These shows originally aired the week of March 15, 2010. Click here for the original show page.
When Felix Mendelssohn rediscovered Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, he completely flipped out, overcome with one of the most powerful and striking pieces of music ever written. Mendelssohn then staged a concert version of the work, the first for nearly 100 years, and the performance that sealed the passion as one of the most striking and powerful forms in classical music.