Bach Matthew Passion Chorale Settings - O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden 

Eines der schönsten Lieder die es gibt. Mit einer wunderbaren Aussage. So Wunderschön gesungen🤍🙏

He knew me from before I was born and He died that way for me, anyway. He loves me that much. He knew every sin I would ever commit. When His Father looks at me; He sees Him and not me. My sins are as far from me as West is from East. He will never leave me, even to the end of the age.

J. S. Bach, ein Genie im Barock! Diese scheinbar schlichte Melodie rührt mich immer wieder zu Tränen!!

I am not a religious person, but this music is 'heavenly'. I am deeply moved by it.

First of all, i have to stop crying. It´s so fantastic.

Jesus, Du hast Dich mir offenbart und Dich in mein Herz eingebrannt. Du bist alles, wonach ich Verlangen habe! Du bist der HErr und das Ziel meines Lebens! Du allein stillst alle Sehnsucht in mir und in Dir allein bin ich vollkommen glücklich und erfüllt. Ja, Dein Feuer verzehrt mich ganz, bis ich bei Dir bin!Amen.

Our "modern" ears tend to think this is a sad chorale. In fact it reflects the deeply loving and caring hand of our lord Jesus on our shoulder. Even on the cross our omnipotent Lord was fully in charge of everything. Don't think of "poor Jesus having to suffer for our sins". Don't cry for Jesus, rather cry over your sins and embrace this most precious gift. May our Lord bless you and happy good friday from Germany.

*Paul Simon has entered the chat*

O Sacred Head is such a beautiful German song. God bless you.

La finesse de jeu, l'élégance, le touché, ... c'est trop beau.

As a Baptist, and a very traditional one, I love these old hymns, even when they are in a foreign language. I especially love it combining a hymn and classical music. The best of both worlds.

That vocal quiver at 4:08 gives me the most bittersweet of feels. Not to mention 5:08 was probably the best 4th to 3rd resolution I’ve ever heard.

Paul Simon borrowed this from Bach for American Tune (1975) Bach borrowed it from Paul Gerhardt (1607 - 1676) Gerhardt borrowed it from Hans Hassler (1564 - 1612). Paul Simon's song American Tune is actually a 400 year old German tune. Like those who arrived on the Mayflower, the melody came from Germany and became an American Tune.

Difficult to fathom that Bach was relatively obscure for more than half a century following his death. What a genius was this master! How exquisite so many of his melodies, and this one is no exception.

Simply almost beyond words. Im transcended to another Realm. So staggeringly moving.. Wow...nuffsed!

All versions are splendid. The final setting (3:57 to the end) is sublime. What Bach does in 4:35-4:47 is staggering.

Jeden Abend bevor ich schlafen gehe höre ich dieses schöne Lied. Es ist ein Gedenken an das Leiden und Sterben unseres Herrn. Danke dafür und Gott segne Sie.

The final harmonic progressions are otherworldly.

Wunderschön....nichts gibt die Stimmung zu Karfreitag so wieder wie Bachs " Oh Haupt voll Blut und Wunden "

The sorrow, the joy, the comfort, the peace!

Magnífico, !!!!!!! Toca a alma profundamente!!!! Parabéns ao Coro e ao Maestro . Bravo!!!!🙌🙌🙌🙌. Gratidão!!!!!!

Wunderschön nichts gibt die Stimmung zo Karfreitag so wieder wie ""Bach ""

I haven't heard this in German since I was very young. What a beautiful recording.

Thank you for this, and thanks also to Philippe Herreweghe, for putting the four together like this, with the abrupt switches in tonal centers, contrasting settings, everything!

As a chorister I stand in awe of these people. The conductor is Philippe Herreweghe,it does not get any better than that in choral music. Thank you so much for posting this, it will inspire me every time I listen.

Paul Simon - American Tune That's what brought me here. He used this beautiful melody for his song (which has now become an earworm)

Essa é para mim um marco na hinódia luterana e do tempo de Quaresma. Maravilhoso! Tempo de reflexão e de fé na grandiosa obra do nosso Senhor e Salvador Jesus Cristo. Muito obrigado!

Es ist das. Schönste unter all den schönen Melodien bachs....nie fühle ich mich Gott näher...🎉

Such a pleasure to hear such a WONDERFUL rendition 😀🎼

Beyond lovely.

Just beautiful 🌟

I used to sing in our church choir and knew all the hymns by heart, and learned these German words which I would sing when everyone else was singing in English! 🤭

Beautiful voices 💗

Thanks for making this compilation video of the chorales; I love this melody (and the final one is the best)

Esecuzione fantastica coro meraviglioso.

For me as living in a culture historically strongly influenced by Lutheranism, these chorales ultimately represent the sacred music of our cultural tradition, here divinely harmonized and set by Bach in his cantatas and passions, in the same way the even older tradition of Orthodox sacred music has influenced the Russian culture. The difference is, as the Orthodox liturgical music tradition is well alive and respected today among Orthodox Christians - though our hymns still are found in our hymnals and, I guess, will not be totally forgotten in near future - the Lutheran hymns are nowadays neglected as old-fashioned and "dull" and replaced with gospel or other popular tunes, which bear nothing of the spiritual depth of the old hymns and, maybe even more, their texts.

The depth of passion slowly surely takes over the heart!

