Conductor:
Featuring:
J. S. Bach-Mendelssohn
St Matthew Passion - The 1841 Leipzig version for the first time in Hungary, on period instruments
The renaissance of Baroque music reached its zenith in Mendelssohn's time, when the Romantic composer and conductor presented Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion in Berlin a century after its original composition. Less well known is that he revived the work again on Palm Sunday 1841 in the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, where Bach once worked as Kapellmeister. This is the version that will now be heard in Hungary for the first time on period instruments, under the baton of György Vashegyi, the country's leading conductor of period performance. What makes the undertaking even more special is that Mendelssohn's interpretation of Bach's work will come to life in a performance by two world-class ensembles, the Purcell Choir and Orfeo Orchestra.
A lecture by János Mácsai under the title Prelude will precede the concert from 6.30 pm, giving ticket holders the opportunity to better familiarise themselves with the work.
Presented by: Palace of Arts, Sysart Kft, Orfeo Music Foundation
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