{"id":1097,"date":"2026-07-28T17:51:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matthiasdaehling.com\/?post_type=mec-events&p=1097"},"modified":"2026-07-28T18:34:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:34:51","slug":"j-s-bach-matthaeuspassion-bwv-244-mco-141-842-990-246-396-884","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/matthiasdaehling.com\/en\/events\/j-s-bach-matthaeuspassion-bwv-244-mco-141-842-990-246-396-884\/","title":{"rendered":"J.S. Bach: Matth\u00e4uspassion, BWV 244 (MCO)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Johann Sebastian Bach: Matth\u00e4uspassion, BWV 244<\/strong><\/p>\n

Solisten:<\/span><\/p>\n

Nick Pritchard – Tenor I (Evangelist)<\/p>\n

Florian St\u00f6rtz – Bass I (Christus)<\/p>\n

Carolyn Sampson – Sopran I<\/p>\n

Jone Mart\u00ednez – Sopran II<\/p>\n

Alexander Chance – Altus I<\/p>\n

Matthias D\u00e4hling – Altus II<\/p>\n

Hugo Hymas – Tenor<\/p>\n

Timothy Edlin – Bass<\/p>\n

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Monteverdi Choir<\/p>\n

English Baroque Soloists<\/p>\n

Leitung – Masaaki Suzuki<\/p>\n

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Offizielle Konzertank\u00fcndigung:<\/span><\/p>\n

Masaaki Suzuki will conduct his acclaimed his vision of the work, performed according to Bach\u2019s partbooks, with solo singers stepping out of the choir. The Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists will be integrated with the most brilliant members of a new generation of Bach singers.<\/p>\n

To experience a performance of the\u00a0St Matthew Passion\u00a0is to participate in something larger than a concert. For Bach and his congregation, this music formed part of a shared act of devotion, a way of understanding and engaging with the central message of Christianity. But the generosity of Bach\u2019s musical imagination allows the music to resonate beyond its original context with an extraordinary humanity, bringing solace and inspiration to performers and listeners, whatever our beliefs.<\/p>\n

Bach\u2019s earlier musical version of the Passion of Christ, the\u00a0St John, was already extravagant and ambitious by the standards of the time.\u00a0 The\u00a0St Matthew, composed for Leipzig in 1727, goes even further, with two choruses and two orchestras, sometimes in dialogue, sometimes in ferocious opposition, sometimes in exultant unity. Bach illuminates the complex structure of the piece with amazing inventiveness, varying the instrumentation and musical structures, interweaving the ancient chorales of his Lutheran forebears through the biblical narrative and the reflective poetry of his collaborator Picander.<\/p>\n

\u201cA dream cantata date for Japanese maestro and local supergroup\u2026Here was choral and instrumental Bach performed not just with meticulous professionalism but a dash and verve that filled each movement with an infectious enthusiasm.<\/em>\u201d – The Arts Desk on Masaaki Suzuki\u2019s debut with the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, June 2025<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Johann Sebastian Bach: Matth\u00e4uspassion, BWV 244 Solisten: Nick Pritchard – Tenor I (Evangelist) Florian St\u00f6rtz – Bass I (Christus) Carolyn Sampson – Sopran I Jone Mart\u00ednez – Sopran II Alexander Chance – Altus I Matthias D\u00e4hling – Altus II Hugo Hymas – Tenor Timothy Edlin – Bass   Monteverdi Choir English Baroque Soloists Leitung – … <\/p>\n

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