{"id":4157,"date":"2025-10-14T11:47:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T09:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markuspassion.org\/2026-goettingen\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T12:21:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:21:42","slug":"2026-goettingen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/markuspassion.org\/en\/2026-goettingen\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 \u2013 G\u00f6ttingen"},"content":{"rendered":"

GERMAN PREMIERE<\/span>
\nG\u00d6TTINGEN, MARCH 2026<\/span><\/h1>\n

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\u201cStanding ovations at the end of a Passion oratorio performance: that’s a rare occurrence. But the performance of Nikolaus Matthes’s St. Mark Passion on Saturday in the Church of St. Jacobi had the audience leaping to their feet.\u201d<\/span>
\nG\u00f6ttinger Tageblatt<\/strong><\/a>
\nMichael Sch\u00e4fer, March 9, 2026<\/em><\/p>\n

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On Saturday and Sunday, March 7 and 8, 2026, the German premiere of the St. Mark Passion took place in G\u00f6ttingen. In two concerts at the church of St. Jacobi, the Jacobikantorei, the St. Jacobi Chamber Choir, the G\u00f6ttingen Baroque Orchestra and five vocal soloists performed the St. Mark Passion under the musical direction of Cantor Stefan Kordes. We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to Stefan Kordes and everyone involved for their commitment and for the moving performances.<\/p>\n

Here you can view the programme booklet for the G\u00f6ttingen concerts<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nNikolaus Matthes and Stefan Kordes; February 16, 2026
\nPhoto <\/span><\/strong>\u00a9 Wolfgang Beisert 2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nDress rehearsal at the Church of St. Jacobi; March 6, 2026<\/span>
\nPhoto \u00a9 Katrin Benary 2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Concert on March 7, 2026; Church of St. Jacobi, G\u00f6ttingen
\nPhotos \u00a9 Katrin Benary 2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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PRESS RELEASES – ADVANCE NOTICES<\/span><\/p>\n

Kulturb\u00fcro G\u00f6ttingen<\/a><\/strong>
\nNeue Markuspassion nach Bach: Vortragsreihe und Deutsche Erstauff\u00fchrung
\n(New St. Mark Passion after Bach: Lecture series and German premiere)
\nBy Jens Wortmann; January 15, 2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Klassik heute<\/a><\/strong>
\nDeutsche Erstauff\u00fchrung von Nikolaus Matthes’ \u00bbMarkuspassion\u00ab
\n(German premiere of Nikolaus Matthes’s “St. Mark Passion”)
\nFebruary 12, 2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

G\u00f6ttinger Kammermusikgesellschaft e. V.<\/strong><\/a>
\nMarkuspassion von Nikolaus Matthes am 7. und 8. M\u00e4rz in St. Jacobi
\n(St. Mark Passion by Nikolaus Matthes on March 7 and 8 at St. Jacobi)
\nNovellette No. 299 by Michael Sch\u00e4fer – Article on pages 1 and 6
\nFebruary 18, 2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

G\u00f6ttinger Tageblatt<\/strong><\/a>
\n\u00bbEin wunderbarer Zufall\u00ab – Deutsche Erstauff\u00fchrung: Nikolaus Matthes’ Markuspassion nach Johann Sebastian Bach erklingt in St. Jacobi
\n(\u201cA wonderful coincidence\u201d – German premiere: Nikolaus Matthes’ St. Mark Passion based on Johann Sebastian Bach to be performed at St. Jacobi
\nInterview: Udo Hinz; February 20, 2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Kulturb\u00fcro G\u00f6ttingen<\/a><\/strong>
\nDie verlorene Passion
\n(The lost Passion)
\nBy Jens Wortmann; February 22, 2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

REVIEWS<\/span><\/p>\n

Kulturb\u00fcro G\u00f6ttingen<\/a><\/strong>
\nEine Passion zwischen Bach und Gegenwart<\/a>
\n(A Passion between Bach and the present day)
\nBy Jens Wortmann; March 8, 2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

O-Ton online<\/strong><\/a>
\nDoch kein Gr\u00f6\u00dfenwahn<\/a>
\n(Not delusions of grandeur, after all)
\nBy Michael Ritter; March 8, 2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

