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Sacred Music: St. Matthew Passion<div> Johann Sebastian Bach</div><div> Work in two parts, BWV 244 (1727)</div><div> Text by Christian Picander, based on the Gospel according to Saint Matthew</div><div><br></div><div> Céline Scheen | soprano I</div><div> Tereza Zimková | soprano II</div><div> Luciana Mancini | viola I</div><div> Aneta Petrasová | viola II</div><div> Eric Stoklossa | tenor (The Evangelist)</div><div> Jan Petryka | Tenor I</div><div> Ondrej Holub | Tenor II</div><div> Matthias Winckhler | bass (Jesus)</div><div> Krešimir Stražanac | bass I</div><div> Tomáš Šelc | Bass II</div><div> Collegium 1704 Orchestra and Choir</div><div> Václav Luks | director</div><div><br></div><div> In the years between the Feast of St. John and the Feast of St. Matthew, Bach continually enriched his musical experience and brought numerous innovations and sonic breadth to his writing. This masterpiece concludes the long list of passions in the history of music. Those that followed, with rare exceptions, would no longer be passions in the liturgical sense, and would pave the way for the oratorio form.</div><div><br></div><div> Théâtre des Champs-Élysées Production</div><div><br></div><div> Sung in German, with French/English surtitles</div>