FriPod: Priests and Bishops

The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, Katharine Jefferts-Schori, is visiting Indianapolis right now. Tonight I had dinner with her husband, along with the spouses and partners of many clergy and postulants in the diocese. This week's FriPod is in her honor.

1a. J.S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion, performed by Mark Padmore, Deborah York, Etc., Paul Mccreesh; Gabrieli Consort & Players: "Da Versammleten Sich Die Hohenpriester"
1b. "Und Der Hohepriester Antwortete Und Sprach Zu Ihm"
1c. "Des Morgens Aber Hielten Alle Hohepriester"
2a. J.S. Bach's St. Mark Passion, performed by The Choir Of Gonville And Caius College, Cambridge: "Recit - Und der Hohepriester"
2b. "Recit - Aber die Hohenpriester"
2c. "Recit. Evangelist - Desselbengleichen die Hohenpriester"
3a. Heinrich Schütz's Matthaeus-Passion SWV479, performed by Schreier, Polster, Lorenz, Kreuzchor, and Flaemig: "Hohepriester und Schriftgelehrte"
3b. "Hohepriester und Aelteste"
3c. "Hohepriester und Pharisaeer"
4. J.S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio, performed by Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Wiener Sängerknaben & Hans Gillesberger: "Evangelista: Und ließ versammeln alle Hohepriester"
5. "Separate Lives," by Stephen Bishop, performed by Phil Collins on Serious Hits ... Live!
6. "Woodchopper's Ball," by J. Bishop and W. Herman, performed by Woody Herman on The Thundering Herds 1945-1947.

Be prepared for lots of 20th century stuff next week, as I started my summer class at IU today.

FriPod: What Passion is Missing?

As I ponder during this Good Friday, I realized that I don't own any Passions. Before getting too worried about my emotional health, I assure you that I do have passions, just no recordings of the Passion of Christ according to . So instead of listing those I have, I will list those compositions I'm aware of, and ask readers to recommend particular performances or other compositions that I haven't listed.

1. J.S. Bach - St. Matthew Passion BWV 244
2. J.S. Bach - St. John Passion
3. J.S. Bach (apocryphal) - St. Luke Passion BWV 246
4. J.S. Bach (reconstructed) - St. Mark Passion BWV 247
5. Sofia Gubaidulina - Johannes-Passion (2000)
6. Arvo Pärt - Passio Domini Nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem (1985)
7. Heinrich Schütz - St. John Passion
8. G.F. Handel - Brockes Passion HWV 48
9. Krzyzstof Penderecki - St. Luke Passion (1728)
10. G.P. Telemann - St. Matthew Passion (1766)
11. G.P. Telemann - St. Luke Passion
12. Tan Dun - Water Passion after St. Matthew
13. Johannes Mattheson - Brockes Passion
14. Johann Thiele - St. Matthew Passion
15. Mauricio Kagel - Sankt-Bach-Passion (1985)
16. Gottfried Stölzel - Brockes Passion
17. Carl Loewe - Passion Oratorio
18. G.F. Handel (spurious) - St. John Passion


So, which of these do you highly recommend, and which recordings? And what other Passions are out there that I should know about?