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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
O MENSCH, BEWEIN DEIN SÜNDE GROSS (from BWV 244)
(O man, bewail thy sins so great)

29. movement: Chorale

The St Matthew Passion is the second of two Passion settings by Bach that have survived in their entirety, the first being the St John Passion, first performed in 1724. The St Matthew Passion was probably first performed on 11 April (Good Friday) 1727 in the St. Thomas Church, and again in 1729, 1736, and 1742. Bach then revised it again between 1743 and 1746. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest masterpieces of classical sacred music.

This particular chorale fantasia first appeared as opening chorus in Bach's 1725 revision of the St John Passion, probably to fit it into his chorale cantata series. Later it found it's home in the St Matthew Passion (closing part I).

O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß,
Darum Christus seins Vaters Schoß
Äußert und kam auf Erden;
Von einer Jungfrau rein und zart
Für uns er hie geboren ward,
Er wollt der Mittler werden.
Den Toten er das Leben gab
Und legt darbei all Krankheit ab,
Bis sich die Zeit herdrange,
Dass er für uns geopfert würd,
Trüg unsrer Sünden schwere Bürd
Wohl an dem Kreuze lange.

(Sebald Heyden, 1525)

O man, bewail thy sins so great,
For which Christ did his Father's lap
Reveal and came to earth here;
And of a virgin pure and mild
For us he here to birth did come
To be the Intercessor.
Unto the dead he granted life
And put off all infirmity
Until the time pressed forward
That he for us be sacrificed;
He bore our sins' most grievous weight
Upon the cross, long suff'ring.

Collegium Vocale Gent
Conducted by Philippe Herreweghe
Recorded in 2014

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