Delphine Galou, contralto : Bach: Erbarme dich, mein Gott (Matthäuspassion)

'Erbarme dich, mein Gott'

Aria for contralto, solo violin, strings (2 violins and 1 viola) and basso continuo

From the oratorio 'Matthäuspassion', BWV 244

Libretto: Picander (1700-1764)

Music: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

First performance: probably 11 April 1727, in Leipzig (Thomaskirche)
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Les Siècles,
conducted by François-Xavier Roth
http://www.lessiecles.com/

Recorded in Summer 2008
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Erbarme dich, mein Gott, um meiner Zähren willen!
Schaue hier, Herz und Auge weint vor dir bitterlich.
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Have mercy, my God, for the sake of my tears!
See here, before you heart and eyes weep bitterly.