La Passion selon saint Matthieu - Jean-Sébastien Bach

St Matthew's Passion: Johann Sebastian Bach

"La Pasión según San Mateo", de Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach: Matthäus-Passion

„Pasja według św. Mateusza” Jana Sebastiana Bacha

"La Passione di San Matteo": Johann Sebastian Bach

Performing the Passion for Good Friday is one of the cornerstones of the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival. In 2021, we had the pleasure of listening to Johann Sebastian Bach's "St Matthew Passion", conducted by Raphaël Pichon.

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<p>Performing the Passion for Good Friday is one of the cornerstones of the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival. In 2021, we had the pleasure of listening to Johann Sebastian Bach's "St Matthew Passion", conducted by Raphaël Pichon.</p>

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Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, one of the leading contemporary violin virtuosos, plays the Violin Concerto in D major by Johannes Brahms with the Orchester National de France. The work is considered one of the most important musical creations of the Romantic era. The concert was recorded without an audience at the Grand Théâtre de Provence in 2021 as part of the Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival.

With Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider

Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider is one of the leading contemporary violin virtuosos

Brahms: Concerto for Violin

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Jean-Baptiste Lully is synonymous with the Versailles of Louis XIV with his music composed for and accompanying the grand occasions of the court. Three of the composer’s motets are performed from the royal chapel of Versailles.
 Programme :
Jean-Baptiste Lully - Dies Irae
 Jean-Baptiste Lully - O Lachrymae fideles
 Jean-Baptiste Lully - De Profundis

French Baroque Music from Versailles

Jean-Baptiste Lully is synonymous with the Versailles of Louis XIV with his music composed for and accompanying the grand occasions of the court.

Three Motets by Lully

At the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, the vocal ensemble Les Talens Lyriques, directed by Christophe Rousset, pays tribute to the great German composer as a master of Italian opera seria. Sandrine Piau and Eve-Maud Hubeaux perform arias from Alcina, Tamerlano and Julius Caesar.

Les Talens Lyriques

At the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, the vocal ensemble Les Talens Lyriques, directed by Christophe Rousset, pays tribute to the great German composer as a composer of Italian opera seria. Sandrine Piau and Eve-Maud Hubeaux perform arias from Alcina, Tamerlano and Julius Caesar.

Georg Friedrich Handel

Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish perform at Hellfest 2022.

Hellfest 2022

Nightwish

Just a few weeks before the release of their new album, The Sick and the Dying… and the Dead! Thrash metal stars Megadeth perform at Hellfest 2022.

Megadeth

Dutch band Epica returns to Hellfest to present Omega, a new album showing off their inimitable symphonic heavy metal sound.

Epica

Drockick Murphys are perhaps the most Irish of American bands. The Bostonians baptize their new album Turn Up That Dial at Hellfest 2022.

Dropkick Murphys

Punk rock fans note: The Offspring have released a new album: The Californians perform tracks from their latest work at Hellfest, Let the Bad Times Roll.

The Offspring

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The Green Lungs of Europe

We go on a research trip to the Dinaric Alps in Albania

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Brazilian cult band Sepultura is back at Hellfest! They unleash their intense thrash metal in front of a white-hot audience.

Sepultura

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The trio led by Matthew Bellamy is one of the most explosive and creative forces in rock music over the past two decades. There is no one else quite like Muse. Be impressed by their committed performance at Berlin’s Tempelhof Sounds Festival.

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Muse

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Pittsburgh punk band Anti-Flag have been going strong since the late 1980s. They bring their anthemic sound at Hellfest 2022.

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