O Sacred Head Now Wounded

The four chorale settings from the St. Matthew Passion spliced together. The settings with more sharps reflect Bach’s musical language for the immanence of God, flats are the transcendence of God...which is why the scene when Jesus prays, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” is in e-flat minor (6 flats implied). Genius. The harmonization of the last setting is other worldly.