Johannes Passion 2024

Stadtcasino, Basel
24/03/2024 at 19:30

Program

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) St. John Passion, BWV 245

Johann Sebastian Bach wrote his St. John Passion in 1724 in three months. The work was premiered on Good Friday of that year, and Bach would return to it several more times. As a result, multiple versions exist as Bach added, replaced or removed arias and choruses. No matter: each version is compelling and dramatic and can easily hold its own alongside the later written Matthew Passion.

Performers

Cappella Amsterdam
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
Alexander Janiczek concertmaster
Daniel Reuss conductor

Thomas Walker evangelist
Peter Harvey Christ
Berit Norbakken soprano
Cecilia Hall alt
Ludmila Schwartzwalder alt 
Dorien Lievers alt
Tigran Matinyan tenor
James Newby
 bass

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