Each setting is beautiful as always

🕊🌟🕊 This is ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL 🙏💜🙏 💜🎵💜

This Chorale is magnific. Thanks Sir BACH for wondefull music.

So Blessed to have found this. My Thanks to whomever put this together

Transported, every time I hear this ❤️

this is absolutely fantastic!

What a wonderful idea to combine all in this video. The Sacredness is beyond human words

Beautiful harmony, love the minor chords

Coral maravilhoso! Bach is passion!

A MOST REVERENT OFFERTORY!!! PRAISE DIVINE ;VOICES SUBLIME!!! MAY OUR HEARTS REJOICE , O LORD MOST HIGH!!!V.W.

Magnifique !!!!!

...hermosa armonia hermosa canción hermosas voces...

MASTERPIECE !! - nothing other to say

Qta beleza. Qta harmonia e doçura; embora estejam cantando sobre o sofrimento de Jesus.😭😭

Ineffably Glorious! Incomparably Beautiful! Devotional Masterpiece!!!One can only Bow in Adoring Wonder!!!V. W.

I like Bach, very beautiful

I could possibly become a Lutheran after hearing Bach’s music!

Qué hermoso. Estudiando el tema para cantarlo en nuestro coro.

Precisamos diariamente refletir, lembrar e reconhecer que foi o nosso pecado que pôs Cristo na cruz, e foi por amor a nós que Ele sofreu...

My eyes are full of tears...so beautiful and emotional.

Wunderschön!

although i'm listening to this because of music class, i love how peaceful this is. you can tell their vocals are well-trained

This was the progression used by Paul Simon when writing Bridge Over Troubled Water.

Maravilhoso!

Witten by a Heart of faith and devotion

got the chills!! loved to sing it. it's an amazing piece.

Insanely gorgeous and musical! Music simply doesn't get any more beautiful than this. Hans Leo Hassler - amazing. Probably the prettiest song ever written.

Maravilhoso. Obrigado.

Simply...wow. I love it.😎

Gorgeous

The last one is pure magic.

molto bello

They sound like angels.

Piekny choral który śpiewałam z chórem w kościele Pokoju w Swidnicy.Bylo pięknie i uroczyście

Thanks so much for this video! I'm studying Matthew Passion for A level music so this is really useful!

im an agnostic and I love this & Bach generally :-)

Castelo forte é nosso Deus, refúgio e fortaleza.

Literally shat an entire brick wall upon listening to the entire St Matthews passion for the first time. O Haupt had been one of the most heartbreakingly beautiful things I have ever had the privilege of being alive on this earth and having ears to listen to but the entire beast was... Holy hot damn Bach. Some of the most gangster fucking harmonic arrangements he conceived of. I would love to hear it again for the first time and re-experience coming close to going insane to the point of compelled to type up incoherent rants on RU-vid at 3:28 am holy shit

Harmonic heaven!

Muito emocionante lindo

absolute perfection

I´m crying.

I have visited St. Sebaldus Church in Nuremberg several times in my life. Although Lutheran, it still contains the medieval shrine to St. Sebaldus, as well as statues of the Virgin Mary, the kinds of things that Protestant iconoclasts destroyed elsewhere. Priests said the Lutheran version of the Mass in this church while wearing vestments, right into the 18th century. Luther never intended to start a new denomination. His reformed church was still "catholic", and Bach's music exemplifies this, so much so that it is heard in St. Peter's in Rome. Bach's music will always be my favorite. He built cathedrals made of sound.

Man reached the hights of civilisation here ....

I'm not German. I'm Italian, but i think that Buch is really good👌🏻

Considering the beauty and the importance of this masterpiece, in addition to it's significance in religious expression, I would smile too, for the joy of singing this, and for what Christ gave us. Or not, I have a tendency to get tears in my eyes listening to this. Or I would smile with tears in my eyes. Does it matter? The is not a single doubt in my mind that this is being performed with respect, or else they would not be doing it in the first place. Kinda hard work, for a gag, right?? people get over it, and just enjoy.

Sublime.

Molto bello. Bravissimi!

Celestial Music, sung by Angels,descend from Heaven to Earth! Here we have a startling reversal! A Terrestrial Choir is presenting Celestial Music to Heaven!!! V.W.

A great meisterstuck.

So fine

"Through metaphor to reconcile the people and the stones..." If there really is a god. Outstanding!

Tiefgehender Choral - ergreifend !!

Bach is said to have composed a new hymn almost every week, for his church services...👍

In the Lutheran church that my family attended 60 years ago, we sang a hymn in English to this old melody. I love the old hymns! There is a certain resonance that stirs up deep feelings of solemnity and piety. The new hymns don’t do that for me.

found in the same work, it very interesting to have in one continuous flow various Bach harmonization of the same (divinely beautiful) old hymn. For budding composers, a great exercise is to harmonize the naked choral and then compare with Bach's. Ouch!!! Here is a good example that explains the attraction Bach has had on jazz musicians. Among many traits, Bach is the Great Re-harmonizer .

Bach St Matthew Matthäus Passion BWV 244, Herreweghe at 1:38:41 comes between ich will and O Haupt.

Was booked to go and see this live in London but it was cancelled because of the virus. I hope they reschedule :(

Ein wunderbares Lied !!!

Unser Vater Bach is unique!

in this dream of music I feel the closest to the unknown god- father have mercy with me

Through the ages, they speak to us.

Tot tranen geroerd... Elke keer weer!