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Online event
London
England
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach – St John Passion, BWV 245
Performers
Mark Padmore – Tenor
Neal Davies – Bass
Gerald Finley – baritone
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Programme Note
Bach’s St John Passion is not simply a beautiful piece of music, but a reflection on suffering and an attempt to make sense of it. Since our lives have been disrupted by the pandemic, the Passion now speaks to us from a fresh understanding of suffering and ignites in us a personal sense of compassion and empathy. The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment presents a new filmed realisation of this monumental production recorded in Battersea Arts Centre, with an all-star cast including Mark Padmore as Evangelist and Gerald Finley as Christus.
Directed by rock star cinematographer Grant Gee, the camera will focus on the faces, instruments and emotions of the Passion experience, as you have never seen before.
