Name: St. John Passion, BWV 245
Start: 2023-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-09-06T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Bachkirche

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Zoe Brookshaw

Clare Lloyd-Griffiths

Mezzo-soprano

Kate Symonds-Joy

Contralto

Michał Czerniawski

Tenor

Thomas Herford

Gwilym Bowen

Bass

Jonathan Sells

Alex Ashworth

Solomons Knot

St. John Passion, BWV 245 -  (St John Passion)

Arnstadt

Germany

Bachkirche

Johannes-Passion Bach,JS

Public

St John Passion

Approved

JS Bach Johannes-Passion BWV 245

The story of Christ’s Passion is both sublimely numinous and deeply human, and in no other manifestation of human creativity is the drama so potently and movingly presented as in Bach’s surviving settings. Of the two, the St John is the earlier and the more compact and dramatic. A performance in an appropriate liturgical space can be a transcendent experience.

The venue is the church where Bach was organist early in his career. The interior is as close to lavish as a Lutheran parish church dared get, with walls and galleries wrapped in white and gold panelling.

English

St John Passion by Bach, J. S., From (2023/2023), Bachkirche, Arnstadt, Germany

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Programme, About & Synopsis

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Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues