Bach's St. Matthew Passion Premieres
April 11, 1727
On Good Friday at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, Bach's setting of the Gospel of Matthew received its first performance before a bored congregation. Double choirs, double orchestras, and arias of almost unbearable tenderness. Forgotten within a generation, it would be revived by Mendelssohn a century later and recognized for what it was.
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