Johann Sebastian Bach
St. John Passion
Version IV
BWV 245, 1749
With the unfinished revision (1739) as an appendix. The St. John Passion ranks among the great vocal works from Bachs Leipzig years.
In contrast to his other large-scale choral works, however, Bach never gave this work a definitive final form. Rather, for every performance he made numerous changes.
All previous editions of the St. John Passion have combined readings from various layers of sources. The wish often expressed by conductors to perform an authentic version is made possible for the first time with the present edition in this fourth and final version which was performed under Bachs direction in 1749. At the same time, with the aid of the appendix it is possible to perform the work in the traditional mixed version, please use for the "mixed version" the vocal part Carus 31.245/93.
Scoring: Soli T (Evangelist), B (Jesus), SATB, Coro SATB, 2 Fl, 2 Ob/2 Obda, Obca, 2 Vl, Va, Vg, Bc
Language: German/Englisch
Duration: 120 min
Difficulty level: 4
Biblical text: Joh 1,18-19
Text source: Bibeltext, Kirchenliedstrophen und freie Dichtung (anon.)
ALSO AVAILABLE:
Full score Paperback Carus 31.245/00, ISMN M-007-08903-0
224 pages
Full score Clothbound Carus 31.245/01, ISMN M-007-14335-0
Vocal Score Carus 31.245/03, ISMN M-007-08850-7
192 pages, paperback
Choral score Carus 31.245/05, ISMN M-007-16203-0
64 pages, DIN A4, without cover
Minimum order quantity: 20 copies
Study score Carus 31.245/07, ISMN M-007-07213-1
236 pages, DIN A5, paperback
Set of parts, complete orchestral parts Carus 31.245/19, ISMN M-007-09708-0
23 x 32 cm, without cover
Consisting of:
1 x set of parts, harmony parts, viola da gamba, flute 1, flute 2, oboe 1, oboe 2 (31.245/09)
5 x individual part, violin 1 (31.245/11)
5 x individual part, violin 2 (31.245/12)
4 x individual part, viola (31.245/13)
5 x individual part, violoncello/double bass (31.245/14)
1 x individual part, organ (31.245/49)
Individual part, organ Carus 31.245/49, ISMN M-007-07418-0
104 pages, paperback
Individual part, 2 violas d'amore Carus 31.245/81, ISMN M-007-21143-1
8 pages, 23 x 32 cm, without cover
Individual part, lute Carus 31.245/82, ISMN M-007-21144-8
4 pages, 23 x 32 cm, without cover
Johann Sebastian Bach: St. John Passion, post card Carus 40.331/40, ISMN M-007-10482-5
DIN A6, without cover
