St. Mark Passion (Markus-Passion)
as a pasticcio by Johann Sebastian Bach, with arias from Hande'ls Brockes-Passion
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As a pasticcio by Johann Sebastian Bach, with arias from Hande'ls Brockes-Passion. Composed by George Frideric Handel and fruher zugeschrieben Reinhard Keiser. Edited by Christine Blanken. Arranged by Johann Sebastian Bach. Edition Bach-Archiv Leipzig - Musical Monuments. German title: Markuspassion. Sacred vocal music, Passions, Lent and Passiontide, Holy Week. Single Part, Viola 1. Composed circa 1747. 12 pages. Duration 90 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 35.502/13. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3550213).ISBN 9790007213442. Language: German.
Third version, first performed around 1747 in Leipzig. First version available under 35.304/00. The St. Mark Passion, which probably originated in the first decade of the 18th century, by a composer known until now only as "Kaiser," is only preserved in various copies. It occupies a prominent place in Bach's music library as the only music for Passion by another composer which he performed several times, usually in different forms. For the young Bach in Weimar this St. Mark Passion was a didactic piece for learning the art of the modern narrative recitative; as the Leipzig Thomaskantor he also performed it (1726). The present edition reconstructs the third version, first performed in Leipzig (1747), in which Bach inserted seven arias from Handel's famous Brockes-Passion. Only in this pasticcio did a direct encounter occur between him and his famous compatriot in London, a real encounter which Bach longed for, but which never came about. Score and part available separately - see item CA.3550200.