J.S. Bach, Johannes-Passion BWV 245 "Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine" (Philippe Herreweghe)

[lukacs1114]

a zene csodálatos . a video az fály

[maltratti]

vrai ou pas l'homme est capable des pires atrocités. Cette musique est un hymne à Dieu

[DoubleMothafuckinP]

@maltratti C'est vrai.

[f3an0rS]

the music is great. but i would have liked it more without this video

[TheMboucher]

I'm 16 years old, by the way...and I don't like modern music one bit.

[TheMboucher]

I do believe that Bach was a deeply religious man, and his music shows it. I still find it pathetic that the most popular music today is NOTHING compared to Bach's beauty. Music today can't compare with Bach's music, that's all I'm saying.

[zezeoli]

One of the great benefits of our childish society: rejection of death and violence. How lucky we are, now bloods and guts in detail are ridiculous, guns and shots are fine though... make your rationalistictictic comments here, proving all the idiocy of faith of others and go back to your Wii and active allegiance to mass consumption of second hand ideas, so that a piece of peace may endure until "gaspingly" over-motivated "fanatics" (as you may call believers) make a new stupid war!

[asdfasdf862]

This is almost painfully beautiful. I don't care for the passion story (it's too cheesy), but Bach's music is absolutely gorgeous.

[dutchmusician1]

The music is one of my favourites. It's sung and played beautifully (I only don't like the dominating bassoon tones in the last few bars), the choir sounds heavenly. The video is a complete mismatch with the music. This is sung when Jesus' suffering has ended, when his body is lying in the grave, waiting for the resurrection. The peaceful, comforting music does not fit the cruelty shown in the video clip, obviously intended to be extremely realistic, but disliked by many viewers.

[pavlova79]

@dutchmusician1 I agree. This song is one of my absolute favourites too - I have sung this piece a few times, and it's a beautiful and soothing part, nowhere near the brutality shown in the video. One must also remember the "Ach Herr,laß dein lieb Engelein" that follows, ending the Passion with brightness and hope. Whoever made this video probably did so with the best intentions, but I have to agree with you Dutch... mismatch.

[mourrtii]

what a ridiculous, violent movie ...! and poor interpretation of the The life of the Christ ..........

[zinedu17]

Jesus is not dead in the cross and not at all, it was just an illusion made by god, how can he be dead if he'll return here among us to destroy the false messiah, the pork and the cross.

[skimdit]

Mel Gibson is now paying the price of making a movie about the ultimate truth. God help him.

[TheNonConformative]

@skimdit so true!

[zaggy3110]

The music of JSB ist sublime and this performance is outstanding.

But the movie of Mel Gibson has more to do with a hollyword-splatter-horror movie than with the real passion of christ

[zaggy3110]

@zaggy3110

BTW

Mel Gibson shows the "passion of christ" from alleged catholic point of view.

The lutheren Bach would'nt be pleased

[LindonBarry]

@zaggy3110 How do you think a man dies on a cross? From any point of view (less Disney's one, may be) a man dies on a croos completly masacred, as Gibson perfectly shows

[paripe]

Escuchando la música junto a las imágenes, te das cuenta que en realidad, la película sobre la Pasión de Jesús no puede contarse de otra manera que justamente esta.

[beerdeddi]

Jesus did that all for us and we believe not in him! :-((

[Nganguen]

Art transcended! Supreme Bach, the father of all musicians ... While The virtuoso Niccolo Paganini signed a pact with the devil, then you, you entered an alliance with the Almighty!

[Nganguen]

L'Art transcendé!!! Suprême Bach, le père de tous les musiciens...S'il est vrai que Le virtuose Niccolo Paganini signa un pacte avec le Diable, alors toi tu conclus une alliance avec Le Tout-Puissant!

[hamilton797]

I could not watch these pictures.

[carloalon]

Gross zu allen Zeiten

[midinetteful]

Remarquable association des images et de la musique. Et ce fut ainsi n'en doutons pas, ce fut ceci la véritable passion du Christ. Déchirant , non ?

[Xietsu]

Matthew 25:40 And the King shall answer & say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

41Then he will say to them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil & his angels

42For I was an hungry, & ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, & ye gave me no drink

43I was a stranger, & ye took me not in: naked & ye clothed me not: sick, & in prison, & ye visited me not

[HitlodeuPT]

I imagine how Bach would feel if he saw this videos...

[stargirlsusan]

I think Bach would be happy, idk maybe...

But it goes so well, now I don't know why many ppl complaining about the movie??

He did most likely suffer just as much or worst. The whole idea here is his passion, the one he had for humankind, and that is just what I see, and know.

The glory be to God alone, and may he bless Bach.

[armchiiica]

Jesus mein retter

[wimniewenhuijs]

Great performance!

[KermitW00T]

It is not needed to discuss about the music here, I guess... brilliant Herreweghe as always.

The movie though is really inappropriate.

There's a tradition of romanticising the passion of Christ, but it was definitely unnecessary to de-romanticise it like in that movie. We know that he "suffered for our sins" but really, making a gory movie scene out of that is just... superfluous.

