Herrewegue dirige una excepcional Pasión según san Mateo

By Jorge Baeza Stanicic, 05 April 2026

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Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 31 March 2026

Bach, St Matthew Passion, BWV244

Philippe Herreweghe, Conductor

Collegium Vocale Gent

Orchestra of Collegium Vocale Gent

Guy Cutting, Tenor

Florian Boesch, Bass-baritone

Philipp Kaven, Bass

Grace Davidson, Soprano

Alex Potter, Countertenor

Samuel Boden, Tenor

Florian Störtz, Bass

Mikhail Timoshenko, Baritone

Hannah Ely, Soprano

Benno Schachtner, Countertenor

Florian Sievers, Tenor

Not another Messiah: Herreweghe's Christmas Oratorio in NYC

David Allen, 15th December

The Christmas Oratorio is an odd work to perform in concert, but it makes a welcome change from the obligatory annual Messiah. Bach’s piece contains six separate cantatas that tell the traditional Nativity narrative, all subsumed under the broader theme.

***11

From Bach to Buxtehude: Oude Muziek Festival bridges the generation gap

Kristen Huebner, 2nd September

The world’s largest gathering of early music artists and professionals, the Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, marked its final concert on Sunday 2 September with a full-house performance by the Collegium Vocale Gent. Led by Philippe Herreweghe, the ensemble has been dedicated since the 1970s to the pursuit of Baroque sonorities and performance practice.

****1

Philippe Herreweghe and Collegium Vocale Gent: St. Matthew Passion at the Lincoln Center

Stephen Raskauskas, 31st March

On Saturday, Philippe Herreweghe conducted the season’s most solemn yet spectacular oratorio concert in New York – a performance of J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. Scored for two choirs, two orchestras, and soloists, this almost operatic depiction of Christ’s Passion was performed by Herreweghe’s Collegium Vocale Gent Choir and Orchestra.

****1

Bachs Matthäus-Passion mit Herreweghe in Zürich

Thomas Schacher, 4th April

Chor und Orchester des Collegium Vocale Gent und ihr charismatischer Leiter Philippe Herreweghe, längst Legenden der historischen Aufführungspraxis, beweisen, dass die Doppelchörigkeit der Matthäus-Passion nicht nur ein Stereo-Phänomen ist.

****1

Alles wieder am rechten Platz: Bachs Matthäus-Passion mit Herreweghe

Jens Klier, 6th April

Eine Nachfeier CVGs 50. Jubiläums mit perfektionslüsternder Vertrautheit und Geborgenheit der Stimmen in Anbetracht werklicher Durchdringung, prächtiger Berichtspflicht und Menschlichmachung.

*****

Leben und Lernen mit Bach: Collegium Vocale Gents Gruß aus Belgien

Jens Klier, 4th February

Das CVG und seine Solisten geben unter Herreweghe mit der Kraft der Musik und Worte den intentionsgetreuen Sinn, der ernste Sorgen beiseiteschiebt.

****1

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Jorge Baeza Stanicic

Jorge Baeza es Profesor Superior de Piano y ha trabajado enseñando a tocar este instrumento en las Escuelas de Música Ayensa y Santa Cecilia, ambas en Madrid. Ha perfeccionado su técnica pedagógica con diversos maestros y ha complementado su formación con estudios sobre las aplicaciones de la Técnica Alexander a la interpretación musical. De forma paralela es autor del blog Tritono Music News (www.tritonomusicnews.com) orientado a la explicación pedagógica de contenidos musicales. En Bachtrack colabora redactando reseñas de conciertos desde el 2016 y actualmente desempeña su labor como Bibliotecario en el Ayuntamiento de Madrid.

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