Euroradio Holy Week Music Series

Across European musical traditions, the period of Holy Week has given rise to some of the most important musical works in the history of the art form, seeking to encapsulate in music the dramatic events of Christ's Passion. It embraces not only classical music, but also ancient chant traditions and folk music.  

The annual Euroradio Holy Week Music series celebrates this extraordinary tradition, bringing together music from a wide range of EBU radio organizations. 

All the details of the concerts in the 2026 Euroradio Holy Week Music Series, which has at its centre Palm Sunday, falling on 29 March this year, can be found in MUS under EURO/2025-2026/H/001-013.

List of concerts

Alessandro Scarlatti 300: Stabat Mater in C Minor, from Vatican City 
National Baroque Orchestra of the Conservatories 
Ignazio Maria Schifani, conductor 
Recorded on 25 November 2025 
Radio Vaticana (Vatican City) 

Alessandro Scarlatti 300: Il Martirio di Santa Teodosia, from the Úbeda and Baeza Early Music Festival 
Al Ayre Español 
Eduardo López Banzo, conductor 
Recorded on 7 December 2025 
RTVE (Spain) 

Carlos Patiño's Mass for 16 Voices 'Misa Benedicam Dominum in omni tempore', from the Úbeda and Baeza Early Music Festival 
Los Afectos Diversos 
Nacho Rodríguez, director 
Recorded on 7 December 2025 
RTVE (Spain) 

A celebration of Bulgarian church music, from the St. Alexander Nevsky Patriarchal Cathedral Choir, Sofia 
Mixed Choir of The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral 
Recorded on 15 December 2025 
BNR (Bulgaria) 

Howells’ Hymnus Paradisi with the BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra and Sofi Jeannin, from London 
BBC Singers 
BBC Concert Orchestra 
Sofi Jeannin, conductor 
Recorded on 26 February 2026 
BBC (United Kingdom) 

Good Friday, 1747: a recreation of Bach's performance of Handel arias, with the Bachcelona Consort
Bachcelona Consort 
Daniel Tarrida, harpsichord, director 
Recorded on 20 March 2026 
Catalunya Música (Spain) 

Easter Concert with the Danish National Vocal Ensemble and Krista Audere, from Copenhagen 
Danish National Vocal Ensemble 
Krista Audere, conductor 
Recorded on 26 March 2026 
Danish Radio 

Kristina Vasiliauskaitė's Nine Motets of the Good Friday 
Šiauliai State Chamber Choir Polifonija 
Povilas Vanžodis, conductor 
Live on 29 March 2026 
LRT (Lithuania) 

Bach's St Matthew Passion, with the Netherlands Bach Society and Masaaki Suzuki, from Naarden 
Nicholas Mulroy, tenor, Evangelist 
Hana Blažíková, soprano 
Nederlandse Bach Vereniging (Netherlands Bach Society) 
Masaaki Suzuki, conductor 
Live on 29 March 2026 
NPO (Netherlands) 

Koželuh's Mass in C, from Hradec Králové 
Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra 
Vojtech Spurný, conductor 
Live on 30 March 2026 
Czech Radio 

Bach's St John Passion with the RIAS Chamber Chorus, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and Justin Doyle, conductor, from Berlin 
Katharina Konradi, soprano 
RIAS Chamber Chorus, Berlin 
Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin 
Justin Doyle, conductor 
Recorded on 30 March 2026 
Deutschlandfunk Kultur (Germany) 

Bach's St Matthew Passion at King’s College, Cambridge with the Academy of Ancient Music 
Mary Bevan, soprano 
Iestyn Davies, countertenor 
BBC Singers 
King's College Choir, Cambridge 
Academy of Ancient Music 
Daniel Hyde, conductor 
Recorded on 1 April 2026 
BBC (United Kingdom) 

Live Concert: Berlioz's Grande Messe des Morts, with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, from Helsinki 
Helsinki Music Centre Chorus 
Estonian National Men's Chorus 
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra 
Nicholas Collon, conductor 
Live on 2 April 2026 
Yle (Finland)