Bach's St Matthew Passion at Coventry Cathedral, Coventry on Thursday 8th July 2021

Please note: This concert is in the past and has already taken place.

Bach's St Matthew Passion

Add to my Calendar 08-07-2021 19:30 08-07-2021 21:30 36 Bach's St Matthew Passion Armonico Consort's world class musicians with international soloists, tenor Toby Spence (Evangelist) and bass baritone Sir Willard White (Christus),  perform Bach’s St Matthew Passion in one of the first events of Armonico's 20th anniversary celebrations.   Both soloists have illustrious careers that have taken them to the most prestigious opera houses and concert halls of the world. Critically-acclaimed Armonico Consort  play on instruments of the period to give a vivid insight into the way Bach would have heard his masterpiece performed.   St Matthew Passion was first performed in Leipzig on Good Friday 1727.  It contains some of Bach’s most beautiful, evocative and dramatic music, from dance-like instrumental solos, to sorrowful arias and grief-stricken choruses, telling the story of betrayal and sacrifice, courage and conviction. The concert forms part of a UK tour of St Matthew Passion and the beginning of a year of celebration for Armonico Consort’s 20th anniversary. Coventry Cathedral, Coventry DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Coventry Cathedral
Priory Street
Coventry
West Midlands
CV1 5FB
England

Thursday 8th July 2021
7:30 PM

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach – St Matthew Passion, BWV 244

Performers

Toby Spence – tenor
Willard White – bass-baritone
Christopher Monks – Artistic Director

Armonico Consort

Programme Note

Armonico Consort's world class musicians with international soloists, tenor Toby Spence (Evangelist) and bass baritone Sir Willard White (Christus), perform Bach’s St Matthew Passion in one of the first events of Armonico's 20th anniversary celebrations.

Both soloists have illustrious careers that have taken them to the most prestigious opera houses and concert halls of the world.

Critically-acclaimed Armonico Consort play on instruments of the period to give a vivid insight into the way Bach would have heard his masterpiece performed.

St Matthew Passion was first performed in Leipzig on Good Friday 1727. It contains some of Bach’s most beautiful, evocative and dramatic music, from dance-like instrumental solos, to sorrowful arias and grief-stricken choruses, telling the story of betrayal and sacrifice, courage and conviction.

The concert forms part of a UK tour of St Matthew Passion and the beginning of a year of celebration for Armonico Consort’s 20th anniversary.

Armonico Consort at Coventry Cathedral 2018

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