Scoring: Soli SSTB, Coro SATB, 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Fg, 2 Vl, Va, Bc

Since its first performance in Berlin in 1755, Carl Heinrich Graun’s “empfindsame” [sensible] Passion Cantata "Der Tod Jesu", with a libretto by Karl Wilhelm Ramler had long been one of the most frequently performed works in this genre. Until the end of the 19th century this work was able to maintain its position in the repertoire of numerous oratorio societies and singing academies [especially the Berliner Sing-Akademie]. It was o...