St Matthew Passion, 1727

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:orchestra
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Gospel_of_Matthew
gptkbp:BWV_number 244
gptkbp:cataloguedIn gptkb:BWV_(Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis)
gptkbp:chorale gptkb:O_Haupt_voll_Blut_und_Wunden
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Johann_Sebastian_Bach
gptkbp:duration approximately 3 hours
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:St._Thomas_Church,_Leipzig
1727
gptkbp:genre sacred oratorio
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label St Matthew Passion, 1727
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Felix_Mendelssohn
gptkbp:key E minor
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Christian_Friedrich_Henrici
gptkb:Picander
gptkbp:movement 68
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Erbarme_dich,_mein_Gott
gptkbp:notableChorus gptkb:Kommt,_ihr_Töchter,_helft_mir_klagen
gptkbp:notableConductor gptkb:Philippe_Herreweghe
gptkb:Leonard_Bernstein
gptkb:John_Eliot_Gardiner
gptkb:Helmuth_Rilling
gptkbp:notableFeature double choir and orchestra
use of chorales
dramatic narrative
Evangelist (tenor soloist)
turba choruses
recitatives, arias, choruses
use of continuo
gptkbp:notablePerformer gptkb:Dietrich_Fischer-Dieskau
gptkb:Peter_Schreier
gptkb:Elly_Ameling
gptkb:Janet_Baker
gptkbp:notableRecording Karl Richter, 1958
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, 1970
Otto Klemperer, 1967
gptkbp:period Baroque
gptkbp:relatedWork gptkb:St_John_Passion
gptkbp:revival gptkb:Felix_Mendelssohn
1829
gptkbp:scoredFor soloists
double choir
double orchestra
gptkbp:structure two parts
gptkbp:subject Passion of Jesus
gptkbp:text Martin Luther Bible
gptkbp:theme suffering and death of Jesus
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:J.S._Bach's_Passions
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7