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Bach: St Matthew Passion
Bach's Masterpiece
Part of the Bury Bach Choir 2018-2019 Season
Add to my Calendar 06-04-2019 18:30 06-04-2019 20:30 36 Bach: St Matthew Passion Bury Bach Choir, with five soloists, the Boy Choristers of St Edmundsbury Cathedral and Suffolk Baroque Players, perform J S Bach’s choral masterpiece. Relating the story of Jesus’s suffering and death, the drama, variety and majesty of the music grabs the listener from the first note and never lets go. Bach’s phenomenal imagination and skill are apparent throughout. The score, one of the most ambitious compositions of all time, calls for double orchestra and double choir – three choirs at one point. The musical textures range widely from complex counterpoint to simple hymns. St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds DD/MM/YYYYDetails
St Edmundsbury Cathedral
Angel Hill
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 1LS
England
Programme
Johann Sebastian Bach – St Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Performers
Fae Evelyn – soprano
Valerie Reid – mezzo-soprano
Tom Asher – baritone
Robert Murray – Evangelist
Graeme Danby – Bass
Philip Reed – Conductor
Bury Bach Choir
Suffolk Baroque Players
St Edmundsbury Cathedral Choir
Other concerts in this Series (+)
Programme Note
Bury Bach Choir, with five soloists, the Boy Choristers of St Edmundsbury Cathedral and Suffolk Baroque Players, perform J S Bach’s choral masterpiece.
Relating the story of Jesus’s suffering and death, the drama, variety and majesty of the music grabs the listener from the first note and never lets go. Bach’s phenomenal imagination and skill are apparent throughout.
The score, one of the most ambitious compositions of all time, calls for double orchestra and double choir – three choirs at one point. The musical textures range widely from complex counterpoint to simple hymns.
