Classical Music In Concert

Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal

Wednesday, 1 April 2026

Passion Week (4) - Bach: St John Passion - Gaétan Jarry

Johann Sebastian BACH

(1685 - 1750)

St John Passion

(BWV 245)

Felix Hofbauer, soprano

Florian Markus, soprano

Ludwig Meier-Meitinger, contralto

Iker Jahn Valenzuela, contralto

Linard Vrielink, tenor (Evangelist)

Moritz Kallenberg, tenor

Halidou Nombre, baritone (Pilatus)

Nicolas Brooymans, bass-baritone (Jesus)

Tölzer Knabenchor

Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal

DIR: GAÉTAN JARRY

recorded: March 2024, Chapelle Royale, Versailles

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

N.B. The bass arias are sung by Nicolas Brooymans,

except 'Mein teurer Heiland', which is sung by Halidou Nombre

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(01) [Part 1] [34'28"]

(02) [Part 2] [1.17'10"]

Picture: Christ before Pilate (Tintoretto [Jacopo Robusti], 1566-67)

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La Compagnia del Madrigale

Tuesday, 31 March 2026

Passion Week (3) - Ferrabosco I: Lamentationes Jeremiae - La Compagnia del Madrigale

Alfonso FERRABOSCO I

(1543 - 1588)

Lamentationes Jeremiae

La Compagnia del Madrigale

DIR: GIUSEPPE MALETTO

recorded: April 19, 2025, Artus Court, Gdańsk

[Actus Humanus Resurrectio 2025]

flac (original bitrate: 320 kbps)

programme with lyrics included

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(01) In monte Oliveti a 6 [04'02"]

(02) Incipit lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Aleph a 5 [09'20"]

(03) Heu mihi, Domine a 6 [03'33"]

(04) De lamentatione Jeremiae Prophetae. Daleth a 5 [09'22']

(05) O vos omnes a 6 [03'08"]

(06) Incipit lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Zain a 5 [12'05"]

(07) Peccantem me quotidie a 5 [04'06"]

(08) Incipit lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae. Lamed a 6 [12'11"]

Picture: The Passion of Christ (anon, 17th C)

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Alfonso Ferrabosco I

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Franz Liszt, Via crucis - score

Monday, 30 March 2026

Passion Week (2) - Liszt: Via crucis - Laurens Vocaal (Wiecher Mandemaker)

Franz LISZT

(1811 - 1886)

Via crucis

Laurens Vocaal

Codarts Kamerkoor

Dirk Luijmes, harmonium

DIR: WIECHER MANDEMAKER

recorded: March 4, 2026, Laurenskerk, Rotterdam

lossless (flac)

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Carlo GESUALDO da Venosa (1566-1613)

(01) In monte Oliveti [05'07"]

(02) Tristis est anima mea [05'51"]

Franz LISZT

(03-17) Via crucis (S 53) [41'35"]

Carlo GESUALDO

(18) Tamquam ad latronem existis [03'41"]

(19) Tenebrae factae sunt [05'47"]

Anton BRUCKNER (1824-1896)

(20) Christus factus est (WAB 11) [06'11"]

Picture: Via crucis (anon, late 19th C)

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Gesualdo, Responsoria

Bruckner, Christus factus est - score

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Sunday, 29 March 2026

Passion Week (1) - Telemann: St John Passion 1745 - Hans-Christoph Rademann

Georg Philipp TELEMANN

(1681 - 1767)

St John Passion 1745

(Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld) (TWV 5,30)

Viola Blache, soprano

Marie Henriette Reinhold, contralto

Georg Poplutz, tenor (Evangelist)

Christoph Pfaller, tenor (Pilatus)

Nikolaus Fluck, bass (Jesus)

Gaechinger Cantorey

DIR: HANS-CHRISTOPH RADEMANN

recorded: March 3, 2024, Stiftskirche, Stuttgart

[Internationales Bachfest Stuttgart 2024]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 192 kbps AAC)

liner-notes & lyrics included

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(01) [Part 1] [58'45"]

(02) [Part 2] [42'42"]

Picture: The betrayal of Christ (Anthony van Dyck, 1618-1620)

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vocal score

Viola Blache

Marie Henriette Reinhold

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Dieterich Buxtehude, Membra Jesu nostri

Thursday, 26 March 2026

German Passion Music - Ensemble Polyharmonique

German Passion Music

of the 17th Century

Ensemble Polyharmonique (Alexander Schneider)

{oh!} Orkiestra Historyczna/Martyna Pastuszka

recorded: April 14, 2017, Sala Koncertowa, Katowice

period instruments

lossless (flac)

Johann KUHNAU (1660-1722)

(01) Tristis est anima mea [05'01"]

Andreas HAMMERSCHMIDT (1611-1675)

(02) Vom Leiden Christi [04'32"]

Johann ROSENMÜLLER (1619-1684)

(03) Sonata XII à 5 [05'45"]

Andreas HAMMERSCHMIDT

(04) O Domine Jesu Christi [04'51"]

Dieterich BUXTEHUDE (1637-1707)

(05) Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr (BuxWV 41) [17'27"]

Membra Jesu nostri (BuxWV 75) [59'51"]

(06) Ad pedes [08'19"]

(07) Ad genua [07'42"]

(08) Ad manus [08'56"]

(09) Ad latus [07'51"]

(10) Ad pectus [09'35"]

(11) Ad cor [08'47']

(12) Ad faciem [08'41"]

