Paul McCreesh discusses Bachs St. Matthew Passion @theSPCO
Paul McCreesh discusses Bachs St. Matthew Passion @theSPCO
Uploaded October 2015 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago
How would audiences in Bach's time have experienced the composer's great masterpiece? Conductor Paul McCreesh and the SPCO's Kyu-Young Kim and Charles Ullery preview a performance that features one performer per vocal part, an approach supported by recent scholarship.
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Paul McCreesh discusses Bach's St. Matthew Passion

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