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Kristian Bezuidenhout

Kristian Bezuidenhout

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Keyboardist Kristian Bezuidenhout talks about Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, obsessing over recordings as a teenager, and the dichotomy of Bach as both a total genius and also just a working guy.

Useful links:

Spotify playlist for Kristian’s pieces

Spotify playlist for main pieces

Spotify playlist for final question pieces

Other useful links:

Johann Sebastian Bach

St. Matthew Passion background information

English translation of St. Matthew Passion text

Thomaskirche (St. Thomas Church) in Leipzig, Germany, where St. Matthew Passion was premiered

History of St. Matthew Passion being performed in the Netherlands

John Eliot Gardiner

John Eliot Gardiner’s 1989 recording of St. Matthew Passion

Recitative

Aria

Arioso

Chorale

Viola da Gamba, or Viol/Gamba for short

Basso Continuo, or Continuo for short

A discussion on some problematic aspects of the Bach Passions

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Kris Bezuidenhout’s website, where you can purchase CDs: http://kristianbezuidenhout.com/

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