BACH, J.S.: St. Matthew Passion (Sung in English) (Skidmore)

     
     
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 St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 (Sung in English)  
1 Part I: Come, you daughters, share my mourning (Chorus, Soprano) 6:18
 Jeffrey Skidmore Soloist
     
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2 Part I: Recitative: When Jesus had finished saying these things (Evangelist, Jesus) 0:36
 Jeremy Budd Soloist
     
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3 Part I: Chorale: O blessed Jesu, how have you offended (Chorus) 0:42
 Greg Skidmore Soloist
     
4 Part I: Recitative: At that time there assembled all the chief (Evangelist, Chorus, Jesus) 2:56
 Grace Davidson Soloist
     
5 Part I: Recitative: My master and my Lord (Alto 1) 0:54
 Jeremy Budd Soloist
     
6 Part I: Aria: Grief for sin reads the guilty heart within (Alto 1) 4:14
 Mark Chambers Soloist
     
 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
7 Part I: Recitative: Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas (Evangelist, Judas) 0:38
 James Birchall Soloist
     
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8 Part I: Aria: Break in grief, O loving heart (Soprano 2) 4:19
 James Birchall Soloist
     
9 Part I: Recitative: On the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus (Evangelist, Chorus, Jesus) 2:01
 Matthew Venner Soloist
     
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10 Part I: Chorale: It's I whose sins have bound you (Chorus) 0:48
 Greg Skidmore Soloist
     
11 Part I: Recitative: He answered them and said (Evangelist, Jesus, Judas) 2:45
 Grace Davidson Soloist
     
12 Part I: Recitative: Although our eyes with tears o'erflow (Soprano 1) 1:10
 Eamonn Dougan Soloist
     
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13 Part I: Aria: Jesu, Saviour, I am yours (Soprano 1) 3:15
 Eamonn Dougan Soloist
     
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14 Part I: Recitative: And after they had sung a hymn together (Evangelist, Jesus) 0:59
 Grace Davidson Soloist
     
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15 Part I: Chorale: Receive me, my Redeemer (Chorus) 0:51
 Jeremy Budd Soloist
     
 CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH HENRICI
16 Part I: Recitative: Simon Peter answered and said to him (Evangelist, Peter, Jesus) 1:05
 Natalie Clifton-Griffith Soloist
     
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17 Part I: Chorale: I want to stand beside you (Chorus) 0:54
 Grace Davidson Soloist
     
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18 Part I: Recitative: Then Jesus went with them to a garden called Gethsemane (Evangelist, Jesus) 1:28
 Eamonn Dougan Soloist
     
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19 Part I: Recitative: O Grief! What trembling of his heavy heart! (Tenor 1) - Chorale: My Saviour, why must all this trouble fall on you? (Chorus) 1:50
 Jeffrey Skidmore Soloist
     
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20 Part I: Aria: I would beside my Lord be watching (Tenor 1, Chorus) 4:50
 Greg Skidmore Soloist
     
21 Part I: Recitative: And going further, he threw himself on the ground (Evangelist, Jesus) 0:39
 Grace Davidson Soloist
     
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22 Part I: Recitative: The Saviour, low before his Father bending (Bass 2) 0:49
 Matthew Venner Soloist
     
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23 Part I: Aria: Never will I choose to leave him (Bass 2) 4:02
 Mark Chambers Soloist
     
24 Part I: Recitative: Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping (Evangelist, Jesus) 1:17
 Grace Davidson Soloist
     
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25 Part I: Chorale: O Father, let your will be done (Chorus) 0:54
 Grace Davidson Soloist
     
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26 Part I: Recitative: Again he came and found them sleeping (Evangelist, Jesus, Judas) 2:21
 Jeremy Budd Soloist
     
27 Part I: Aria: My Saviour Jesus, now is taken (Soprano 1, Alto 1, Chorus) 4:40
 Christopher Watson Soloist
     
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28 Part I: Recitative: And suddenly, one of the disciples who were there with Jesus (Evangelist, Jesus) 2:14
 Natalie Clifton-Griffith Soloist
     
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29 Part I: Chorale: O World, your sinful ways lament (Chorus) 5:56
 Jeffrey Skidmore Soloist
     
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30 Part II: Aria: Ah! Now is my Saviour gone! (Alto 1, Chorus) 3:58
 Christopher Watson Soloist
     
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31 Part II: Recitative: And those who had arrested Jesus took him to the house of the high priest (Evangelist) 1:00
 Grace Davidson Soloist
     
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32 Part II: Chorale: How falsely does the world accuse! (Chorus) 0:37
 Eamonn Dougan Soloist
     
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33 Part II: Recitative: Though many false witnesses came forward (Evangelist, False Witnesses, High Priest) 1:06
 James Birchall Soloist
     
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34 Part II: Recitative: My Lord stays silent, though men accuse him falsely (Tenor 2) 1:02
 Mark Chambers Soloist
     
