- O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden, Op. 135a, No. 21
[2:14]
Meditation on the Passion Chorale, using nothing but beautiful flute stops. There are three simulated manuals: Man II - HW Gedact 8'; Man. III -
Hinterwerk Flauto Amabile 8'; Man. I - HW coupled to Hinterwerk; the Pedal is usually only Subbass 16', but Gedactbass 8' is added when Man. I is
used.
Instrument:
F. A. Mehmel Village Church Organ, St. Andreas Church, Nehringen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (1868) -
Samples by Prof. Helmut Maier
- Chorale Text
German:
O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden,
Voll Schmerz und voller Hohn,
O Haupt, zum Spott gebunden
Mit einer Dornenkron',
O Haupt, sonst schön gezieret
Mit höchster Ehr' und Zier,
Jetzt aber höchst schimpfieret:
Gegrüßet sei'st du mir!
--Attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux, 1153
Tr. Paul Gerhardt, 1656
English:
O sacred Head, now wounded,
with grief and shame weighed down,
Now scornfully surrounded
with thorns, Thine only crown;
How pale Thou art with anguish,
with sore abuse and scorn!
How does that visage languish,
which once was bright as morn!
--Tr. James W. Alexander, 1830.
Audio track was created with Hauptwerk v. 1 software
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