On Maundy Thursday and Good Friday we will broadcast a lot of early music written for Lent in a number of programmes. Here is an overview.
Thursday April 17th (Maundy Thursday)
13.00u: No day without Bach The continuation of the St. Matthew Passion by the J.S. Bach Foundation conducted by Rudolf Lutz. The beginning of the St. Matthew Passion can be heard in In No Day Without Bach on Wednesday April 16th.
Attention for the CD ‘A German Passion’ with 17th century music for Lent and Easter, by the Dutch ensemble Margaretha Consort conducted by Marit Broekroelofs.
Many composers have set texts from the Bible that describe the suffering of Jesus to music. In this hour various forms of this passion music, such as ‘Die deutsche Passion nach Johannes’ by Joachim von Burck, ‘Lamentatio Jeremiae’ by Johannes Tinctoris and the Stabat Mater by Josquin des Prez.
21.00u: Documento Stabat Mater – Music from the 16th, 17th and 18th century for Holy Week. Including a Lamentation by Orlando di Lasso, the Quatrième Leçon des Morts and the Stabat Mater by Sébastien de Brossard.
Part 1 of the Luke Passion that Georg Philipp Telemann composed in 1744. Telemann wrote more than forty Passions in total. The version based on the Gospel of Luke is one that stands out for its emotional expressiveness. In Missa etcetera of April 24th you will hear part 2
.Friday April 18th (Good Friday)
The last part of the St. Matthew Passion by the J.S. Bach Foundation conducted by Rudolf Lutz.
Image: Detail of print by Arnold de Jode (1638–after 1667) after painting by Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641) (source: Wikimedia Commons)
