Bach - Zerfließe, mein Herze from St John Passion BWV 245 | Netherlands Bach Society

The aria ’Zerfließe, mein Herze’ from St John Passion, performed by the Nederlands Bach Society and Maria Valdmaa, soprano, for All of Bach. The St John Passion was the first Passion Bach had written as cantor in Leipzig. The Passion story as told in the Gospel of John is different from that told by the other three evangelists – Matthew, Luke and Mark. John’s version places the emphasis on Christ’s divine origin. Throughout his suffering, this divine origin still plays a role and nowhere is Jesus as human as in the other gospels. For this performance, we selected a cast of singers under the age of 35. Apart from the leaders, all the orchestra members are also younger than 35. The concert series was preceded by a course of auditions and masterclasses. Recorded for the project All of Bach on March 11th 2017 at the Grote Kerk, Naarden. All of Bach is a project of the Netherlands Bach Society / Nederlandse Bachvereniging, offering high-quality film recordings of the works by