A podcast about Bach, episode 41. After a long break, a new episode of Bach & Co, in which we highlight the performance of the Matthäus Passion in Lochem.
Bach Lochem, as the Bach society is called, has been organising a Matthäus and, nowadays, an annual Weihnachtsoratorium for almost 40 years. The setting is ‘de Grote’ or Sint-Gudulakerk, in the heart of the town Lochem, in the Achterhoek region.
The performance of the Matthäus Passion is part of the Bach Weeks Lochem and takes place on Saturday, April 1, 2023, at 7:30 p.m. in the atmospheric Sint-Gudulakerk.
We travelled to Lochem, where Karin van den Boogaert had a conversation with the chairman of the Bach Lochem Foundation: Frederike Upmeijer.
Website: mp.bachlochem.nl
Fragments of:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
0. Tune Bach & Co
From Sonata for violin and harpsichord No. 4 in C minor, BWV 1017: (Largo)
Janine Jansen & Friends
From Matthäus Passion, BWV 244:
1. “Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen”
Concertgebouw Orchestra and Amsterdams Toonkunst Choir conducted by Willem Mengelberg
2. “Kommt, ihr Töchter, helft mir klagen”
3. Pt. I/ Aria “Ich will dir mein Herze schenken” (soprano)
4. 49. Aria “Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben” (soprano)
5. 52. Aria “Können Tränen meiner Wangen” (alto)
6. 57. Aria “Komm, süsses Kreuz” (bass)
7. 68. Chorus. “Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder”
Joanne Lunn, soprano. Margot Oitzinger, alto. Charles Daniels, tenor. Peter Harvey and Wolf Matthias Friedrich, bass. J.S. Bach Foundation conducted by Rudolf Lutz
In the photo: performance of the Matthäus Passion in Lochem (photo: Anne Beumer)
