J S Bach
St Matthew Passion
St Matthew Passion
J S Bach
Saturday March 25th 2023
Tewkesbury Abbey
6.30pm
Directed by David Crown
Soloists
Mark Wilde (Evangelist)
Markus Matheis (Christus)
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Orchestra
The Musical and Amicable Society Baroque Orchestra
St Matthew Passion
The St Matthew Passion was written in two parts: Part One unfolds Christ’s betrayal, the Last Supper, his prayers and his subsequent arrest. Part Two traverses through the Crucifixion to death and burial of Christ.
Throughout the work the performance from the soloists feature more than the chorus. One of hundreds of sacred pieces Bach wrote during his long tenure as director of church music at Thomaskirche school, the story of the St Matthew Passion was taken mostly from the Gospel According to Matthew, but the verses that Bach set to music were provided by a number of contemporary poets. His principal contributor was Christian Friedrich Henrici, a poet who wrote under the name of Picander.
Detail from The Deposition of the cross in church Chiesa di San Francesco by Antonio Begarelli (1499-1565).
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Ariel Ramirez
Misa Criolla
Will Todd
Mass in Blue
Misa Criolla
Ariel Ramirez
Mass in Blue
Will Todd
Sunday 25 June 2023
6.00pm
St Philip and St James Church
Grafton Road
Cheltenham
Directed by David Crown
Soloists
Hannah Davey SOPRANO
Julian Henao Gonzalez TENOR
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Will Todd
Will Todd (b.1970) is a British composer and jazz pianist, best known for combining jazz and blues with traditional choral music. Will spent his formative years steeped in both jazz and the English choral tradition. In his choral jazz music he is able to juxtapose strong rhythmic drive and rich harmonies with exquisitely lyrical vocal lines.
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Ariel Ramirez
Ariel Ramírez (1921 – 2010) was an Argentine composer, pianist and music director. He was considered a chief exponent of Argentine folk music and noted for his iconic musical compositions. He is known primarily for his Misa Criolla (1964) which allowed him to travel around Europe and Latin America and enabled him to build his reputation as a composer.
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