THE PASSION ACCORDING TO MATTHEW - JOHANN SEBASTIANI (1622-1683)

Daniel Johannsen, tenor (Evangelist)

Joel Frederiksen, bass (Jesus)

Bénédicte Tauran, soprano

Aco Alexander Bišćević, tenor

Martin Logar, tenor

Ensemble musica cubicularis:

Veronica Böhm, baroque violin

Domen Marinčič, viola da gamba

Christoph Prendl, viola da gamba

Dávid Budai, viola da gamba

Cristiano Contadin, viola da gamba

Tomaž Sevšek, positive organ

Johann Sebastiani was born in Weimar. He is said to have studied in Italy and moved to Königsberg on the Baltic Sea (now Kaliningrad) around the middle of the century, where he first became cathedral cantor and then Kapellmeister at the court of the Elector of Brandenburg. His St. Matthew Passion was written in 1663 at the latest. The work is considered one of the most important Passion settings of the 17th century and an important precursor to Johann Sebastian Bach's Passions. The Evangelist's narrative is accompanied by an ensemble of viols, Jesus' words are complemented by violins, the choruses are for five singers and the five-part chorales are performed by a soprano voice with viols.

Tickets

Tickets for individual concerts cost €10 each (€8 with a discount for children, students and pensioners). Season tickets can be purchased one hour before the concert at the box office in front of the entrance to the ZRC Atrium at 2 Novem trg in Ljubljana.

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