Forthcoming concerts

March 27th 2010 - St John's Passion. A full performance of Bach's stunning oratorio. with soloists Martin Hindmarsh and Timothy Dickinson, and a professional orchestra led by Louise Bevan.

Bach’s St. John Passion is one of the most moving of all the musical settings of the Passion of Christ. First performed on Good Friday 1723 in the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, this majestic oratorio would undergo several major transformations before being cast in the final form we know today. In the final version, undertaken in the last years before his death, Bach revoked many of his previous changes, restored the original sequence of movements and scored them for a larger performing ensemble.

In its solos and choruses, the St. John Passion follows the biblical text that relates the events leading to Christ’s crucifixion, His death and resurrection. Contemplative reflections in freely composed verse and highly expressive chorales intersperse the narrative to comment poignantly and powerfully on events as they unfold.