Latin Title

Ecce quomodo moritur justus (or iustus)

English Title

Event

Motet performed in Leipzig on Good Friday

Composed

By Jakob Handl (Jacobus Gallus) - 1577.
Performed by J.S. Bach as part of Good Friday Vespers at the prinicipal churches in Leipzig 1724-1749

Text

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Latin Text | Translations: English-3

Scoring

Soloists: 4-part Chorus
Orchestra: continuo

Score

References

BGA: - | NBA: - | BC: | First Published: in Opus musicum, 1577, a collection of 374 motets.

Commentary

Music

Music Examples

Discussions

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Motetten Alter Meister [P-1]
Motetten Alter Meister [P-1]
Dresdner Kreuzchor: Legendary [Box Set] [P-1]

J. Handl: Motet Ecce quomodo moritur [3:17]

Conductor: Rudolf Mauersberger; Musical Assistant: Wolfgang Ebersbach

Dresdner Kreuzchor

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Eterna 825 859
Berlin Classics 91962
Berlin Classics 8392

Jun 23-26, 1969

LP / TT:
CD / TT: 52:58
10-CD / TT: 572:48

Recorded at Lukaskirche, Dresden, Saxony, Germany.
Recording Manager: Reimar Bluth; Sound Control: Claus Strüben.
Buy this album at:
CD: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de

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Antonio Caldara: Stabat Mater; Mottetti di: Ingegneri, Handl, Nenna, Massaini, Gabrieli, Benevoli

J. Handl: Motet Ecce quomodo moritur []

Alberto Turco

Cappella Musicale della Cattedrale di Verona

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Bongiovanni 5023

1989

CD / TT: 46:13

3

Cathedral Music from Galway

J. Handl: Motet Ecce quomodo moritur [3:01]

Raymond O'Donnell (Conductor & Organ)

Choir of Galway Cathedral

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SDG 2000 608

1999 ?

CD / TT: 70:08

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Remembrance [P-1]

J. Handl: Motet Ecce quomodo moritur [3:01]

John Scott

Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, London

Huw Tregelles Williams (Organ)

Hyperion CDA-67398
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Jan 13-14 & 22-23, 2003

CD / TT: 72:58
MP3 / TT: 71:40

Recorded at St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England.
Recording Engineer: Julian Millard; Recording Producer: Mark Brown; Executive Producer: Simon Parry.
Buy this album at:
CD (2003): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download: iTunes

5

J.S. Bach: St. John Passion, 1725 Version [V-1]

J. Handl: Motet Ecce quomodo moritur [3:17]

Simon Carrington

Yale Schola Cantorum / Yale Collegium Players (Director: Robert Mealy)

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ReZound 5017-18

Apr 1 & 3, 2007

2-CD / TT: 115:48

Recorded live at St. Michael’s Church , New York, NY & St. Mary’s Church, New Haven, CT, USA.
Buy this album at: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk

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J.S. Bach: St. John Passion BWV 245, 1725 Version, in Good Friday Vespers [V-1]

Johannes-Passion BWV 245, 1725 Version, in Good Friday Vespers, Liturgical reconstruction by Robin A. Leaver [122 min]:
J. Handl: Motet Ecce quomodo moritur []

Andrew Megill

Bach Festival Choir; Fuma Sacra / Bach Festival Orchestra (Concertmaster: Nancy Wilson)

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Westminster Choir College

Jun 30, 2007

2-CD / TT: 122 min

Recorded live at Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. A performance from the 10th annual Bach Festival, as part of Westminster Choir College's Summer Session.
Source: WorldCat Libraries (OCLC Number: 704273807)

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J.S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion [V-3]

Matthäus-Passion BWV 244: Seletion (from a complete performance)
J. Handl: Motet Ecce quomodo moritur [4:11]

Akiko Koizumi

Choeur de Chambre / The Period Orchestra

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YouTube

Feb 5, 2012

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at Daiichi Seimei Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
Watch on YouTube:
J. Handl: Motet Ecce quomodo moritur: Complete Motet [4:12]

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J.S. Bach: John Passion [V-3]

Jacob Handl Gallus: Ecce quomodo moritur [2:58]

John Butt (Director, harpsichord & organ in the Chorale Preludes)

