Johann Sebastian Bach

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BWV 245c
Title 2nd Composition of St. John Passion
Composed 30th March1725, Leipzig
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Tenor solo
Oboe I + II
Organ
Basso continuo

Movements Aria (Tenor): Ah, writhe and twist not so, tormented spirits
Category Passion
Event Good Friday
Author of text Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander)?
Text
Aria:
Tenor solo
Oboe I + II
Organ
Basso continuo


Ah, writhe and twist not so, tormented spirits,
Beneath your cross's fear and pain!

If ye could the unbounded toll
Of cruel blows and scourging number
And number, too, the sum of your transgressions,
These would ye find in greater measure!

Bibletext Luke 2:1; Luke 2:3-21; Matthew 2:1-12
Manuscript -

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