Bach’s St Matthew Passion

Posted on Apr 14, 2014

Composed in 1727, it’s one of two surviving settings of the last days of Jesus Christ composed by J.S. Bach. This week on EXPLORING MUSIC (M-F, 1000), Bill McGlaughlin explores the history of Bach’s St Matthew Passion and samples different recordings. Bill will discuss the history of the Lutheran church in Germany and the early musical representations of Christ’s last days, including Bach’s earlier St John’s Passion. Progress through the work will be accompanied by other compositions of Bach and, on Thursday, Good Friday music by Haydn and Osvaldo Golijov.