Great Composers - Bach (BBC, 1997) - Part 6/7

St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 - Chorus ''Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder''
St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 - Aria (A) ''Erbarme dich''
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists & Monteverdi Choir

[@lindacowles756]

Does "Erbarme dich, mein Gott" evoke the emotional response it did for Sir Jonathan Miller because Peter's denial was predicted or because he knew that he had sinned against the Lord and that's something common with all of us, the grief over our transgressions?

[@codonauta]

I am Brazilian, so, I speak portuguese. Then, Subtitles in Spanish is magnificence.
I have in my own channel videos about Handel, spoken in English, without subtitles, ( because the dvd didn't have ones. ) Neither I get very well that videos, uploaded by myself! :o)
I have watched this J S Bach's documentary on the TV once, I liked very much. Now, I can re watch it, understanding what is being told. :o)

[@codonauta]

Please, what is the name of the countertenor performing the ''Erbarme dich''?

[@codonauta]

@shopshoppermedia Don´t you understand the German language in Bach music, or the English in this documentary?

[@codonauta]

Subtitles in spanish! Thank you very much for that. It is hard to a lot of people, including me, to get spoken english. Writtem english is easier, but spoken one sometimes is a problem, it becomes the videos uincomprehensible a lot of times.

[@SoliDeoGloria8550]

You are very welcome. It happens exactly the same to me sometimes, so I thought the subtitles would be a good idea :)))

[@SoliDeoGloria8550]

I believe his name is Jonathan Peter Kenny

[@TheMakersRage]

That whole production of the Matthew passion is on TH-cam anyway.

[@jordifuentesandres226]

aqui se ve una versión del erbarme dich francamente bien lograda,para mi gusto el violin es francamente ,de una sensibilidad que nunca he escuchado y disponto de varias versiones.

[@sion7111]

Miller is an atheist however he has been touched by "Erbarme dich". He don't know it but I think his emotion is probably, because deep deep inside himself, his own soul want to cry, too, as mine: Have mercy on me, oh God..

[@welshboy82]

I’ve cried at arias from Rigoletto, but not because I think the Gilda exists.