De Matthäus Passion geldt in Nederland als de favoriete compositie in de passietijd en is verankerd in onze cultuur. The Bach Choir & Orchestra of the Netherlands is als geen ander in staat de symboliek, emotie en troost over te brengen aan u als luisteraar. 

Johann Sebastian Bach bedacht voor zijn magnus opus een unieke opstelling: twee koren en twee orkesten. De compositie vertelt het chronologische lijdensverhaal van Christus waarbij symboliek een grote rol speelt. Bach gebruikt allerlei muzikale middelen om rijke effecten te krijgen. Hij schreef voor zowel instrumenten als solisten specifieke rollen. De verteller: de evangelist, neemt u mee door het verhaal. Hij wordt afgewisseld door het koor, enerzijds intiem en dan weer overweldigend. Iedere solist heeft een eigen emotionele dimensie zoals liefde, smart, troost, beschouwend. 

De musici van the Bach Orchestra bespelen authentieke instrumenten uit Bachs tijd en het The Bach Choir wordt geroemd om haar dynamische en expressieve klank. De (inter)nationale solisten hebben een enorme toewijding wat hoorbaar en zichtbaar zal zijn tijdens de meesterlijke aria’s. Onder leiding van dirigent Pieter Jan Leusink zijn zij als geen ander in staat de symboliek, emotie en troost over te brengen aan u als luisteraar.

01 Koor Kommt Ihr Tochter Helft Mir Klagen  Koraal O Lamm Gottes

Christmas Hymns and Songs sung by the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia (Nashville Dominicans)

Angels We Have Heard On High

"Ave Maria" by Giancarlo Aquilanti
Performed by The Choral Project
From "Water & Light"

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Ave Maria - Giancarlo Aquilanti

"O Magnum Mysterium" by Morten Lauridsen
Performed by The Choral Project
From "Water & Light" album

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O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen

Excerpt from Track 19 of Stile Antico's album 'Song of Songs'

Tomás Luis de Victoria: Vidi speciosam

Excerpt from Track 7 of Stile Antico's album 'Puer natus est'

William Byrd: Ave Maria

J S Bach Mass in B Minor live recording at Uppsala Cathedral, November 6, 2010.
Eva Ericsson Berglund, Soprano
Anna Zander, Alto
Love Bergman, Tenor
Daniel Åberg, Bass
Collegium Cantorum
Rebaroque
Conductor: Olle Johansson

Kyrie Eleison

New music for Spring 2025 from Beckenhorst composers including Dan Forrest, Marianne Forman, Craig Courtney, Marques L. A. Garrett, Kyle Pederson, Tom Trenney, Nancy Ruth Durance, and more, available late 2024. .
Performed by the Beckenhorst Singers, conducted by Craig Courtney, with Dan Forrest, piano.
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In All Things Love (Dan Forrest)

Hallelujah SATB - Tenor Predominant - Leonard Cohen, arr. Roger Emerson - 1/1

New choral music for worship and concert use, in print late spring 2019. Recorded with Craig Courtney conducting and Dan Forrest accompanying. Use the download button (on individual tracks, under "More") to download tracks for free! To view/order sheet music (printed or PDF), visit www.beckenhorstpress.com.

Is He Worthy? (arr. Dan Forrest)

MATTHEW CURTIS, tenor, recently performed with the Grammy award-winning Chanticleer, where he held the position of Assistant Music Director. He also sang with the internationally acclaimed Rose Ensemble in 2009 and the Santa Fe Desert Chorale for one summer in 2009. Matthew began singing choral music at age 7 with the La Crosse Boychoir and sang with the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman Gallery Singers for nine years beginning in 1999.

A Wisconsin native, he received his bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance and Music Education as a Liberace Scholar from Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wisconsin in 2008. He continued studying for a year in the graduate school at the University of Minnesota focusing on opera.

Matthew’s solo performances include light, lyric tenor roles. Matthew played the role of Steva in Janacek’s Jenůfa and the lead tenor role of Male Chorus in Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia at the University of Minnesota. Viterbo University roles included Tamino (Die Zauberflöte), Monsieur Vogelsang (Der Schauspieldirektor), and Policeman Chorus (Pirates of Penzance). Past oratorio performances include Messiah and The Creation.

Matthew has won numerous awards in his young career. He won an Encouragement Award at the 2007 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in the Iowa district. In his seven years competing at the National Association of Teachers of Singing Wisconsin State Chapter Student auditions, he appeared as a finalist all seven times including four first place awards and two second place awards. He also became a Liberace Scholar in 2006 from the Liberace Foundation for excellence in academics and performance.

Hallelujah SATB - Tenor Predominant - Leonard Cohen, arr. Roger Emerson - 1/1

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