Searching for BWV 245 score
I am looking for the scores of Bach’s Saint John’s Passion BWV 245, vocal and piano, in particular, the soprano cantata “Zerfließe, mein Herze, in Fluten der Zähren”. Up to now, my search was in vain.
Also, I need a good translation of the lyrics. For the moment, my german is very poor, I must admit. Here is what I managed to do:
Zerfließe, mein Herze, in Fluten der Zähren
Dem Höchsten zu Ehren!
Erzähle der Welt und dem Himmel die Not:
Dein Jesus ist tot!
Dissolve, my heart, in tides of the ???
to the highest one in honours!
Tell to the world and the sky the emergency:
Your Jesus is dead!
Is there a soul out there that could help me? My email is christinedantas [arroba] yahoo [ponto] com. I would be very much grateful…
January 9, 2009 at 8:42 am
BWV 244 would be easier.
Take a look at
http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~wfb/bach.html
Listen the “John Eliot Gardiner, The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists” at
http://www.imeem.com/people/YPU1I1/music/lSZP3vco/john_eliot_gardiner_the_monteverdi_choir_the_english_baroq/
January 9, 2009 at 8:54 am
Hi Samuel,
Thanks. Following your link above lead me to a more appropriate translation. Here it is:
O melt now, my bosom, in rivers of weeping,
The Most High to honor!
Declare to the world and to heaven thy woe:
Thy Jesus is dead!
English translations of Bach’s cantatas and passions such as this one can be found here: http://www.uvm.edu/~classics/faculty/bach/.
And thanks for the link for listening online.
Indeed, it appears to be easier to find scores for BWV 244 (Matthäus-Passion) than for 245. So I have the lyrics but still need the scores for my private rehearsing.
January 9, 2009 at 10:02 am
Great. The scores you can get here:
http://www.archive.org/details/passionameditat00bachgoog
The pdf file is no longe free (google!) but the DjVu file is open. Good practice with your music skills. Can you listen your playing?
January 9, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Hi Samuel,
Thanks, but that does not appear to be exactly the BWV 245 (St John Passion) that I know (or perhaps it is some version of modification of the original BWV 245?). It appears to be for two solo voices (tenor and bass), and it is in English (I need the German version)… But that link points to an interesting site by its own, I’ll make further searches there.
You ask whether I can listen to my own singing (or recording)? Well, I’m often too critical and it is a pain for me to listen or to watch myself singing (I do have a few recordings and videos). Now, if you intended to ask whether I will make a recording available on the internet… I would have to think about it, but probably not…
Best,
Christine
January 9, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Ah, BTW. I would like to mention that I have two recordings of BWV 245: one by Nikolaus Harnoncourt (see here; a lovely recording made in the 80′s with the excellent Tölzer Knabenchor — including soloists, specially the alto boys–, and Kurt Equiluz; link here); and a CD recording by Stephen Cleobury (see link here), which is good. My favorite is that of Harnoncourt, but I am biased, because I very much appreciate boy choirs.
October 6, 2009 at 6:03 am
I would appreciate your advising on availability of score, i.e. cello or viola da gamba, for the accompanyment to the aria ‘ es ist volbracht’
thank you very much indeed
fabien
October 6, 2009 at 8:08 am
Dear Fabien,
That is an extremely beautiful aria. Unfortunately, I have no information on where to find the accompanyment score. If I happen to find that information, I’ll post it here.
Best regards,
Christine