27a. Evangelist: “Die Kriegsknechte aber, da sie Jesum gekreuziget hatten . . . [“The soldiers who crucified Jesus took His clothes . . .”] b. Chorus: “Lasset uns den nicht zerteilen, sondern darum losen, wes er sein soll” [“We must not tear this, let us cast lots for it”] c. Evangelist, Jesus: “Auf dass erfüllet würde die Schrift . . . ” [“And so the scripture was fulfilled . . .”] 28.
Chorale:
“Er nahm alles wohl in acht” [“He considered everything in His last hour”]
29. Evangelist, Jesus: “Und von Stund an nahm sie der Jünger zu sich . . .” [“From that moment the disciple took her into his home . . .”] 30. Aria (alto/countertenor): “Es ist vollbracht!” [“It is accomplished!”] 31. Evangelist: “Und neiget das Haupt und verschied . . .” [“And he bowed his head and died . . .”] 32. Aria (bass and chorus): “Mein teurer Heiland, lass dich fragen” [“Dearest Savior, let me ask You”] 33. Evangelist: “Und siehe da, der Vorhang im Tempel zeriss in zwei Stück . . .” [“And, behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two . . .”] 34. Arioso (tenor): “Mein Herz, in dem die ganze Welt bei Jesu Leiden gleichfalls leidet” [“My heart, the whole world shares Jesus’s suffering”] 35. Aria (soprano): “Zerfliesse, mein Herze, in Fluten der Zähren” [“Dissolve, my heart, in floods of tears”] 36. Evangelist: “Die Jüden aber, dieweil es der Rüsttag war . . . [“But the Jews, because it was the day before Sabbath . . .”] 37.
Chorale:
“O hilf, Christe, Gottes Sohn” [“Help us, Christ, Son of God”]
38. Evangelist: “Darnach bat Pilatum Joseph von Arimathia . . .” [“Pilate was then approached by Joseph of Arimathea . . .”] 39.
Chorus:
40.
Chorale:
“Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine” [“Rest in peace, sacred body”] “Ach Herr, lass dein lieb Engelein” [“Lord, send your dear angels”]
ENDE 50
Saint John Passion
The Cleveland Orchestra