[freakyflaeder]

I couldn't agree more.

[axellllle]

envoi au journal l'express a gerard bonnefont (publicis, ex), et moi .

14:56 jeudi 11 fevrier 2010.

axelle wouters

[axellllle]

la politique française de sarko..

vous en etes selon la cours des comptes à 7% de dettes pour l'année 2009 quadruplant en ..2 ans ....

toujours écraser plus le petit pour régler son complexe ne mène à rien, vous mieux le psy!!

sarko.

le chef d'orchestre est un psychiatre belge d'ailleurs.

le diagnostic de sarko est clair psychoptahie extrème...il cherche juste les immunités a la mesure et moyens de sa démence galopante.

dr axelle wouters

[ffm60313]

votre commentaire dans le contexte m'a fait rire beaucoup. je suis presque en chemin pour le concert de herreweghe ce soir et j'y pars avec un grand sourire, merci! bon weekend!

[oboist2]

The video clip enhances the inherent sorrow of the music. What a fabulous recording. Herreweghe always imparts impressive insights, and he is not generally a speed merchant, nor does he think that all Bach movements are dance music.

[pootigalteef]

That's the thing about great movies and their makers, hardly norms like them.

He took the road of auteurism to make something that touched a lot of ppl but not you.

And that is cool

[bus1n3ss]

Ruht wohl, ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine, die ich nun weiter nicht beweine; ruht wohl und bringt auch mich zur Ruh. Das Grab so euch bestimmet ist und ferner keine Not umschliesst, macht mir den Himmel auf und schliesst die Hölle zu.

[dragmio]

It's snuff and propaganda, but it is brilliantly directed. Similar to the city sequence in Apocalypto, which is one of the best in movie history. Whether Gibson directed it is another question. Personally, I don't believe it, especially after seeing the mess that was Braveheart.

Of course, Bach is the greatest. :) If you want to see a brilliant use of Johannes Passion on film, check out last 10 minutes of Tarkovsky's Mirror. It's pure magic.

[josefk64]

I love this music, but the film has nothing to do with it!

[paradoxicus]

En la misma pagina del"Anticristo" de Nietzsche,podemos leer."De hecho no ha habido en absoluto cristianos".

El evangelio murio en la cruz.

"Hubo un solo cristiano y murio en la cruz".

[GBADCD]

Involving the best music of all time until extinction of the human race and the planet to one of the worst movies in movie History, made by a mental abortion is the most execrable bad tastes and, above all, an insult to the greatest off all Genie: J.S. Bach.

[HolyMotherofGrid]

couldn't agree with you more!!! It was a completely uncalled-for movie which made one cringe just to glance at it!! Over-acting by the bucketful, massive deviation from the strict Biblical account, completely gratuitous violence.... even worse a mess than Braveheart, although many would have thought that completely impossible :P.

[270jeanb]

fabuleux,richesse et profondeur,ici osmose parfaite entre le choeur et les instruments.

[conarco]

The music and the interpretation are fantastic. The film ist only disgusting.

[lafigliaquipiange]

Frankly there is no need to be religious in order to appreciate this wonderful music.

[Kerlerot]

Tout est dit dans cette phrase.

No more comment !!

Thanks

[hopefullysoon1]

Nor is there any need to not be religious...

[BartBVanBockstaele]

The Johannes Passion has been one of my favourite works since I was a child, and I would have a hard time pointing out a part of it that gives me a more intense aesthetic experience than Ruht wohl.

I like this version quite a bit, and I feel it would be even better if it were a bit faster.

[janvkimm]

Ruhen macht man nie schnell !

quite a bit ???

Jan.

[elegyrulz]

Im an atheist but love this music! Herreweghe is my heo!

[janvkimm]

Yes , here you see god,s creation at work....!

When he existed he would have cured his "mistake"for thousans of years!

Bach is unbelievable and I agree with you about Herreweghe.

Greetings to you,

Jan.

[elegyrulz]

cool, his got lot of mistakes to fix now!

[janvkimm]

Thank you for reply!

He has....

More greetings,

Jan.

[janvkimm]

Nietzsche said:

''In truth there was only one christian and he died on the cross.''

[hopefullysoon1]

Christ said:

"I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

Cliche? Maybe, but so is quoting Nietzsche.

What one should extrapolate from this video: Jesus Christ and JS Bach were both genius.

[merlijn0100]

De Johannes Passion ontroert mij telkens weer. Ik heb hem vele malen gezongen. Ruht wohl, is een van de mooiste delen daaruit. De film 'Passion of the Christ', maakt steeds weer heftige emoties bij me los. Het is een 'slechts' een film. Maar, alhoewel de film behoorlijk is gedramatiseerd, moet het er ongeveer in het echt, ongeveer zo zijn toegegaan......

Zeer indrukwekkend. Zowel de muziek als de filmbeelden erbij....

Een prachtige uitvoering van Philippe Herreweghe.

