Fifteen days before the fire of Notre-Dame de Paris, the Mastership of the cathedral gave
Saint Matthew
there .
While the Maîtrise is publishing
Easter at Notre-Dame
(Warner Classics), its director, Henri Chalet, returns for us to the scope of these
Bach
Passions , and their resonances with the liturgical calendar.
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LE FIGARO.
- Are we right to oppose
Saint John
and
Saint Matthew
?
Henry Chalet.
-
For having done both as a singer and as a conductor, they are very different.
Also because the Gospels to which they refer are very different.
Saint Jean
is more Italian
, more emotional.
The
more intellectual
Saint Matthew .
However, whether they have the brilliance of
Saint John
or the stature of
Saint Matthew
, there is nothing to throw away.
Anyone unfamiliar with the Passion narrative will find it very easy to understand in both.
And for the exegete, there will always be new things to discover.
Some think that the public comes...
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