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The Bach Choir: St Matthew Passion
The Bach Choir’s annual performance of Bach’s St Matthew Passion, sung in English, is a much-anticipated fixture in London’s musical calendar.
Add to my Calendar 10-04-2022 11:00 10-04-2022 13:00 36 The Bach Choir: St Matthew Passion The Bach Choir’s annual performance of Bach’s St Matthew Passion, sung in English, is a much-anticipated fixture in London’s musical calendar. The St Matthew Passion is a dramatic telling of the Passion of Christ, which features some of Bach’s most beautiful and poignant chorales, alongside rousing and striking choruses. It is a work that The Bach Choir is renowned for performing annually to an exceptionally high standard and we are delighted to be returning to the concert platform on this Palm Sunday after a two-year break. ‘the real star of this show was The Bach Choir itself, and the standard of choral singing throughout was impressively high’ Arts Desk Interval Please note that there is a long lunch interval between parts I and II. Part I starts at 11.00am and finishes at 12.15 pm; Part II starts at 2.15pm and finishes at 3.45pm. Royal Festival Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Rd
South Bank
London
SE1 8XX
England
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach – St Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Performers
David Hill – Conductor
Ed Lyon – Evangelist
Sophie Bevan – soprano
Jane Irwin – mezzo-soprano
Toby Spence – tenor
Roderick Williams – baritone
Mark Stone – Christ
The Bach Choir
Programme Note
The Bach Choir’s annual performance of Bach’s St Matthew Passion, sung in English, is a much-anticipated fixture in London’s musical calendar.
The St Matthew Passion is a dramatic telling of the Passion of Christ, which features some of Bach’s most beautiful and poignant chorales, alongside rousing and striking choruses. It is a work that The Bach Choir is renowned for performing annually to an exceptionally high standard and we are delighted to be returning to the concert platform on this Palm Sunday after a two-year break.
‘the real star of this show was The Bach Choir itself, and the standard of choral singing throughout was impressively high’ Arts Desk
Interval
Please note that there is a long lunch interval between parts I and II.
Part I starts at 11.00am and finishes at 12.15 pm; Part II starts at 2.15pm and finishes at 3.45pm.
