St. Matthew Passion

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:orchestra
gptkbp:basedOn Gospel of Matthew chapters 26 and 27
gptkbp:BWV_number 244
gptkbp:cataloguedIn gptkb:Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Johann_Sebastian_Bach
gptkbp:duration approximately 3 hours
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:St._Thomas_Church,_Leipzig
1727
gptkbp:genre gptkb:choral_music
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label St. Matthew Passion
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Felix_Mendelssohn
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Christian_Friedrich_Henrici
gptkb:Picander
gptkbp:liturgicalUse gptkb:Good_Friday
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Erbarme_dich,_mein_Gott
gptkbp:notableChorus gptkb:O_Haupt_voll_Blut_und_Wunden
gptkbp:notableConductor gptkb:Leonard_Bernstein
gptkb:Nikolaus_Harnoncourt
gptkb:Herbert_von_Karajan
gptkbp:notableFeature arias
recitatives
use of chorales
historically informed performance practice
dramatic narrative
Evangelist (tenor soloist)
children's choir (in some performances)
chorale harmonizations
dialogue between choirs
double continuo
influence on sacred music repertoire
turba choruses
use of da capo arias
use of obbligato instruments
gptkbp:notablePerformer gptkb:Dietrich_Fischer-Dieskau
gptkb:Kathleen_Ferrier
gptkb:Peter_Schreier
gptkbp:notableRecording Karl Richter 1958
John Eliot Gardiner 1989
Otto Klemperer 1961
gptkbp:period Baroque
gptkbp:revival gptkb:Felix_Mendelssohn
1829
gptkbp:scoredFor soloists
double choir
double orchestra
gptkbp:structure two parts
gptkbp:subject Passion of Jesus
gptkbp:theme suffering and death of Jesus
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Commit_Thy_Work_to_God
gptkb:Helmut_Krebs
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6