In this special edition of Behind the Curtain, LA Opera's Richard Seaver Music Director, James Conlon contemplates some of the rich musical works, oratorios, opera and stage festival plays, that have been associated with Easter traditions and celebrations.
Works featured include:
- Messiah by George Frideric Handel
Handel Messiah, by Sir Colin Davis & London Symphony Orchestra, 1966 - St. Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach
St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Anne Sofie von Otter - "Erbarme dich, mein Gott" - Matthäus-Passion - Easter Oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach
J.S. Bach: Easter Oratorio, BWV 249, BBC Proms 2013, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor - Stabat Mater by Antonín Dvořák
Dvorak: Stabat Mater, Jansons, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Dvořák: Stabat Mater - Helmuth Rilling - Stabat Mater by Karol Szymanowski
Karol Szymanowski - Stabat Mater, Op. 53 - Quattro pezzi sacri: Stabat mater by Giuseppe Verdi
Quattro pezzi sacri: Stabat mater (1896-97) - Christus by Franz Liszt
Ferenc Liszt- Christus Oratorio, conducted by Antal Doráti - Parsifal - Act Three - Karfreitag Excerpt by Richard Wagner
Rudolf Kempe, Parsifal (1990 Remastered Version) : Karfreitagrauber (Good Friday Music) , 3.Aufzug