G\u00f6ttinger Tageblatt<\/strong><\/a>
\nBarocke Musik, komponiert im 21. Jahrhundert<\/a>
\n(Baroque music, composed in the 21st century)
\nBy Michael Sch\u00e4fer; March 9, 2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

G\u00f6ttinger Kammermusikgesellschaft e. V.<\/strong><\/a>
\nDeutsche Erstauff\u00fchrung der Markuspassion von Nikolaus Matthes
\n(German premiere of the St. Mark Passion by Nikolaus Matthes)
\nNovellette Nr. 303 by Michael Sch\u00e4fer – Article on pages 1 to 4
\nMarch 10, 2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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MEDITATION ON THE HOUR OF JESUS’S DEATH<\/a><\/span>
\nGood Friday, April 3, 2026, 3 p. m. – Church of St. Jacobi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Passion narrative according to the Evangelist Mark
\nWith chorales and choral movements from the St. Mark Passion by Nikolaus Matthes, after J. S. Bach (2019\/2020)
\nSt. Jacobi Chamber Choir<\/strong>
\nLiturgy<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 Pastor \u00c1ron Bence
\nConductor<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 Stefan Kordes<\/p>\n

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SOLOISTS<\/span><\/p>\n

Evangelist\u00a0 Daniel Johannsen<\/a><\/strong>
\nJesus<\/strong>\u00a0 Daniel P\u00e9rez<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Soprano<\/strong>\u00a0 Anna Nesyba<\/strong><\/a>
\nAlto<\/strong>\u00a0 Annekathrin Laabs<\/strong><\/a>
\nTenor\u00a0 Daniel Johannsen<\/a><\/strong>
\nBaritone<\/strong> \u00a0Thomas Laske<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

CHOIR<\/span><\/p>\n

Jacobikantorei G\u00f6ttingen<\/strong><\/a>
\nKammerchor St. Jacobi<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

G\u00d6TTINGEN BAROQUE ORCHESTRA<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

1st <\/sup>Traverso\u00a0 <\/strong>Dorothee Kunst
\n2nd <\/sup>Traverso\u00a0 <\/strong>Sarah M\u00f6ller
\n1st <\/sup>Recorder\u00a0 <\/strong>Tabea Wink
\n2nd <\/sup>Recorder<\/strong>\u00a0 Anouk Kr\u00fcger
\n1st <\/sup>Oboe<\/strong>\u00a0 Georg Fritz
\n2nd <\/sup>Oboe<\/strong>\u00a0 Annette Berryman
\n3rd <\/sup>Oboe<\/strong>\u00a0 Andrea Vilz
\n4th <\/sup>Oboe<\/strong>\u00a0 Katharina Arfken
\nBassoon<\/b>\u00a0 Markus Pauk
\nContrabassoon<\/strong>\u00a0 Alexander Golde
\nHorn<\/strong>\u00a0 Gregor Lentjes<\/p>\n

1st<\/sup> Violins<\/strong> \u00a0Henning Vater (concertmaster), Julia Krikkay, Magdalena Schenk-Bader, Karla Enriquez
\n2nd<\/sup>\u00a0Violins<\/strong>\u00a0 Christiane Gagelmann, Helga Schmidtmayer, Berit Coenders
\nViola<\/strong>\u00a0 Klaus Bundies, Alice Vaz
\nViola d’amore<\/strong>\u00a0 Henning Vater, Christiane Gagelmann
\nViola da gamba<\/strong>\u00a0 Hermann Hickethier, Laura Frey<\/p>\n

Violoncello<\/strong>\u00a0 Angelika Miklin, Konstanze Waidosch
\nViolone<\/strong>\u00a0 Johannes Ragg
\nHarpsichord<\/strong>\u00a0 Sabine Erdmann
\nOrgan<\/strong>\u00a0 Yo Hirano
\nLute and baroque guitar<\/strong>\u00a0 Andreas D\u00fcker<\/p>\n

CONDUCTOR<\/span><\/p>\n

Stefan Kordes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4157","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markuspassion.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markuspassion.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markuspassion.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markuspassion.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markuspassion.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4157"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/markuspassion.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5132,"href":"https:\/\/markuspassion.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4157\/revisions\/5132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markuspassion.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}