Word: sondern
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cecilia hits with ease: the narrator will call, "Sie aber sprachen," and the chorus will resound with the answer, "Jesum von Nazareth." The chorus does not back down from the lines which most directly implicate "the Jews". At the proper moments they exhort Pilate to accept Jesus ("Nicht diesen, sondern Barrabam") and crucify him ("Kreuzige! Kreuzige!") with dramatic sincerity. These are the lines both Stephen Jay Gould and certain Christian members of the panel audience said made them feel uncomfortable. Obviously, Gould is typical of the performers, for they all seem to "face" controversy with a loyal eye to Bach...