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Bach: “Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben!” from St. Matthew Passion – Orchestral Excerpts Series
Johann Sebastian Bach’s ambitious oratorio, St. Matthew Passion, is considered to be one of the greatest masterpieces of sacred music of all time. The work sets the story of Jesus’s trial and crucifixion to music utilizing three source texts – Matthew chapters 26 and 27 from the Bible, German chorales that Bach’s congregation would have known, and…
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