Tafelmusik | Bach’s St John Passion

Directed by Ivars Taurins

Jana Miller, soprano
Krisztina Szabó, mezzo-soprano
Charles Daniels, tenor
William Sharp, baritone

Bach’s St John Passion shocked the Church fathers in Leipzig at its premiere with its intensity and fervour. It’s just that intensity that makes it so relevant in today’s highly charged and turbulent times. Harrowing, passionate, and tender by turn, the St John Passion reflects our world as well as Bach’s.

If the St Matthew Passion stresses the harmony of the Christian story, the St John refuses to shy away from the darkness inherent in the tale, which makes the final transformation of pain into faith and peace all the more powerful. One of the masterpieces of Western art.

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