J.S Bach Johannes Passion (St. John's Passion) in Jerusalem

Israeli TV production from May 1995. The first minutes of the historical performance in the dormition church in Jerusalem, of the St. John's Passion. guy de Mey is the evangelist, Magne Fremmelid Jesus. Shalev Ad-El conducting Norwegian Soloists Choir and Barokkanerne.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Bach
• St.
• John
• Passion
• Jerusalem
• Shalev
• Ad-El
• Guy
• de
• Mey
• Norwegian
• Soloist
• Choir
• Barokkanerne

[louloulepoux1]

this opening has to be a joke. This tempo doesn't make any sense when you listen to the oboe lines. At this speed, the tempo itself takes over the musical drama where it should be built up by harmonic tensions instead.

[sagarzon]

they wanted to finish the performance quickly...

[lelouchmagnet12]

Bachs music is awesome.. the tempo doesnt matter

[leomulder]

@rutkjell Sorry, but there is obviously a limit of speed when you say it should be in "a higher tempo than people are performing". Don't relativize: this version doesn't sound fast..., it sounds QUICK and almost GRACEFUL, when the music is dense and dramatic.

[leomulder]

How fast!

[toppix7]

terrible!

[Closertonature]

Faggotboy, why do You play if you don't like music? Seems like you made a wrong choose sometime. Especially if you don't like Bach.

[fagottehautboy]

@cenodus after playing about 7 of these bloody things a season I'm about ready to do more than "spare" you. trust me, bro, passions, xmas oratorios, messiahs, and b minor masses might be our bread and butter but seriously, they take a lot of time and it gets boring pretty fast when you have to keep playing them over and over. :P

[cenodus]

@fagottehautboy : Oh C'mon!!! Spare us...

[fagottehautboy]

if only all passion performances were this fast. I'd be home sooner and less bored.

[euphorialupstream]

According to scripture, the passion occurred only a week after the triumphant entry into jerusalem. With great speed and inevitability is how evil usually happens. There is nothing moving or compelling or pretty about it. The tragedy just unfolds. Boom boom boom. So i kind of like this interpretation.

[PrecicyJax]

My goodness, are they going to a fire?