Dunedin Consort & Players [Johannes Passion]
University of Glasgow Chapel Choir (Chorus Master: James Grossmith) [Motets and chorale harmonisations for the liturgy]

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Linn Records CKD-419
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Sep 10-12, Nov 2, 2012

2-SACD / TT:
MP3 / TT: 138:05

Recorded at the Greyfriar's Kirk, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
Premiere recording of J.S. Bach’s John Passion heard for the first time within its original liturgical context.
Buy this album at:
2-SACD (2013): Amazon.com | Amazon.c.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download: Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de

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Bach: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244 | Raphaël Pichon & Ensemble Pygmalion [VV-1]

01:12:24: J. Handl Gallus: Ecce quomodo moritur justus [3:11]

Raphaël Pichon

Ensemble Pygmalion

Choir: Soprano I: Anne-Emmanuelle Davy, Sabine Devieilhe, Perrine Devillers, Alice Foccroulle, Armelle Froeliger; Soprano II: Anne-Marie Beaudette, Maïlys de Villoutreys, Ellen Giacone, Marie-Frédérique Girod, Violaine Le Chenadec, Marie Planinsek; Alto I: Corinne Bahuaud, Philippe Barth, Damien Guillon; Alto II: Myriam Arbouz, Lucile Richardot, Guilhem Terrail; Tenors I: Samuel Boden, Olivier Coiffet, Davy Cornillot; Tenors II: Guillaume Gutiérrez, Thomas Hobbs, Randol Rodriguez; Basses I: Etienne Bazola, Renaud Bres, Geoffroy Buffière, Jean-Michel Durang; Basses II: Virgile Ancely, Nicolas Boulanger, Geoffroy Heurard, Christian Immler
Continuo: Violoncello: Emilia Gliozzi; Double-bass: Thomas de Pierrefeu; Organ, Harpsichord: Sébastien Daucé, Arnaud de Pasquale; Lute: Thomas Dunford

YouTube

Mar 6, 2016

Video / TT: 175:19

Recorded & filmed live at Chapelle Royale du Château de Versailles (Versailles, Frankreich), France.
Other concerets: March 22, 2016 at Opéra de Dijon; March 24 at Philharmonie de Cologne; March 25 & 26 at Chapelle Royale, Versailles; March 29 & 30 at Auditorium de Bordeaux. Broadcast on Culturebox (available until 27/09/2016).
Source:: Medici.tv
Watch on YouTube:
Complete Concert [175:19]
Complete Work [168:19] (Between the first part and the second part of the St. Matthew Passion, sounds a vocal work by Jacobus Gallus "Ecce quomodo moritur justus")

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Bach: Matthäus passion, sacred oratorio, BWV 244 | Raphaël Pichon & Ensemble Pygmalion [VV-2]

01:09:20: J. Handl Gallus: Ecce quomodo moritur justus [3:10]

Raphaël Pichon

Ensemble Pygmalion

Choir: Sopranos 1: Anne-Emmanuelle Davy, Sabine Devieilhe, Perrine Devillers
Sopranos 2: Anne-Marie Beaudette, Armelle Froeliger, Marie-Frédérique Girod, Violaine Le Chenadec, Marie Planinsek
Altos 1: Philippe Barth, Damien Guillon, Marie Pouchelon
Altos 2: Myriam Arbouz, Lucile Richardot, Guilhem Terrail
Tenors 1: Samuel Boden, Olivier Coiffet, Davy Cornillot
Tenors 2: Guillaume Gutiérrez, Thomas Hobbs, Randol Rodriguez
Basses 1: Etienne Bazola, Renaud Bres, Geoffroy Buffière
Basses 2: Virgile Ancely, Nicolas Boulanger, Geoffroy Heurard, Christian Immler
La Maîtrise de Paris (Professor Edwidge Parat; Musical Direction: Patrick Marco): Diane Belleval, Lola La Rocca, Tanguy Landrieu, Chiara Ceccarelli, Tianée Achille, Aliya Davenne, Louise Van den Holle
Continuo: Violoncello: Emilia Gliozzi; Double-bass: Thomas de Pierrefeu; Organ & Harpsichord: Sébastien Daucé, Arnaud de Pasquale; Lute: Thomas Dunford
Orchestra 1: Violins 1: Sophie Gent, Louis Créac’h, Béatrice Linon; Violins 2: Gabriel Grosbard, Yoko Kawakubo, Satomi Watanabe; Violas: Jérôme Van Waerbeke, Marta Paramo; Viola da gamba: Julien Léonard; Violoncello: Emilia Gliozzi; Double-bass: Thomas de Pierrefeu; Bassoon: Augustin Humeau; Oboe 1: Jasu Moisio; Oboe 2: Lidewei de Sterck; Flute 1: Georgia Browne; Flute 2: Anne Thivierge; Organ: Sébastien Daucé; Lute: Thomas Dunford
Orchestra 2: Violins 1: Cecilia Bernardini, Sandrine Dupé, Katya Polin; Violins 2: Varoujan Doneyan, Cyrielle Eberhardt, David Wish; Violas: Josèphe Cottet, Pierre Vallet; Violoncellos: Antoine Touche, Gulrim Choi; Double-bass: Elise Christiaens; Bassoon: Evolène Kiener; Oboe 1: Shai Kribus; Oboe 2: Timothée Oudinot; Flute 1: Jean Bregnac; Flute 2: Morgane Eouzan; Organ, Harpsichord: Arnaud de Pasquale; Cornetts: Lambert Colson, Emmanuele Mure