35 Part II: Aria: Endure through lies and taunts and slander (Tenor 2) 3:41
 Greg Skidmore Soloist
     
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36 Part II: Recitative: The high priest answered, and said to him (Evangelist, High Priest, Jesus, Chorus) 2:09
 Matthew Venner Soloist
     
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37 Part II: Chorale: O Lord, who dares to strike you (Chorus) 0:58
 Jeffrey Skidmore Soloist
     
     
     
     
 CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH HENRICI
1 Part II: Recitative: Simon Peter was sitting in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him and said (Evangelist, First Maid, Peter, Second Maid, Chorus) 2:23
 Natalie Clifton-Griffith Soloist
     
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2 Part II: Aria: Have mercy, Lord on, me (Alto 1) 5:38
 Jeffrey Skidmore Soloist
     
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3 Part II: Chorale: Lamb of God, I fall before you (Chorus) 1:02
 Jeremy Budd Soloist
     
4 Part II: Recitative: Now when the morning came (Evangelist, Judas, Chorus, Chief Priests) 1:46
 Grace Davidson Soloist
     
5 Part II: Aria: Give, O give me back my Saviour (Evangelist) 2:36
 Christopher Watson Soloist
     
6 Part II: Recitative: After they had conferred together (Evangelist, Pilate, Jesus) 1:58
 Eamonn Dougan Soloist
     
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7 Part II: Chorale: Commit your way to Jesus (Chorus) 0:59
 Jeffrey Skidmore Soloist
     
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8 Part II: Recitative: Now on the feast day (Evangelist, Pilate, Pilate's Wife, Chorus) 2:29
 Greg Skidmore Soloist
     
9 Part II: Amazing love, this sacrifice to offer (Chorus) 0:46
 Grace Davidson Soloist
     
10 Part II: Recitative: The Governor asked (Evangelist, Pilate) 0:17
 Christopher Watson Soloist
     
11 Part II: Recitative: To all men Jesus has done good (Soprano 1) 1:02
 Greg Skidmore Soloist
     
12 Part II: Aria: For love my Saviour now is dying (Soprano 1) 4:46
 Greg Skidmore Soloist
     
13 Part II: Recitative: But they shouted all the more and said (Evangelist, Chorus, Pilate) 1:50
 Mark Chambers Soloist
     
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14 Part II: Recitative: Have pity, God! (Alto 2) 1:02
 Jeffrey Skidmore Soloist
     
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15 Part II: Aria: If my weeping and my wailing be unavailing (Alto 1) 6:44
 Grace Davidson Soloist
     
16 Part II: Recitative: And then the Governor's soldiers took Jesus (Evangelist, Chorus) 1:03
 Jeffrey Skidmore Soloist
     
17 Part II: O bleeding head, so wounded (Chorus) 2:10
 Eamonn Dougan Soloist
     
18 Part II: And after they had mocked him (Evangelist) 0:52
 James Birchall Soloist
     
19 Part II: Recitative: In truth our flesh and blood must be (Bass 1) 0:34
 Jeffrey Skidmore Soloist
     
20 Part II: Come, healing Cross! (Bass 1) 6:22
 Grace Davidson Soloist
     
 CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH HENRICI
21 Part II: Recitative: And when they came to a place called Golgotha (Evangelist, Chorus) 3:22
 Eamonn Dougan Soloist
     
 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
22 Part II: Recitative: Ah, Golgotha! Unhappy Golgotha! (Alto 1) 1:27
 Grace Davidson Soloist
     
23 Part II: Aria: See it: see the Saviour's outstretched arm (Alto 1, Chorus) 2:53
 Jeffrey Skidmore Soloist
     
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24 Part II: Recitative: Now from the midday hour there fell a darkness (Evangelist, Jesus, Chorus) 2:11
 Jeremy Budd Soloist
     
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25 Part II: Chorale: Be near me, Lord, when dying (Chorus) 1:24
 Matthew Venner Soloist
     
 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
26 Part II: And then, at once (Evangelist, Chorus) 2:37
 Jeremy Budd Soloist
     
 CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH HENRICI
27 Part II: Recitative: At evening, hour of calm and rest (Bass 1) 1:54
 Natalie Clifton-Griffith Soloist
     
28 Part II: Aria: Cleanse yourself, my heart from sin (Bass 1) 5:30
 Jeremy Budd Soloist
     
 JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
29 Part II: Recitative: So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen (Evangelist, Chorus, Pilate) 2:24
 Mark Chambers Soloist
     
 CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH HENRICI
30 Part II: Recitative: And now the Lord is laid to rest (Bass 1, Alto 1, Soprano 1, Chorus) 1:47
 Jeffrey Skidmore Soloist
     
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31 Part II: In tears of grief, dear Lord (Chorus) 5:54
 Jeffrey Skidmore Soloist
 Skidmore, Jeffrey