An intriguing passion setting
Mar. 17th, 2013 10:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sawylVia the listener slot on this morning's R3 breakfast, a rather interesting version of the St Matthew Passion by Russian bishop Hilarion Alfeyev.
Perhaps it's unfair to say so, but it feels a bit like an unsuccessful attempt to re-imagine Bach's great opening chorus Herr, unser Herrscher at the start of the St John Passion. Still, it's an intriguing idea even if it doesn't quite come off...
Perhaps it's unfair to say so, but it feels a bit like an unsuccessful attempt to re-imagine Bach's great opening chorus Herr, unser Herrscher at the start of the St John Passion. Still, it's an intriguing idea even if it doesn't quite come off...
