zion - Soprano
Alma - Soprano
Jakobus - Alto
Johannes - Alto
Judas - Alto
Alma - Alto
Petrus - Tenor
Alma - Tenor
Caiphas - Bass
Pilatus - Bass
Kriegsknecht - Bass
Alma - Bass |
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Score |
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References |
BGA: - | NBA: - | BC: | HG edition: 15 | HHA edition: I/7 | CB 52 | First Published: |
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Commentary |
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Music |
Music Examples |
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Discussions |
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Recordings of Individual Movements |
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M-2 |
The Plymouth Trio Performs J.S. Bach, Mendelssohn [C-1] |
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G.F. Handel: Brockes Passion, HWV 48: Sünder, Schaut nit Furcht und Zagen [2:08] |
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The Plymouth Trio |
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Soprano: Christina Price; Oboe: John Mack; Keyboards: John Herr; Cello: Robert Perry |
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Crystal Records |
1990 |
CD / TT: 63:17 |
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Recorded at Plymouth Church of Shaker Heights & Harkness Chapel of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Buy this album at: Amazon.com |
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M-3 |
Baroque Christmas Music [CD] [V-4]
Classical Christmas [5-CD] |
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G.F. Handel: Brockes Passion, HWV 48: Tochter Zion [0:58] |
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Ludwig Güttler |
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Ludwig Güttler Brass Ensemble |
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Laserlight 15276
Laserlight 35890 |
Early 1990's ? |
CD / TT: 63:41
5-CD / TT: |
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Buy this album at: Amazon.com | Amazon.com [5-CD] |
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M-7 |
Little Drummer Boy: Christmas Favorites by the World Renowed Vienna Boys's Choir [Live] |
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G.F. Handel: Brockes Passion, HWV 48: Tochter Zion [2:58] |
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Wiener Sängerknaben |
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Laserlight 12529 |
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CD / TT: 41:34 |
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