For more than a hundred years, the Nederlandse Bachvereniging has performed Bach’s St. Matthew Passion prior to Easter. In spring 2025, conductor Hans-Christoph Rademann stands before the ensemble, for decades one of Germany’s most successful choral conductors.

Betrayal, condemnation and death, but above all love. Although the text of the St. Matthew Passion is centuries old, the story and message are still relevant and Bach’s magisterial music touches every year. With Rademann, Bach’s masterpiece is in good hands. He is a true Bach man – founder of the Dresdner Kammerchor, artistic director of the Bachakademie Stuttgart and a regular at the international music festival Bachfest. With every St. Matthew Passion he performs, Rademann seeks a new approach, contemporary, but always with a careful eye for the monumental nature of the work. He is.