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How long does St Matthew Passion Last?
The St. Matthew Passion is divided into two parts, and its performance takes somewhat less than three hours.
How long is Bach’s St John Passion?
Despite both Bach’s settings of the Passion lasting more than two hours, they were written to be used as part of a Lutheran church service – he wrote the St John Passion, for the Good Friday Vespers service of 1724, and the St Matthew Passion three years later.
Who wrote the St John Passion?
Johann Sebastian Bach
St John Passion/Composers
Who discovered Bach’s St. Matthew Passion?
In 1823 (or possibly 1824), Felix’s maternal grandmother, Bella Salomon, presented him with a gift that was to alter the course of his life: a copyist’s manuscript score of J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion.
What key is St Matthew Passion in?
Matthew Passion;4 or the fairly frequent statements by Moser and others that widely separated movements in C-major and c-minor in both passions are to be thought of as being in the same key;5 or Dieter Weiss’s inclusion of the C- major chorus, “Lasset uns den nicht zerteilen” in the St.
What makes Bach’s St Matthew Passion different from St John Passion?
In the St Matthew Passion, the story is slowed down, and turns inwards, and although this time Bach reflects far more on humanity’s collective role in Christ’s tragedy than in the St John, he does so through the intimacy of solo voices.
When was the first performance of St John Passion?
A smaller piece than the 1727 St. Matthew, Bach’s St. John Passion was first performed in 1724. Bach revised the piece considerably several times, but the final performance during his lifetime, in 1749, was similar in form to the first version.
Is the St Matthew Passion a finished work?
As in the St. Matthew Passion, the story is told by an Evangelist and solo singers, and arias and chorales fit between the dramatic action. The familiar angle is that this work is somehow less unified, less ‘finished’ than its larger relative, but such views should not detract from the obvious high quality of the piece.
What if Bach was still alive in 1829?
Well, it could easily have been someone else that enjoyed the notoriety Bach does today. Presumably, if he still were alive in 1829, he would have to give a gruff ‘Danke’ to Mendelssohn, who gave Bach’s St Matthew Passion its first airing in over 100 years – before then, he was very much out of fashion, a relic.