{"id":6005,"date":"2025-09-05T15:43:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T13:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/programme\/passion-selon-saint-matthieu\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T10:15:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T09:15:49","slug":"passion-selon-saint-matthieu","status":"publish","type":"programme","link":"https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/en\/programme\/passion-selon-saint-matthieu\/","title":{"rendered":"Saint Matthew Passion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u2018The St Matthew Passion is one of the most moving experiences of our common humanity that it is possible to share! The story of the Passion of Christ remains today a living drama and moral dilemma of universal relevance, in which \u2013 whatever our spirituality or culture \u2013 all of us are confronted with our own mortality, our own search for answers. We all share its humanity. Bach\u2019s immense genius is to step completely outside the liturgical framework by placing us at the very heart of the drama: we become the actors, we take part in the action, we feel it, in our sensibility and even physically. We traverse a drama that is above all human: injustice, betrayal, love, sacrifice, forgiveness, remorse, compassion, pity . . . In quite unprecedented fashion, Bach conveys and makes us feel the fragility and failings of humanity and describes a world gone awry, where love and faith are the only answers. In seeking to challenge and console the human conscience, he offers us genuine \u2018balm for the soul\u2019, universal and timeless.\u2019 (Rapha\u00ebl Pichon, booklet accompanying the CD released by harmonia mundi)<\/p>\n\n\n

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Julian Pr\u00e9gardien<\/span>, Evangelist<\/span><\/div>
St\u00e9phane Degout<\/span>, Jesus and bass 1<\/span><\/div>
Julie Roset<\/span>, soprano 1 and Uxor Pilati<\/span><\/div>
Ma\u00eflys de Villoutreys<\/span>, soprano 2 and Ancilla I<\/span><\/div>
Lucile Richardot<\/span>, alto 1<\/span><\/div>
William Shelton \/ Paul-Antoine B\u00e9nos-Djian<\/span>, alto 2<\/span><\/div>
Laurence Kilsby \/ Zachary Wilder<\/span>, tenor 1<\/span><\/div>
Zachary Wilder<\/span>, tenor 2 and Testis I<\/span><\/div>
Christian Immler \/ Alex Rosen<\/span>, Pilatus and bass 2<\/span><\/div>
Ilia Mazurov<\/span>, Judas<\/span><\/div>
Paul-\u00c9mile Burgevin<\/span>, Petrus and Pontifex I<\/span><\/div>
Geoffroy Buffi\u00e8re<\/span>, Pontifex II<\/span><\/div>
Armelle Cardot<\/span>, Ancilla II<\/span><\/div>
Pygmalion<\/span>, choir & orchestra<\/span><\/div>
Rapha\u00ebl Pichon<\/span>, direction<\/span><\/div>
Bordeaux<\/b> : students from the CRR and JAVA \u2013 conducted by Alexis Duffaure <\/div>
Madrid<\/b> : Peque\u00f1os cantores de la ORCAM \u2013 conducted by Ana Gonz\u00e1lez<\/div>
Valence<\/b> : Escolan\u00eda de Ntra. Sra. de los Desamparados de Valencia - conducted by Luis Garrido <\/div>
Zurich<\/b> : Kinderchor und SoprAlti der Oper Z\u00fcrich - conducted by Alice Lapasin Zorzit<\/div>
Vienne<\/b> : Wiener S\u00e4ngerknaben - conducted by Erasmus Baumgartner<\/div>
Versailles and Paris<\/b> : Paris Orchestra Children\u2019s Choir \u2013 choir directors: Richard Wilberforce \/ associate choir directors: R\u00e9mi Aguirre Zubiri, Edwin Baudo, Brigitte Coppola and Evann Loget-Raymond<\/div> <\/div>\n \n \n\n\n\n
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The story of the Passion of Christ remains today a living drama and moral dilemma of universal relevance, in which \u2013 whatever our spirituality or culture \u2013 all of us are confronted with our own mortality, our own search for answers.’ (Rapha\u00ebl Pichon)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4543,"template":"","genre":[19],"saison":[17],"class_list":["post-6005","programme","type-programme","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","genre-concerts","saison-saison-25-26"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSaint Matthew Passion - Pygmalion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ensemblepygmalion.com\/en\/programme\/passion-selon-saint-matthieu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Saint Matthew Passion - Pygmalion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pygmalion on tour! \/ \u2018The St Matthew Passion is one of the most moving experiences of our common humanity that it is possible to share! 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