Kristian Bezuidenhout

<p>Keyboardist Kristian Bezuidenhout talks about Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, obsessing over recordings as a teenager, and the dichotomy of Bach as both a total genius and also just a working guy.</p> <p> </p> <p>Useful links:</p> <p><a href='https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1op2tLloYgBD4sBhHLcpgl?si=ae6add7225704ee0'>Spotify playlist for Kristian’s pieces</a> </p> <p><a href='https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3BRom90ebzqKrDudeVZtYo'>Spotify playlist for main pieces </a></p> <p><a href='https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2rzB0a4C4nNjO0MR8VLQdQ'>Spotify playlist for final question pieces </a></p> <p> </p> <p>Other useful links:</p> <p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach'>Johann Sebastian Bach</a> </p> <p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Matthew_Passion#Structure'>St. Matthew Passion background information </a></p> <p><a href='https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Texts/BWV244-Eng3.htm'>English translation of St. Matthew Passion text </a></p> <p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Thomas_Church,_Leipzig'>Thomaskirche</a> (St. Thomas Church) in Leipzig, Germany, where St. Matthew Passion was premiered </p> <p><a href='https://www.bachvereniging.nl/en/bwv/bwv-244/'>History of St. Matthew Passion being performed in the Netherlands </a></p> <p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Eliot_Gardiner'>John Eliot Gardiner</a> </p> <p>John Eliot Gardiner’s <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Bach-Matthew-Passion-Johann-Sebastian/dp/B0000057DG'>1989 recording of St. Matthew Passion</a></p> <p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recitative#:~:text=Recitative%20(%2F%CB%8Cr%C9%9Bs,as%20formally%20composed%20songs%20do.'>Recitative</a> </p> <p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aria'>Aria</a> </p> <p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arioso'>Arioso</a> </p> <p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorale'>Chorale</a> </p> <p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viol'>Viola da Gamba</a>, or Viol/Gamba for short </p> <p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basso