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Performing the Passion [videorecording] : J.S. Bach and the Gospel according to John / produced by Margot Fassler, Jacqueline C. Richard.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmLanguage: English, German, Latin Publication details: [New Haven, Conn.] : Yale Institute of Sacred Music, c2009.Description: 1 videodisc (73 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0974945781
  • 9780974945781
Contained works:
  • Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Johannespassion. Selections
  • Handl, Jacob, 1550-1591. Musicum opus, 2. tomus. Ecce, quomodo moritur iustus
Subject(s): Yale Schola Cantorum, Simon Carrington, conductor ; Yale Collegium Players, Robert Mealy, director.Summary: Features selections from a contemporary performance of the 1725 version of J.S. Bach's St. John Passion, concluding with Jacob Handl's Ecce quomodo. Includes commentary from scholars and performers who discuss the nature of this rendition and the highly dramatic character of the work.
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Yale Schola Cantorum, Simon Carrington, conductor ; Yale Collegium Players, Robert Mealy, director.

Recorded April 1, 2006, St. Mary's Church, New Haven, Conn.

Features selections from a contemporary performance of the 1725 version of J.S. Bach's St. John Passion, concluding with Jacob Handl's Ecce quomodo. Includes commentary from scholars and performers who discuss the nature of this rendition and the highly dramatic character of the work.

DVD.

In English; musical excerpts sung in German or Latin, with German or Latin and English subtitles.