FULL Passio secundum Ioannem or Passion according to St. John (Scarlatti) Sint-Truiden 2016

Video Recording from: YouTube     FULL VIDEO         

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Passio secundum Ioannem or Passion according to St. John  
• Composer: Scarlatti Domenico  
• Libretto:
• Venue & Opera Company: Béguinage de Sainte-Agnès, Sint-Truiden, Belgium  
• Recorded: March 27, 2016
• Type: Concert Live
• Singers: Giuseppina Bridelli, Salvo Vitale Bass, Caroline Weynants, Guillaume Houcke, Pierre Derhet, Maxime Melnik
• Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón  
• Orchestra: Millenium Orchestra, Capella Mediterranea  
• Chorus: Choeur de Chambre de Namur  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: ALTEA MEDIA, France TV  
• Date Published: 2016  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
• Subtitles: nosubs  
• Video Recording from: YouTube     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

PROGRAMME:
Alessandro Scarlatti (1685-1757): Passio secundum Ioannem (Passion according to St. John)
Antonio Nola: In Manus tuas Stabat Mater (1699)

Alessandro Scarlatti’s St John Passion was the first Passion setting written in seventeenth-century Italy. Scarlatti treats the role of the Evangelist (composed in the mezzo-soprano register) in highly unusual fashion, giving his narrative numerous emotional passages. The Voice of Christ (bass) is invariably haloed by a string accompaniment. The version presented by Leonardo García Alarcón inserts meditations assigned to the chorus; these are taken from Scarlatti’s Responsories for Holy Week, polyphonic settings that reveal a little-known genre practiced by this composer.