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Experience the timeless and deeply moving story of the St Matthew Passion. Walk alongside Jesus Christ in his final days, journeying with him through betrayal, suffering, forgiveness and redemption. Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion is a poignant tribute we perform annually in the week before Easter. It's one of the composer's longest and most complex compositions, rich in symbolism and musical splendour.

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St Matthew Passion

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Emily Akkermans, Curator of Time at Royal Museums Greenwich (including the Royal Observatory), introduces us to the life and work of John Harrison. In the week that marks the 250th anniversary of his death on 24 March 1776, we will get an insight into the story of Harrison’s remarkable quest over several decades to solve the problem of telling the time at sea, considered the most important scientific challenge of the 18th Century.

Bach, the Universe & Everything: March 2026

Kings Place

Paul McCreesh and the Gabrieli Consort make their London Handel Festival debut in a major two-part performance featuring two of Handel’s most celebrated masterpieces.

From Heavenly Harmony: Acis & an Ode!

Smith Square Hall

The unspecified occasion may have been a wedding as the chorale upon which it is based was a well-known wedding song in the city. The result is a work in which Bach challenges his singers and instrumentalists: the opening fantasia is followed unusually by no less than four arias (and no recitatives) for the quartet of vocal soloists with impressive solos for flute and oboe d’amore.

Bach, the Universe & Everything: February 2026

The first cantata of the new season sets us on the well-trodden trajectory from forgiveness to hope. First performed in Leipzig on 15 October 1724 (the 19th Sunday after Trinity), Wo soll ich fliehen hin displays Bach’s fondness for symmetrical structures and also features a rare appearance from the tromba di tirasi – the slide trumpet.

Bach, the Universe & Everything: October 2025

Meet Sofia Kirwan-Baez (soprano), Angharad Rowlands (mezzo-soprano), Hugo Brady (tenor) and Peter Edge (baritone), who were chosen from a field of over 100 singers to be our next cohort of Rising Stars of the Enlightenment. Over the next two seasons they will appear regularly with the Orchestra as part of our Bach, the Universe and Everything series at Kings Place and as soloists at the Southbank Centre and on tour.

Rising Stars Sessions: The Showcase

Acland Burghley School

England’s Chapel Royal, in the years before and after Oliver Cromwell’s Republic, nurtured some of the nation’s finest composers. After attending one of its services in 1662, Samuel Pepys noted how ‘the music was more full than it was’, referring to improvements made since the restoration of Charles II. Arcangelo and a dream team of singers undertake An English Baroque Journey, taking in emotionally-charged anthems by Pelham Humfrey, Maurice Greene and Matthew Locke and ending with Handel’s majestic setting of words from the Book of Psalms.

Arcangelo; Hilary Cronin soprano; Daisy Livesey soprano; James Hall countertenor; Jeremy Budd tenor; Hugo Brady tenor; Matthew Long tenor; Dominic Sedgwick bass; William Gaunt bass; Jonathan Cohen director, harpsichord

Wigmore Hall

The Parliament Choir is an autonomous body in Parliament under the auspices of the Speaker in the House of Commons and Lord Speaker, and is open to all who work in Parliament. Founded in 2000 by Lord Filkin and Simon Over, it was created to offer those working in Palace of Westminster, the opportunity to sing together despite the demands of parliamentary life.

Mozart Requiem

Bach’s St. Matthew Passion is one of the essential pillars of western music. It reflects the entire cosmos of human existence: trust and disappointment, love, fear, pain and the hope for redemption in a better world. The Passion begins with a monumental dialogue between two choruses; it ends with a touching choral setting.

Tenor

Hugo Brady

Events

Upcoming events

Oct 30, 2026

Arcangelo; Hilary Cronin soprano; Daisy Livesey soprano; James Hall countertenor; Jeremy Budd tenor; Hugo Brady tenor; Matthew Long tenor; Dominic Sedgwick bass; William Gaunt bass; Jonathan Cohen director, harpsichord · Wigmore Hall

Nov 4, 2026

Mozart Requiem · Sinfonia Smith Square

Mar 26, 2027

Passionate · Gürzenich-Orchester Köln

Past events

1 - 4 Apr, 2026

St Matthew Passion · Residentie Orkest Den Haag

Mar 22, 2026

Bach, the Universe & Everything: March 2026 · Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Future and recently performed repertoire

Singer in Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan by Bach

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Singer in In allen meinen Taten by Bach

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Damon in Acis & Galatea by Handel

Sinfonia Smith Square

Singer in Wo soll ich fliehen hin by Bach

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Singer in Missa Ecce quam bonum by Papa

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Singer in O Maria vernans rosa by Papa

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Singer in Ecce quo bonum by Papa

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Arien in St. Matthew Passion by Bach

Gürzenich-Orchester Köln

Singer in Requiem Mass by Mozart

Sinfonia Smith Square

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