
Easter: A Seasonal Journey. Sacred Music for Holy Week
Radio 3 marks Palm Sunday with a series of concerts from across Europe, as part of the European Broadcasting Union’s Easter celebrations.
Radio 3 marks Palm Sunday with a series of concerts from across Europe.
1600 – 1800: Bach’s St John Passion from Helsinki, featuring the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Helsinki Chamber Choir, and conductor Nicholas Collon with soloists tenor Nicholas Mulroy (Evangelist) and baritone Matthew Brook (Jesus)
1800 - 1820: A Patchwork Passion (excerpts). Another chance to hear the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers in a modern day re-telling of the Passion Story with music by Pablo Casals, J S Bach, and Roxanna Panufnik. Narrated by Clive Myrie and performed by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers and conductor Nicholas Chalmers with organist Martin Baker.
1820 – 1940: Two alternative musical approaches to Bach's Passions form the basis of our next concert, from Munich. Franz Liszt's "Via Crucis", a 14 movement work, with an introductory hymn, for soloists, choir and piano, expressively traces the stations of the cross. The human drama of poverty and abandonment, which takes on a sad form in the famous fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a girl selling matches, forms the literary basis for the "Passion" by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lang. In his "Little Match Girl Passion" from 2007, he brings the girl's ordeal into our time with mystical visions and texts from Bach's "St. Matthew Passion". Performed by the Bavarian Radio Chorus, pianist Herbert Schuch and conducted by Peter Dijkstra, from the Prince Regent Theatre in Munich.
1940 – 2100: Passion Concert from the Danish Radio Vocal Ensemble conducted by Marcus Creed: Scarlatti’s 10-part masterwork Stabat Mater, is performed alongside another setting of the same text by the contemporary Polish composer Anna Ignatowicz. The choir also sing other motets for Passiontide by Antonio Lotti, Johann Kuhnau and Goffredo Petrassi.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
St John Passion
Singer: Nicholas Mulroy. Singer: Matthew Brook. Singer: Christina Landshamer. Singer: Hugh Cutting. Singer: Magnus Dietrich. Singer: Tomi Punkeri. Choir: Helsingin kamarikuoro. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon. -
Pau Casals
O vos omnes
Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers. -
Johann Sebastian Bach
O sacred head sore wounded
Performer: Martin Baker. Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers. -
Roxanna Panufnik
Westminster Mass; Deus, Deus meus
Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers. -
Franz Liszt
Via Crucis
Performer: Herbert Schuch. Singer: Magdalena Dijkstra. Singer: Julia Price. Singer: Merit Ostermann. Singer: Veronika Sammer. Singer: Gabriel Sin. Singer: Christopher Dollins. Singer: Michael Mantaj. Choir: Bavarian Radio Chorus. Conductor: Peter Dijkstra.- DEBR.
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David Lang
The Little Match Girl Passion
Singer: Eunkyung Shin. Singer: Ursula Thurmair. Singer: Nikolaus Pfannkuch. Singer: Timo Janzen. Choir: Bavarian Radio Chorus. Conductor: Peter Dijkstra.- DEBR.
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Anna Ignatowicz-Glińska
Stabat Mater
Singer: Anna Baek Christensen. Choir: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Marcus Creed.- DKDR.
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Goffredo Petrassi
4 Passion Motets
Choir: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Marcus Creed.- DKDR.
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Johann Kuhnau
Tristis est anima mea
Choir: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Marcus Creed.- DKDR.
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Antonio Lotti
Crucifixus a 8
Performer: Søren Christian Vestergaard. Performer: Kjeld Steffensen. Performer: Lars Baunkilde. Choir: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Marcus Creed.- DKDR.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Stabat Mater
Performer: Soren Christian Vestergaard. Performer: Kjeld Steffensen. Performer: Lars Baunkilde. Choir: Soloists from the Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Marcus Creed.- DKDR.
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Carl Nielsen
PÃ¥skeblomst! Hvad vil du her?
Choir: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Marcus Creed.- DKDR.
Broadcast
- Sun 13 Apr 2025 16:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3