Osterfestspiele Baden‐Baden: J. S. Bach: Matthäus‐Passion

Baden‐Baden, Festspielhaus Baden‐Baden

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About the Event

In Amsterdam, every Easter week begins with a performance of a Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach. After Willem Mengelberg, Bernard Haitink and Mariss Jansons, the designated new conductor Klaus Mäkelä is now following this tradition. Evangelist Maximilian Schmitt and Christ singer Matthew Brook represent the German and British interpretation of great baroque oratorios. In Amsterdam, both performance traditions merge into a unique oratorio culture, which we can now also experience in Baden‐Baden.

Practical Information

The categories on the seating plan are divided as follows:
Category 1 = yellow
Category 2 = pink
Category 3 = red
Category 4 = blue
Category 5 = green
Category 6 = blackberry
Category 7 = dark brown
Category 8 = light brown

Program

Johann Sebastian Bach – Matthäus‐Passion BWV 244

Program is subject to change

Artists

Orchestra:	Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra The 'Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra' is a symphony orchestra of international renown, whose character has been shaped by several generations of musicians, longstanding collaboration with each of the six chief conductors, and the unique acoustic properties of the Concertgebouw’s main hall. The Orchestra has gained its unique international position with its ‘velvet’ strings, ‘golden’ brass and the exceptional and personal timbre of the woodwinds. The musicians are the guardians of the playing culture that gives the Orchestra its unique sound and flexibility. The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra consists of 120 virtuosos who perform together at the highest level. During the fifty years of Willem Mengelberg’s reign, a wide variety of composers such as Richard Strauss, Gustav Mahler, Claude Debussy and Igor Stravinsky conducted the Concertgebouw Orchestra several times. Celebrities such as Béla Bartók, Sergey Rachmaninoff and Sergey Prokofiev performed their own works as soloists. This crucial bond with contemporary composers was continued with Bruno Maderna, Peter Schat, Luciano Berio, Hans Werner Henze, Luigi Nono and John Adams, and is still RCO policy.
Soloist:	Julia Lezhneva soprano
Soloist:	Tim Mead countertenor
Soloist:	Matthew Brook Bariton
Choir:	Nederlands Kamerkoor
Conductor:	Klaus Mäkelä
Soloist:	Laurence Kilsby
Soloist:	Krešimir Stražanac

Address

Festspielhaus Baden‐Baden, Beim Alten Bahnhof 2, Baden‐Baden, Germany — Google Maps