Bach - Jesu, deine Passion ist mir lauter Freude (Chorale) - BWV 159

BACH Quotes - Delve into Bach, his music and vast influences Powered by quotations by prominent people from past to present *** More on the chorale below *** Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): SEHET! WIR GEHEN HINAUF NACH JERUSALEM (BWV 159) (Behold, let us go up to Jerusalem) 5. movement: Chorale “Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem“ (Behold, let us go up to Jerusalem) is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. He composed it in Leipzig for the Sunday Estomihi, the last Sunday before Lent, and probably first performed it on 27 February 1729. Jesu, deine Passion Ist mir lauter Freude, Deine Wunden, Kron und Hohn Meines Herzens Weide; Meine Seel auf Rosen geht, Wenn ich dran gedenke, In dem Himmel eine Stätt Mir deswegen schenke. (Paul Stockmann, 1633) Jesus, this thy passion Is my purest pleasure, All thy wounds, thy crown and scorn, Are my heart’s true pasture; This my so