The Volkshochschule Zürich is Zurich's first provider of cultural and scientific general education for adults. founded in 1920, it offers a wide range of courses from astronomy to philosophy, from psychology to politics and literature, always at an ...
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Dramaturgy and Sound Architecture
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The St Matthew Passion is both a drama and a form of musical architecture – but of what kind? How should it be interpreted and understood? To one of Bach’s contemporaries, the work seemed like a comedy – a perspective that strikes us as strange today, yet which is gaining new relevance in the light of historically informed performance practice. This lecture compares various interpretations of the St Matthew Passion with other Passions of its time. In doing so, it sheds light on what moved people back then and what the work has to say to us today.
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Thursday, February 04, 2027
19:00 - 20:15 o'clock
Universität Zürich-Zentrum
Rämistr. 71
8006 Zürich
