Klaus Mäkelä conducts the St Matthew Passion
Bach's immortal masterpiece
A new chapter in the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s great Passion tradition: Klaus Mäkelä leads Bach’s St Matthew Passion, with vocal contributions from the Netherlands Chamber Choir, the Netherlands Children’s Choir and acclaimed soloists.
Bach composed the Passion in such an emotional and compelling way that it leaves few listeners unmoved.
Concert programme
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Johann Sebastian Bach
St Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Performers
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Klaus Mäkelä
chief conductor designate
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Maximilian Schmitt
tenor (Evangelist)
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Matthew Brook
bass (Christ)
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Julia Lezhneva
soprano
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Tim Mead
countertenor
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Laurence Kilsby
tenor
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Krešimir Stražanac
bass
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Nederlands Kamerkoor
choir
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Netherlands National Children's Choir
choir
About this concert
In the Netherlands, Bach’s St Matthew Passion has topped the favourites lists of classical music lovers for decades. Johann Sebastian Bach composed the Passion nearly 300 years ago in such an emotional and compelling way that it leaves few listeners unmoved. Now, for the first time, future chief conductor Klaus Mäkelä will share his interpretation of Bach's immortal masterpiece with you.
The Concertgebouw Orchestra’s annual Passion performance is one of the longest-running concert traditions in the world. In 1899, the orchestra’s then chief conductor Willem Mengelberg introduced the annual performance of Bach’s powerful St Matthew Passion around Easter. Later, the orchestra alternated the Passion story according to St Matthew with Bach’s equally brilliant St John Passion.
Dates and tickets
About this concert
In the Netherlands, Bach’s St Matthew Passion has topped the favourites lists of classical music lovers for decades. Johann Sebastian Bach composed the Passion nearly 300 years ago in such an emotional and compelling way that it leaves few listeners unmoved. Now, for the first time, future chief conductor Klaus Mäkelä will share his interpretation of Bach's immortal masterpiece with you.
The Concertgebouw Orchestra’s annual Passion performance is one of the longest-running concert traditions in the world. In 1899, the orchestra’s then chief conductor Willem Mengelberg introduced the annual performance of Bach’s powerful St Matthew Passion around Easter. Later, the orchestra alternated the Passion story according to St Matthew with Bach’s equally brilliant St John Passion.