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Bach: St John Passion

Orchestra of St John's

Add to my Calendar 25-03-2016 18:00 25-03-2016 20:00 36 Bach: St John Passion Written for Good Friday in 1724, the passion was the centrepiece of Bach's year-long cycle of liturgical cantatas. Perhaps the biggest joy of the St John Passion is that, for all the ferocity and sorrow of the Good Friday story, it's a truly optimistic work, anticipating the resurrection with music suffused with light and hope. The Orchestra of St John's, OSJ Ashmolean Voices and soloist are conducted by John Lubbock Dorchester Abbey, Dorchester on Thames DD/MM/YYYY

Details

Dorchester Abbey
High Street
Dorchester on Thames
Oxfordshire
OX10 7HH
England

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach – St John Passion, BWV 245

Performers

John Lubbock – Conductor
Francesca Saracino – Alto
Louise Wayman – soprano
Christopher Turner – tenor
Morgan Pearse – Bass
Peter Kirk – Evangelist
Henry Neill – Pilate
Andrew Mahon – Christus

OSJ Ashmolean Voices
Orchestra of St John's

Programme Note

Written for Good Friday in 1724, the passion was the centrepiece of Bach's year-long cycle of liturgical cantatas. Perhaps the biggest joy of the St John Passion is that, for all the ferocity and sorrow of the Good Friday story, it's a truly optimistic work, anticipating the resurrection with music suffused with light and hope.

The Orchestra of St John's, OSJ Ashmolean Voices and soloist are conducted by John Lubbock

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