In the final episode of Hearing the Music, Season 2: St. Matthew Passion, Jesus is buried. As always, Delta David Gier and J. Mark Bertrand discuss the music and the meaning behind it.

Crucifixion

Mar 31st, 2023 32m

In the sixth episode of Hearing the Music, Season 2: St. Matthew Passion, Jesus submits to death on the cross. As always, Delta David Gier and J. Mark Bertrand discuss the music and the meaning behind it.

Before Pilate

Mar 24th, 2023 34m

In the fifth episode of Hearing the Music, Season 2: St. Matthew Passion, Jesus finds himself before Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea. The soprano aria Aus Liebe is featured. As always, Delta David Gier and J. Mark Bertrand discuss t

The Denial

Mar 18th, 2023 36m

In the fourth episode of Hearing the Music, Season 2: St. Matthew Passion, Peter’s denial of Jesus takes center stage. The tenor aria Geduld, Geduld! is featured, as well as the celebrated alto aria Erbarme dich. As always, Delta David Gier an

In the Garden

Mar 10th, 2023 25m

In the third episode of Hearing the Music, Season 2: St. Matthew Passion, the focus turns to the garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus asks his disciples to watch and pray, but they sleep instead. This is followed by his arrest, as recounted in Mat

The Last Supper

Mar 3rd, 2023 28m

In Season 2 of Hearing the Music, novelist and pastor J. Mark Bertrand joins SDSO music director Delta David Gier in an exploration of Bach’s St Matthew Passion. This episode, “The Last Supper,” recounts the final meal of Jesus and his disciple

The Anointing

Feb 23rd, 2023 27m

In Season 2 of Hearing the Music, novelist and pastor J. Mark Bertrand joins SDSO music director Delta David Gier in an exploration of Bach’s St Matthew Passion. This episode, “The Anointing,” focuses on the opening of the work, and on the anoi

Dissolve, My Heart

Apr 1st, 2020 30m 29s

In the final episode, covering the narrative from John 19.30-42, Mark and David reflect on the final movements of Bach’s St John Passion. The music asks the question, “How should I respond to the death of Christ?”

It Is Finished

Apr 1st, 2020 30m 35s

On the cross, Jesus entrusts his mother to the care of his beloved disciple John, and then declares, “It is finished!” David and Mark talk to musicologist Marcel Zwitser about Bach’s Bible, as well as the conclusions we can draw from his choice

Trial and Tribulation

Apr 1st, 2020 29m 29s

This episode covers events found in John 18.28-19.17, principally the trial of Jesus before the Roman procurator Pontius Pilate. Together, David and Mark guide you through the back and forth conflicts that lead to the condemnation of Christ, hi

Arrest and Betrayal

Apr 1st, 2020 30m 18s

In this episode, novelist and pastor J. Mark Bertrand joins SDSO music director Delta David Gier in an exploration of Part 1 of Bach’s St John Passion, which begins with the arrest of Jesus and ends with Simon Peter’s three-fold denial. The pri