Hertog Jan Zaal
-- Doors open 18:00
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Performers
Lars Ulrik Mortensen - harpsichord and conducting
Raphael Höhn - Evangelist
Dorothee Mields - soprano
Kristen Witmer - soprano
Terry Wey - alto
Alexander Chance - alto
Georg Poplutz - tenor
Zachary Wilder - tenor
Felix Schwandtke - bass
Sebastian Myrus - bass
Kampen Boys Choir
Bachs Matthäus-Passion
Dutch Bach Society
- Classical
- Barok
- Klassiek Seizoen 26-27
- Koormuziek
- Orkestmuziek
- Oude muziek
- Vocaal
Tickets
- Ticket (Premium) €85,00
- Ticket (Rang 1) €75,00
- Ticket (Rang 2) €59,00
- Ticket (Rang 3) €49,00
- Ticket (Rang 4) €39,00
‘Kommt ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen…’ The opening of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion is magnificent and immortal. The Netherlands Bach Society has performed it every year since its founding in 1922. That’s more than a century! The St. Matthew Passion is one of the greatest works of art ever created. It sets the story of Christ’s suffering to music. Betrayal, condemnation, death, and unconditional love—it’s all there. The piece combines the most horrific and the most beautiful and continues to amaze and move you, whether you are religious or not. Lars Ulrik Mortensen, renowned Baroque conductor and good friend of the Bach Society, is conducting this time. Let yourself be moved…
Conductor Lars Ulrik Mortensen: ‘In the St. Matthew Passion, Bach used religious texts. I have often wondered whether I, as a non-believer, am allowed to conduct Bach’s religious works. But I think that the deeper meaning of words is universal, whether they come from the Bible or from a poem. Just as the feelings that texts evoke are universal. Bach writes in a traditional style, with both feet firmly on the ground. He understands the human condition and all our emotions like no other. At the same time, he created music that is absolutely divine. But you can always relate to it because of the recognition of the human aspect.’
Program
Bach – Matthäus-Passion
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- Doors open 18:00
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Performers
Lars Ulrik Mortensen - harpsichord and conducting
Raphael Höhn - Evangelist
Dorothee Mields - soprano
Kristen Witmer - soprano
Terry Wey - alto
Alexander Chance - alto
Georg Poplutz - tenor
Zachary Wilder - tenor
Felix Schwandtke - bass
Sebastian Myrus - bass
Kampen Boys Choir
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