Bach - Jesus Christus, unser Heiland BWV 665 - Van Doeselaar | Netherlands Bach Society

’Jesus Christus unser Heiland’, performed by Leo van Doeselaar for All of Bach, is a Eucharist hymn, intended to be sung during Holy Communion. The words underline the transformation of Christ’s body and blood into bread and wine for the salvation of Christians. The specification ‘sub communione’ for BWV 665 confirms that Bach’s arrangement was also used in the celebration of Holy Communion. Recorded for the project All of Bach on October 21st 2014 at St. Catherine’s Church, Hamburg. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel and consider donating For the interview with organist Leo van Doeselaar on ’Jesus Christus, unser Heiland’ go to For more information on BWV 665 and this production go to All of Bach is a project of the Netherlands Bach Society / Nederlandse Bachvereniging, offering high-quality film recordings of the works by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed