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TokyoBach’s Matthäus-Passion Conducted by Ton Koopman
Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo; Ton Koopman; Tilman Lichdi; Maki Mori; Maarten Engeltjes; Klaus Mertens
AmsterdamBach's St Matthew Passion with Ton Koopman and Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir
Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Ton Koopman; Amsterdam Baroque Choir; Nieuw Vocaal Amsterdam; Julia Lezhneva; Tilman Lichdi
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Ton Koopman’s ceremonial Bach at the Elbphilharmonie
Ton Koopman’s Elbphilharmonie debut brings warmth, wit and stylistic brilliance to Bach’s festive cantatas, in a radiant Early Music season finale that balances ceremonial splendour with vivid, human-scale musicianship.
The gracious magician: Ton Koopman in Bach
Ton Koopman's distinctively lively tempi, coupled with a contagious delight to be making music, has a fairly magnetic effect when conducting Bach's Mass in B minor.
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra shines in the Christmas Oratorio
The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra summoned the spirit of the holiday season this weekend with their performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. The work was originally composed for church services taking place during the Christmas season of 1734. Tonight’s performance featured the entire work, which was originally split into six sections, each intended for a different day.
A One-Per-Part St Matthew Passion in Vienna
Joshua Rifkin’s theory that Bach had no ‘choir’ in the modern sense may have gradually inched its way towards acceptance, but for all the heated discussion his research has generated, one-per-part Passions are rarer than one might suppose.
Kantaten-Hitliste beim Bachfest Leipzig 2026: erfüllendes Spektakel
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Tradition verbindet: Messiah mit dem Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
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