Budapest Festival Orchestra
Compassion - J.S. Bach's Saint Matthew Passion and Other Passion Stories
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"While the framework for the concert is provided by Bach's Saint Matthew Passion, in addition to relating the story of the suffering of Jesus, we also express our sympathy for other innocent victims,” is how Iván Fischer summarises the concept behind this concert, titled Compassion. Performing the passion will be the Cantemus Mixed Choir and a selection of international soloists.
Fischer augmented this original thinking with his own ideas in a production that has already been presented with great success in Amsterdam. Replacing the scenes omitted from the Saint Matthew Passion will be interludes of classical music, and even folk sounds, jazz, choral works and video clips that in terms of their content intersect with Bach's messages. It's the same gist, but with more victims and several stories of suffering incorporated into a single evening: this is the essence of Iván Fischer's constantly shifting concept, which is strictly tuned to the present.
Bach's music resumes after each interlude. Together with the orchestra, the choir, divided into two parts will create an amazing stereophonic sound, sensitively depicting the exclamations and responses between the crowds. The narrative, which follows the Gospel of Matthew, breaks off several times in order to project an emotional feeling in the form of arias. In this intense, dramatic and often passionate music, Bach used many word-painting techniques, both vocal and instrumental.
Presented by: Budapest Festival Orchestra
Sections
Conductor:
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Iván Fischer
Featuring:
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sopranoAnna-Lena Elbert
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tenorNicholas Mulroy
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mezzo-sopranoOlivia Vermeulen
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bass-baritoneHanno Müller-Brachmann
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oudTaiseer Elias
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violinDaniel Bard
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sitarRoopa Panesar
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frame drumZohar Fresco
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Cantemus Children's Choir (choirmaster: Dénes Szabó)
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Cantemus Mixed Choir (choirmaster: Soma Szabó)
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