Composed in 1680 to a medieval text by Arnulf of Leuven, Dietrich Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu nostri is a cycle of seven cantatas devoted to the body of Christ on the Cross. One of the most distinctive sacred works of the seventeenth century, it combines remarkable musical restraint with profound dramatic intensity. Each cantata meditates on one of Christ’s wounds, progressing from his feet to his face, and draws the listener into an intimate encounter with the suffering Saviour at the foot of the Cross.

Inviting both contemplation and quiet reflection, Membra Jesu nostri embodies the spirit of post–Thirty Years’ War Lutheran devotion, in which music became a deeply personal and profoundly embodied experience of the sacred.

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)

Membra Jesu nostri, BuxWV 75

Cantata I – Ad Pedes

Cantata II – Ad Genua

Cantata III – Ad Manus

Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630)

Meditatio, « Threnus »

Dietrich Buxtehude

Membra Jesu nostri, BuxWV 75

Cantata IV – Ad Latus

Cantata V – Ad Pectus

Cantata VI – Ad Cor

Johann Hermann Schein

Meditatio, « Tristis es anima mea »

Dietrich Buxtehude

Membra Jesu nostri, BuxWV 75

Cantata VII – Ad Faciem

Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)

Abschied, Selig sind die Toten, SWV 391

Dietrich Buxtehude

Herzlich lieb hab ich dich o Herr, BuxWV 41

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