07/04/1724 Premiere performance of J. S. Bach's 'St John Passion'
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JS Bach's St John Passion — Herr, unser Herrscher
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Bach - St John Passion - Herr, unser Herrscher (chorus)
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J. S. Bach - Johannes Passion (1)
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BBC Singers and Sofi Jeannin perform Bach’s St John Passion - BBC Newsnight
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JS Bach - Aria: Zerfließe, mein Herz, from St. John Passion, BWV 245
Bach's St John Passion was first performed in the St. Nicholas Church in Leipzig, shortly after Bach’s 39th birthday. It is a musically extravagant setting full of bad feeling and intensity yet surprising in its beauty. It is Bach’s the most controversial work.