Name: John Passion
Start: 2024-03-15T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-03-16T00:00:00.000Z
Location: St Martin-in-the-Fields

Organization

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Beth Taylor

Contralto

Tenor

Nicholas Mulroy

Evangelist

Soprano

Anna Dennis

Bass

Stephan Loges

Jesus

Dunedin Consort

Others

St Martin In the Fields

John Passion

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral

London

St Martin-in-the-Fields

Public

Private

St John Passion

Approved

Bach’s ‘little Passion’, as Schumann famously called it, was unveiled to the Leipzig congregation on Good Friday 1724,
300 years ago almost to the day. It was Bach’s first Passion, and although more slender than the Matthew that would follow three years later, it remains his first piece of grand storytelling. While the Matthew Passion is a more monumental, contemplative piece, the John is arguably more dramatic, placing greater emphasis on the tensions and humanity at the heart of the passion story. It is a work of hope and promise that looks forward to the prospect of a glorious resurrection, directed here by Dunedin Consort’s Associate Director, Nicholas Mulroy, in his role as the Evangelist.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Co-Producer