St. Matthew Passion

Bach’s St Matthew Passion stands not only among the pinnacles of German Baroque music, but among the greatest achievements of European music as a whole. The legendary performance of the work conducted by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in 1829 marked the beginning of a renewed interest in the music of the Leipzig cantor. For nearly two centuries, this extraordinary work has been regarded as one of the most sublime examples of perfect musical beauty.

Programme

J. S. Bach
St Matthew Passion BWV 244

Performers 

Eric Stoklossa
Evangelist tenor

Matthias Winckhler
Jesus bass

Céline Scheen & Tereza Zimková
soprano

Luciana Mancini & Aneta Petrasová
alto

Jan Petryka & Ondřej Holub
tenor

Krešimir Stražanac & Tomáš Šelc
bass

Václav Luks conductor
Collegium 1704
Collegium Vocale 1704