Picture: The Crucifixion -

Miniature Excised from a Prayer Book (1540–1550, Antwerp)

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Johann Kuhnau - Tristis est - score

Andreas Hammerschmidt - score

Johann Rosenmüller - score

Buxtehude: lyrics - scores

Ensemble Polyharmonique

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Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

Tuesday, 24 March 2026

Dvořák - Stabat mater op. 58 - Philippe Herreweghe

Antonin DVOŘÁK

(1841 - 1904)

Stabat mater op. 58

Eleanor Lyons, soprano

Sophie Harmsen, contralto

Mauro Peter, tenor

Krešimir Stražanac, bass

Collegium Vocale Gent

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

DIR: PHILIPPE HERREWEGHE

recorded: April 4, 2025, Philharmonie, Berlin

modern instruments, period style

flac (original bitrate: 192 kbps AAC)

included: background & interview Herreweghe [D]

(01) Quartetto e Coro: Stabat mater dolorosa [15'49"]

(02) Quartetto: Quis est homo, qui non fleret [08'59"]

(03) Coro: Eja, Mater, fons amoris [05'58"]

(04) Basso solo e Coro: Fac, ut ardeat cor meum [08'07"]

(05) Coro: Tui nati vulnerati [04'18"]

(06) Tenore solo e Coro: Fac me vere tecum flere [06'00"]

(07) Coro: Virgo virginum praeclara [05'01"]

(08) Duo (Soprano, Tenore): Fac, ut portem Christi mortem [04'02"]

(09) Contralto solo: Inflammatus et accensus [04'45"]

(10) Quartetto e Coro: Quando corpus morietur [08'07"]

Picture: Stabat mater (Jules-Louis Machard, 1875)

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Collegium Vocale Gent

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Sunday, 22 March 2026

Lassus: St John Passion - Weser-Renaissance Bremen (Manfred Cordes)

Orlandus LASSUS

(1532 - 1594)

Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Johannem

Weser-Renaissance Bremen

DIR: MANFRED CORDES

recorded: March 20, 2025, Propsteikirche St. Johann im Schnoor, Bremen

flac (original bitrate: 192 kbps AAC)

included:

- booklet with lyrics [D]

- interview Manfred Cordes [D]

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(01) Lagrime di San Pietro (Vide homo a 7) [02'46"]

(02) Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Johannem (1) [04'34"]

(03) Circumdederit me a 6 [03'01"]

(04) Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Johannem (2) [06'23"]

(05) Heu mihi, Domine a 5 [03'33"]

(06) Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Johannem (3) [07'41"]

(07) Christe patris verbum a 5 [06'31"]

(08) Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Johannem (4) [08'53"]

(09) Recordare Iesu pie a 6 [03'06"]

(10) Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Johannem (5) [06'26"]

(11) Popule meus a 5 [03'00"]

(12) Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Johannem (6) [02'08"]

(13) Quis mihi det lacrimis a 5 [03'45"]

(14) Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Johannem (7) [01'54"]

(15) Reminiscaris Domine a 7 [04'28"]

Picture: Altarpiece with the Passion of Christ: Arrest of Christ (German, c1480-95)

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Weser-Renaissance Bremen

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Orchestra of the 18th Century

Friday, 20 March 2026

Haydn: Symphonies 26, 44 & 49 - Orchestra of the 18th Century

Franz Joseph HAYDN

(1732 - 1809)

Symphonies 26, 44 & 49

Orchestra of the 18th Century

DIR: ALEXANDER JANICZEK

recorded: March 6, 2026, De Duif, Amsterdam

period instruments

lossless (flac)

Symphony in e minor 'Trauer' (H I,44) [28'05"]

(01) allegro con brio [09'35"]

(02) menuetto e trio. allegretto [04'51"]

(03) adagio [08'27"]

(04) finale. presto [05'12"]

Symphony in d minor 'Lamentazione' (H I,26) [13'48"]

(05) allegro assai con spirito [04'18"]

(06) adagio [05'25"]

(07) menuet e trio [04'06"]

Symphony in f minor 'La Passione' (H I,49) [23'32"]

(08) adagio [09'01"]

(09) allegro di molto [06'44"]

(10) menuet e trio [04'10"]

(11) presto [03'37"]

Picture: The mourning virgin (Lombard school, 18th C)

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Symphony No. 26 - score

Symphony No. 44 - score

Symphony No. 49 - score

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Thursday, 19 March 2026

Charpentier: Méditations & Leçons de Ténèbres - Les Arts Florissants (William Christie)

Marc-Antoine CHARPENTIER

(1643 - 1704)

Méditations pour le Carême

Leçons de Ténèbres

Les Arts Florissants

DIR: WILLIAM CHRISTIE

recorded: April 7, 2023, Artus Court, Gdańsk

[Festival Actus Humanus Resurrectio 2023]

period instruments

flac (original bitrate: 128 kbps AAC)

programme with lyrics (p 77) included [pdf]

(01) Méditations pour le Carême (H 380 - 389) [34'13"]

(02) Troisième leçon de ténèbres du Jeudi Saint (H 124) [13'37"]

(03) Tenebrae factae sunt [04'50"]

(Deuxième répons après la deuxième leçon du deuxième nocturne du Jeudi Saint) (H 129)

(04) Troisième leçon de ténèbres du Vendredi Saint (H 137) [17'38"]

Picture: Sister Mary Memoria Gaspard, SSND (1867-1949)

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