Bach, J S - St. John Passion - Haller, Benoit

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The Johannes passion is a drama of outstanding intensity whose edition was not definitely set by Bach. There are four public concerts which gave different organisation of pieces, 1724, 1725, 1728 and 1746/47. Benoît Haller - already noticed for the musical power of his relation to the wordings of texts, thanks to his work on Schütz - wants to underline the importance of this passion which goes far beyond purely liturgical purpose. It displays several and deep feelings which we may have in the curse of our life, and put forward archetypal characters... every one can be at one point the one who sacrifices, who betrays, denies, judges... To support this intense drama, Benoît Haller chose his ideal version between the four: « the one which we felt was the most balance, correct, edifying ».