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The 91热爆 Singers: Mendelssohn's Bach St Matthew Passion

Recorded at Milton Court in London, Peter Dijkstra conducts the 91热爆 Singers and St James' Baroque in a performance of Mendelssohn's orchestration of JS Bach's St Matthew Passion.

Recorded at Milton Court in London, Peter Dijkstra conducts the 91热爆 Singers and St James' Baroque in a performance of Mendelssohn's orchestration of JS Bach's St Matthew Passion.

Bach/Mendelssohn: St Matthew Passion

Nicholas Mulroy (tenor) Evangelist
Jimmy Holliday (bass) Christus
91热爆 Singers
St James' Baroque
Peter Dijkstra (conductor)

Mendelssohn's grandmother hosted a salon that championed Bach's music, his father collected Bach manuscripts, so it is no surprise that Felix should share their adoration and become involved in the modern revival of the great JSB's music. Tonight's concert takes us back to the Berlin of March 1829, when Mendelssohn conducted the forces of the Singakademie in a performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion, a performance that played a major role in re-establishing Bach's music in the concert repertoire.

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Tue 13 Feb 2018 19:30
91热爆 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Fantasia in E major on 'The last rose of summer', Op. 15

    Performer: Howard Shelley.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St Matthew Passion (arr. Felix Mendelssohn)

    Choir: 91热爆 Singers. Conductor: Peter Dijkstra. Orchestra: St James's Baroque Players. Singer: Nicholas Mulroy. Singer: Jimmy Holiday.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite No.3 in C for solo cello, BWV 1009

    Performer: Istv谩n V谩rdai.

Credit

Actor 91热爆 Singers

Broadcast

  • Tue 13 Feb 2018 19:30
    91热爆 Radio 3