[incifinci69]

kissé diszharmóniában van a zene nyugalma a filmrészlet keménységével, naturalizmusával. Nem? Egyébként Bach és a feltámadás csodálatos. Főként így húsvét környékén.

[VeritasInAeternum]

Sorry but this movie was a disgrace and doesn't such great music (as in this clip).

[35bxl]

Jesus-Christ came to save us, all of us. We need, all days, to thank Him, to love Him for all the beautifull things He has done, is doing and will do for us.

[deffe3]

I´m speachless how beautifull this is. I´m a 15 year old boy.. But I have tears in my eyes! Not onely of the video but more of the music. Thank you very very much for posting this

[89murph]

@deffe3 You couldn't get any more faggier than you. Seriously, man the fuck up.

[beerdeddi]

@deffe3 The combination of both makes it!

[GewrCullen]

@deffe3 eim a 15 girl and i like it too! teenagers don't listen only Lady Gaga!! :p

[Iaparulava]

Sure They all great now it is matter of taste. Gardiner takes passion in to more idealized level, it sound like a beauifully wovwn lace, with Rishter you can feel jesus's suffenings and it is more Down to earth....

[Iaparulava]

I am not crazy about this video But Herreweghe is the great master he knows right tempo for this piece it gives food for my soul.

[stonehenge1963]

I agree totally with what you say about Philippe Herreweghe, he is indeed a master, it gives me such pleasure to listen and watch anything that he has made, and the tempo- fantastic, gives time to reflect and enjoy. Certainly delicatessen food for the soul.

[Iaparulava]

yes yes indeed... althoug i must say that Gardiner did much better job with this passion, I love Michael Chances and viola de gamba much better than Andrea's voice and heavy organ sound

[stonehenge1963]

They are both good. Michael Chance is certainly a major talent, but I do love Andreas's voice...Love the counter tenor voice, being brought up with Bach... As a child I was addicted to Paul Esswood's 'Erbarme Dich'...My father is an organist (prof) and it was a great treat to go to the church and listen to him playing the Toccata..Sheer bliss. My own children have not inherited the Bach gene, more's the pity. What child chooses organ music above an ice cream?!!!I'm the weirdo, not my kids!!

[Iaparulava]

Oh how wonderful to be brought up in the atmosphere where you hear the organ most of the time.... I have never heard Paul Esswood's and I listen to him little too sweet for me, but it matter of taste of course. love of Bach always starts in childhood may be you missed that with your kids, but never mind , Bach will enter in their life at some point .

[stonehenge1963]

My children say that they have heard too much Bach!! But I live in hope. I an not really a Paul Esswood fan, but more of the memory and the emotions that he seemed to create in the house. 'Ruht Wohl' was sung by us at my grandfather's funeral, he loved it too, and it was an honour to sing it for him, creating positive energy and emotion when most are sad. We were joyful for his life. My grandfather's last words were "in Jesus Christ, Amen", and he left us with a smile- extraordinary experience.

[Iaparulava]

God Bless your grandfathers soul... I have been thinking about this for last two days and I must say that I am amazed with this eternal moment...thanks for shearing this with me....Hey I think the tempo is little too slow here what do you think?

[schwarzkavalier]

I like Karl Richter and the Munchener Bach Orchestra!

[stonehenge1963]

I am not a religious person, but adore Bach, especially this chorale. This clip is a very actual rendition of what probably did happen, although we can never really know. These terrifying actions are happening as we speak, the world is full of such violence, but there are always good people, who try to balance that out. Jesus battled with what many still do, some psychologically, some physically. I believe that the reality must be shown. Well done for posting the clip. Very moving, very real.

[FilipedeAMesquita]

nada a ver

se vc tiver o mínimo de conceito histórico

saberia que ambos são cristãos

[mrjohnleslie]

There will be those that hate this video yet Jesus died for them. They will say I don't care but He did. They will mock Him still yet Jesus says "forgive them for they know not what they do". The proud resist the love of Jesus and the needy (humble) say Jesus I need you.

[zeldafroth00]

This clip of the crucifixion of Christ is the central theme of Gibson's masterpiece; a chaotic, extraordinarily violent, act of terrorism we see played out every day, somewhere in the world; the scene, the actor, the beading of light, 3 distinct facial transformations, as if 3 separate actors played the Son of Man; the horror in His Death correctly coincides with destruction of sin and perfectly balanced euphoria in the wake of His Resurrection.

[juniortrintazerotres]

É curioso que alguém que se diz "protestant" se sirva do precioso recurso das imagens (no caso o filme de Mel Gibson) para veicular seus piedosos sentimentos...

[brnmrz]

What an orrible movie...

[schwarzkavalier]

I imagine you're a jew,aren't you?

[pastoureau]

Malheureusement rythme beaucoup trop lent bien du style Herreweghe. Quant à la vidéo elle me semble bien inapropriée, cette extrait de "La Passion" faisant référence à la mort du Christ ("repose, repose en paix") et non à la Passion qui la précède.