YouTube

Mar 26, 2016

Video / TT: 171:22

Recorded & filmed live at Chapelle Royale du Château de Versailles (Versailles, Frankreich), France.
Watch on YouTube:
Matthäus-Passion BWV 244: Complete Concert [171:22]

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Bach en sept paroles VI - Voici l’homme [CP-6]

J. Handl Gallus: Ecce quomodo moritur justus []

Raphaël Pichon

Ensemble Pygmalion

Choir: Sopranos: Caroline Arnaud, Ulrike Barth, Anne-Emmanuelle Davy, Perrine Devillers, Armelle Cardot-Froeliger, Marie-Frédérique Girod; Altos: Stéphanie Leclercq, Marie Pouchelon, Alexander Schneider, William Shelton; Tenors: Didier Chassaing, Constantin Goubet, Olivier Rault, Baltazar Zuniga; Basses: Renaud Brés, Geoffroy Heurard, Guillaume Olry, Pierre Virly, Emmanuel Vistorky
Orchestra: Violins 1: Louis Créac’h, Paul-Marie Beauny, Yoko Kawakubo, Béatrice Linon, Katya Polin; Violins 2: Gabriel Grosbard, Alix Boivert, Varoujan Doneyan, Sandrine Dupé; Violas: Jérôme Van Waerbeke, Josèphe Cottet, Kate Goodbehere, Violoncellos: Emilia Gliozzi*, Julien Léonard, Antoine Touche; Double-bass: Thomas de Pierrefeu*; Oboes: Jasu Moisio, Lidewei de Sterck; Bassoon: Évolène Kiener; Flutes: Georgia Browne, Anne Thivierge; Theorbo: Diego Salamanca*; Harpsichord: Arnaud de Pasquale*; Organ: Gallon Pierre*
* Continuo

Culturebox / Mezzo

Mar 31, 2018

Video / TT: 158:04

Recorded & filmed live at the Philharmonie de Paris, France. Broadcast live on Mezzo channel.
Watch on YouTube:
Complete Conert [158:05]
Watch on Philharmonie de Paris:
Complete Concert [158:04]
Watch on Culturebox:
Complete Concert [158:04]

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Solomon's Knot ~ J.S. Bach: Johannes Passion BWV 245 (1725 version) [VV-5]

J. Handl: Motet Ecce quomodo moritur justus [3:10]

Jonathan Sells

Solomon's Knot

Sopranos: Zoë Brookshaw, Clare Lloyd-Griffiths; Altos: Michal Czerniawski, Kate Symonds-Joy; Tenors: Ruairi Bowen, Thomas Herford; Basses: Alexander Ashworth, Jonathan Sells
Organ, Harpsichord: Chad Kelly

YouTube

Jun 19, 2019

Video / TT:

Recorded & filmed live at Nikolaikirche, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, in the frame of Bachfest Leipzig. Dramatisation: John La Bouchardière.
Watch on YouTube:
J. Handl: Motet [3:10]

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J.S. Bach: Motets (BWV 225-230) [V-6]

