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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.

4 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Sun 13 Apr 2025 16:00

Music Played

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Anna Ignatowicz-GliÅ„ska

    Stabat Mater

    Singer: Anna Baek Christensen. Choir: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Marcus Creed.
    • DKDR.
  • Goffredo Petrassi

    4 Passion Motets

    Choir: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Marcus Creed.
    • DKDR.
  • Johann Kuhnau

    Tristis est anima mea

    Choir: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Marcus Creed.
    • DKDR.
  • Antonio Lotti

    Crucifixus a 8

    Performer: Søren Christian Vestergaard. Performer: Kjeld Steffensen. Performer: Lars Baunkilde. Choir: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Marcus Creed.
    • DKDR.
  • 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.
  • Carl Nielsen

    PÃ¥skeblomst! Hvad vil du her?

    Choir: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Marcus Creed.
    • DKDR.

Broadcast

  • Sun 13 Apr 2025 16:00