(Vatican Radio) Monsignor Philip Whitmore presents a musical meditation in which he
looks ahead to Passiontide. In this feature you can hear sound clips from the German
version of the hymn 'O Sacred Head Sore Wounded'. It comes from J.S.Bach's wonderful
setting of the Passion according to Saint Matthew.
Find out how the tune of
this hymn began life as a popular song, nothing at all to do with religion and certainly
nothing to do with the Passion, but someting to do with Martin Luther instead.
Listen
to this programme produced by Veronica Scarisbrick for the series 'Music to Watch
Angels By', a heavenly hymn book presented by Monsignor Philip Whitmore.