6. J. Handl: Motet Ecce quomodo moritur [4:12]

Raphaël Pichon

Ensemble Pygmalion

Ensemble Pygmalion: Sopranos Ulrike Barth, Adèle Carlier, Cécile Dalmon, Anne-Emmanuelle Davy, Perrine Devillers, Maïlys de Villoutreys, Alice Foccroulle, Armelle Cardot-Froeliger, Marie-Frédérique Girod, Marie Planinsek; Mezzo-sopranos: Corinne Bahuaud, Philippe Barth, Marie Pouchelon, Lucile Richardot, William Shelton, Alexander Schneider; Tenors: Didier Chassaing, Olivier Coiffet, Davy Cornillot, Constantin Goubet, Guillaume Gutiérrez, Randol Rodriguez; Basses: Virgile Ancely, Nicolas Boulanger, Renaud Brés, Nicolas Brooymans, Guillaume Olry, René Ramos Premier
Violoncello: Antoine Touche; Double-bass: Thomas de Pierrefeu; Archlute: Thomas Dunford; Theorbo: Thibaut Roussel; Organ: Matthieu Boutineau; Orgue & Harpsichord: Pierre Gallon

Harmonia Mundi HMM-902657DI
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Sep 2019

CD / TT: 78:08
MP3 / TT: 82:07

Recorded at Éֹglise Notre-Dame-du-Liban, Paris, France.
Artistic Direction & Editing: Aline Blondiau; Sound Recording, Mixing & Mastering: Hugues Deschaux.
Listen on YouTube:
CD: Complete Album [Sequence; 21 Tracks; TT: 82:28]
Buy this album at:
CD (2020): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de
Music Download (2020): Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.de

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Full Concert: "St John Passion" / "Johannespassion" after/nach J.S. Bach [F2020-V1] [V-4]
Johannes-Passion à trois 2.0 – Extended Version (Bach Marathon, Tag/Day 2) [F2020-V1] [V-4]

1:26:10: J. Handl (J. Gallus): Motet Ecce quomodo moritur for 4 voices & continuo [4:22]

Thomaskantor Gotthold Schwarz

Chorales sung with Bach around the world-

Motets: Sopranos: Isabel Meyer-Kalis, Julia Sophie Wagner; Counter-tenor: David Erler; Tenor: Wolfram Lattke; Bass: Thomaskantor Gotthold Schwarz
Hartmut Becker (Violoncello); Mechthild Winter (Organ)

Bach-Archiv Leipzig

Apr 10, 2020

Video / TT: 90:49

Recorded & filmed live at Thomaskirche, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.
Idea & production: Steven Walter / PODIUM Esslingen; Concept: Benedikt Kristjánsson; Musical arrangement: Philipp Lamprecht, Elina Albach, Benedikt Kristjánsson; Production Easter 2020: Bachfest Leipzig.
(c) Bachfest Leipzig / MDR 2020. Booklet (Carus-Verlag).
This concept was in 2019 awarded the Opus Klassik Prize »Innovative concert of the year«.
Watch on YouTube:
Johannes-Passion BWV 245: Complete Work [90:49] | Extended Version [90:32]

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Remstal-Silcherchor Winterbach

J. Handl: Motet Ecce quomodo moritur []

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Remstal-Silcherchor, Gemischtes Vokalquartett, aiblingen>. Mandolinengruppe Manfred Kley...

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Bauer-Studios 920513

1993 ?

2-CD ? / TT:

Recorded at Winterbach, Waiblingen.

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?

J. Handl: Motet Ecce quomodo moritur []

L. Duvosel

Royal Choral Society oif Holland

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Columbia

?

LP / TT:

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?

J. Handl: Motet Ecce quomodo moritur []

Alphone Vranken

Bel Canto Choir, Amsterdam

-

Columbia

?

LP / TT:

18

?

J. Handl: Motet Ecce quomodo moritur []

John McCarthy

Ambrosian Singers

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Delyse 74024

?

LP / TT:

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J. Handl: Motet Ecce quomodo moritur []

Marin Constantin

Corul "Madrigal" al Conservatorului "Ciprian Porumbescu"

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Electrecord

?

LP / TT:

The list of recordings was compiled by Aryeh Oron (November 2008 - June 2022)
Thanks to contributors: Matthias Hansen (May 2014)

Jakob Handl: Short Biography | Works: Motet Ecce quomodo moritur
Discussions: Jakob Handl & Bach