- Herzlich thut mich verlangen, BWV 727
[1:34]
The beloved chorale heard so often in the St. Matthew Passion here receives a potentially maudlin treatment, though I have hurried it along a bit
rather than milk it the way Albert Schweitzer used to do.
Midi File available.
Instrument:
St. Anne's Church, Moseley, Birmingham, England (1874) - Samples by Martin Dyde
- Chorale Text
German:
Herzlich tut mich verlangen
Nach einen selgen End,
Weil ich hier bin umfangen
Mit Trübsal und Elend.
Ich hab Lust abzuscheiden
Von dieser argen Welt,
Sehn mich nach ewgen Freuden,
O Jesu, komm nur bald!
--Christoph Knoll, 1605
English:
My heart is filled with longing
To pass away in peace;
For woes are round me thronging
And trials will not cease.
Oh fain would I be hasting,
From thee, dark world of gloom,
To gladness everlasting.
O Jesus! quickly come.
--tr. Catherine Winkworth
Audio track was created with Hauptwerk v. 1 software
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