Chester Music Society Choir at Chester Cathedral, Chester on Saturday 23rd March 2019

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Chester Music Society Choir

Part of the Chester Music Society 2018-2019 Season

Add to my Calendar 23-03-2019 19:30 23-03-2019 21:30 36 Chester Music Society Choir Bach St John Passion was written during Bach's first year as director of church music in Leipzig and was first performed on April 7, 1724. The libretto is compiled from recitatives and choruses narrating the Passion of Christ as told in St John's Gospel, with arias reflecting on the action and chorales using familiar hymn tunes and texts. Compared with the St Matthew Passion, the St John Passion has been described as more extravagant, with an expressive immediacy, at times more unbridled and less 'finished'. As Easter approaches this sublime work has great significance for the Christian community, but even for non-believers it represents a glorious example of choral and orchestral writing which deserves to be heard by all music lovers. Sung in German. Chester Cathedral, Chester DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Chester Cathedral
Saint Werburgh Street
Chester
Cheshire
CH1 2DY
England

Saturday 23rd March 2019
7:30 PM

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach – St John Passion, BWV 245

Performers

Stefan Kennedy – Tenor
Quentin Brown – bass-baritone
Graham Jordan Ellis – Conductor

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Programme Note

Bach St John Passion was written during Bach's first year as director of church music in Leipzig and was first performed on April 7, 1724.

The libretto is compiled from recitatives and choruses narrating the Passion of Christ as told in St John's Gospel, with arias reflecting on the action and chorales using familiar hymn tunes and texts. Compared with the St Matthew Passion, the St John Passion has been described as more extravagant, with an expressive immediacy, at times more unbridled and less 'finished'.

As Easter approaches this sublime work has great significance for the Christian community, but even for non-believers it represents a glorious example of choral and orchestral writing which deserves to be heard by all music lovers. Sung in German.

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