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St John Passion

Name: St John Passion
Start: 2026-03-29T19:00:00
Location: Southbank Centre

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

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The St John Passion is the earlier of Bach’s two surviving settings – although not necessarily his first work in the genre. A more intimate work than the St Matthew Passion, it distils Jesus suffering and sacrifice into a more direct narrative. In part this comes from the distinctive nature of the Gospel of John, with its deep-seated spiritual purity. The church authorities in Leipzig insisted that the Passion story and Jesus’ words could only be...

Program

Johann Sebastian Bach - St John Passion

Participants

Helen Charlston

Singer

James Way

Evangelist

Hilary Cronin

Singer

Florian Störtz

Christus

Jonathan Hanley