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Beautiful Music NOW - Saint Matthew Passion

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On April 11, 1727, Johann Sebastian Bach's ST. MATTHEW PASSION was performed for the first time. It was at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig Germany.

Today's Beautiful Music is a complete performance of Bach's monumental work from the 2022 BACHFEST in Leipzig. The performance was livestreamed on Jun 17, 2022 from that same St. Thomas Church where the original was premiered.

Suzanne Bona is the host and executive producer of Sunday Baroque, a nationally syndicated weekly radio show of Baroque and early music which she originated on WSHU in 1987.