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Saw my grandparents, who complained about the flamboyant organist in her church.
Listened to three pieces from Bach’s St Matthews Passion probably 30 times a piece in the week leading up to Easter. There is no greater Easter music or summation of the meaning of Easter which is the kernel of Christianity, really. My favorite two of the three:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=RnkSFKJ4rC0
behold!—Whom?—the Bridegroom!
Behold him!—how?—As a Lamb.
Behold!—what?—behold the patience, look!—where?—at our guilt.
See him, out of love and graciousness bear the wood for the Cross Himself. O innocent Lamb of God, slaughtered on the trunk of the Cross, patient at all times, however you were scorned. You have borne all sins, otherwise we would have to despair.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=pKc00BHvaas
Make thyself clean, my heart, I will myself entomb Jesus. For he shall henceforth in me For ever and ever
Take his sweet rest. World, begone, let Jesus in.
The whole text of the Passion is a great beginner’s guide to, well, the Passion. Because it’s a combination of the original text, explanatory notes (the recitative), and then the intended affective and transcendent dimension (arias): https://gbt.org/music/St_Matthew_text.pdf
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