Easter marks the high point of the Christian year, and some of the greatest works in classical music were written for this feast. While today’s concert programs often revolve around Bach, Jens and Joe, in their latest podcast, explore other Easter-themed gems — from the Renaissance to the 19th century.

0:20   Introduction
1:10   The Bulk of Compositions
3:00   Anton Schweitzer – The Resurrection of Christ (1776)
6:48   Copy/Paste – how scripts survived
7:53   La Passione – the libretto by Pietro Metastasio
9:50   Antonio Salieri – La Passione (1776)
11:52   Josef Mysliveček – La Passione (c. 1770)
14:05   Alessandro Scarlatti – La Colpa, Il Pentimento, La Grazia (1708)
16:50   Claudio Monteverdi – Vespers for the Feast of the Ascension (c. 1620)
20:02   Jan Dismas Zelenka – Gesu al Calvario (1735)
21:53   The Kyiv Archive – Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
23:09   C. P. E. Bach – St. John Passion (1772)
24:28   Telemann and the Hamburg Bach
25:31   Georg Philipp Telemann – The Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus (1760)
27:13   20th-Century Passion Music
28:16   Joe’s Short Version of Parsifal
29:05   Conclusion

Featured Recordings

C5425  Anton Schweitzer: The Resurrection of Christ
BUY/STREAM: https://Naxos.lnk.to/C5425!Podcast

C60100  Antonio Salieri: La Passione di Nostro Signore Jesu Cristo
BUY/STREAM: https://Naxos.lnk.to/C60100!Podcast

C71025–26  Josef Mysliveček: La Passione di Nostro Signore Jesu Cristo
BUY/STREAM: https://Naxos.lnk.to/C7102526!Podcast

C10411–12  Alessandro Scarlatti: La Colpa, Il Pentimento, La Grazia
BUY/STREAM: https://Naxos.lnk.to/C1041112!Podcast

C10521  Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers for the Feast of the Ascension
BUY/STREAM: https://Naxos.lnk.to/C10521!Podcast

C10887–88  Jan Dismas Zelenka: Gesu al Calvario
BUY/STREAM: https://Naxos.lnk.to/C1088788!Podcast

C60103  C. P. E. Bach: St. John Passion
BUY/STREAM: https://Naxos.lnk.to/C60103!Podcast

C60113  C. P. E. Bach: St. Matthew Passion
BUY/STREAM: https://Naxos.lnk.to/C60113!Podcast

C60132  C. P. E. Bach: St. Mark Passion
BUY/STREAM: https://Naxos.lnk.to/C60132!Podcast

C10596  Telemann: The Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus
BUY/STREAM: https://Naxos.lnk.to/C10596!Podcast

Recommended Persons

• Thüringer Bach Collegium — https://www.bachland.de/en/

• Christoph Spering — YouTube Channel

• Howard Arman — Biography on Naxos

• Michael Schneider — Biography on Naxos

• La Stagione — https://www.lastagione.de/

• Hermann Max — Biography on Naxos

• Rheinische Kantorei — Ensemble on Naxos

• Sing-Akademie zu Berlin — https://www.sing-akademie.de/

Antonio Salieri - Georg Philipp Telemann - Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach - Pietro Metastasio - Josef Mysliveček - Claudio Monteverdi - Alessandro Scarlatti - Jan Dismas Zelenka - Arvo Pärt - Dan Tun - Edward Elgar - Herbert von Karajan

With:
Jens F. Laurson (Journalist) and Johannes Kernmayer (Producer)

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