Passion&tradition

The evolving musical climate of the 1950s occasioned a profound shift of culture and attitude in the performance of Bach’s great choral works. By the close of the decade, it was one of Bach’s own successors in the post of Kantor at Leipzig’s Thomaskirche, Karl Richter (who’d become organist there at age 23 in 1947), who’d become torch-bearer for a new generation of Bach interpreters. Richter’s recordings with the Munich Bach Choir and Orchestra (ensembles he founded in 1951 and with which his name has become synonymous) heeded an unbroken Leipzig tradition that could be traced back to the time of Bach himself.

Performances of Bach's St. John Passion, BWV 245, with these forces or close to them have become an annual Eastertime tradition in London, and this recording is guaranteed an appreciative audience. Certain details relate specifically to this tradition: several chorales are sung unaccompanied, but an accompanied version is included at the end for those who reject the dramatization.

Les Bistrots, Brasseries, et Restaurants de Tradition font partie de notre univers culturel et affectif. Lieux d'échange et de convivialité, ils sont les témoins d'un certain art de vivre et les interprètes de notre patrimoine culinaire. Chacun a en mémoire l'un de ces lieux chargé de souvenirs et de plaisir partagé. Alain Ducasse a choisi tout naturellement de consacrer à leur cuisine le troisième tome de son encyclopédie culinaire. Ce nouveau Grand Livre est structuré comme les deus premiers, autour de 90 produits, avec plus de 400 savoureuses recettes de nos terroirs.

Ce livre se présente comme l’héritage de tous les enseignements reçus et comme l’intégration des deux traditions – tradition Rishikesh et tradition tantrique du Cachemire – que France Bastien a approfondies au cours de son cheminement. Cet ouvrage témoigne de sa progression dans l’art du yoga. Il s’adresse autant au néophyte qu’à l’adepte aguerri ; chacun y trouvera des outils pour s’épanouir dans sa pratique de cet art. Il est construit sur le modèle de l’Échelle de Patanjali, huit échelons qui conduisent l’adepte à l’état de Conscience, au-delà de tout concept, dans Cela. …

Georg Philipp Telemann's St. Matthew Passion was composed for Holy Week in 1746 and was probably performed at least ten times in the five main churches in Hamburg, as well as in other neighbouring churches.
Telemann sets the Passion story to music in the French style. As a whole, there is a French-orientation of the recitative, and Italian melodiousness of the arias, and also influences of German oratorio tradition. All the result of Telemann's uninterrupted search for a 'true' and 'genuine' church music.
In contrast to Bach's St. Matthew Passion, Telemann's version ends with the death of Jesus.