Word: matthew
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Fresh from yesterday's successful four hour performance, the Harvard Glee Club, 128 strong, will combine with the Radcliffe Choral Society and the Boston Symphony Orchestra this afternoon and evening for its second presentation of Bach's renowned "St. Matthew Passion." Dr. Serge Koussevitzky will conduct...
Proclaimed by critics as the greatest creation of its kind, comparable only to the famous B Minor Mass, the "St. Matthew Passion" is a musical drama which has been described as "the deepest expression of devotional feeling that the art of music affords...
...purpose is to portray the story of the Crucifixion as related in the Gospel of St. Matthew, chapters 26 and 27. This aim it achieves without the benefit of scenery, costumes, or dramatic action...
Next Sunday and Monday, April 26 and 27, Dr. Serge Koussevitzky is to conduct two performances of Bach's renowned St. Matthew Passion, with the Harvard Glee Club and the Radcliffe Choral Society, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and six noted soloists filling the respective parts. The work is of unusual length, and, as with the Mass in B minor, will be given in two sections, one in the afternoon and one in the evening of each of the two days. Both performances will take place at Symphony Hall in Boston...
...Altogether the "Saint Matthew Passion" falls into about twenty-four scenes, twelve small ones, indicated by chorales, and twelve larger ones, marked by arias. The problem of representing the action of the Passion and at the same time of giving due weight to the devotional element is solved in the most perfect way imaginable. The more we realize the dramatic plan of the "Saint Matthew Passion", the more we are convinced that it is a master piece...