FULL MARKUSPASSION (Nikolaus Matthes) Lucerne 2023 Maya Boog, Annekathrin Laabs, Daniel Johannsen
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Markuspassion
- Composer: Matthes Nikolaus
- Libretto: Picander
- Venue & Opera Company: Matthäuskirche Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
- Recorded: March 26, 2023
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Maya Boog, Annekathrin Laabs, Daniel Johannsen, Georg Poplutz, Matthias Helm, Daniel Pérez
- Conductor: Nikolaus Matthes
- Orchestra: Orchester ad hoc
- Chorus: Chor ad hoc
Information about the Recording
- Published by: resonando
- Date Published: 2025
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, desubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
The first complete new baroque setting of Picander’s text from 1731 was heard at the world premiere of the St. Mark Passion in March 2023.
The text is presumed to have been set by Johann Sebastian Bach for the Good Friday service at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig on March 23, 1731, with a repeat performance there in 1744 employing two additional arias and some slight changes. The music of this St. Mark Passion is believed to be lost.
On the basis of the textual sources, Nikolaus Matthes has presented the first complete new setting of Picander’s text, which is simultaneously the first new setting of this text in baroque style. Initial parts of the composition were conceived in the spring and summer of 2019. Work was resumed at Christmas in the same year, and completed at Easter of 2020.
The world premiere performances of the new St. Mark Passion took place in four Swiss cities in March 2023. The composition is realized entirely in the style of Johann Sebastian Bach’s music, but is not based on existing works of Bach or other baroque composers, with the exception of several direct quotes. This enabled audience and performers to come as close as possible to experiencing a baroque world premiere.