With hymns and solos covering part of the Gospel of John, Johann Sebastian Bach’s “St. John Passion” is a big undertaking. “It’s a huge piece for chorus and orchestra and soloists,” Tom Remenschneider ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The American Classical Orchestra continues its 40th anniversary season with a ...

Described as a musical masterpiece and immersive experience that speaks to the soul, the newly founded Augustana Bach Collegium invites you to celebrate the intersection of faith and the arts through ...

What's that old maxim... no politics or religion at the dinner table? It's a concept that would have made Johann Sebastian Bach scoff. His St. John Passion is 300 years old, and it invites its ...

This Passion is visceral and violent, with ear-severing, beating, scourging, leg-breaking and – as John Eliot Gardiner hears it in that “overture” – nails being driven through hands to the cross.

Their profound familiarity with the work, and proficiency in all its idioms, bred not routine slickness but an inward intimacy that serenely bridged the gap between the liturgical rituals of the ...

Upper Valley Baroque will celebrate the 300th anniversary of the premiere of Johann Sebastian Bach’s masterpiece, St. John Passion, in Leipzig, Germany, in 1724. It proved so important to the composer ...

T.S. Eliot — not to mention Martin Luther and J.S. Bach — might have scolded the Dallas Bach Society for breeding passions out of season. Indeed, it seemed odd to schedule Bach’s St. John Passion, ...

Since its inaugural season in 2004, True Concord has performed all three works, starting with the B-Minor Mass in 2011, followed by St. John in 2014 and St. Matthew in 2019. The impetus to revisit the ...

Cleveland Orchestra Music Director Franz Welser-Mӧst will convene a panel of guest speakers to address the question “Is Bach’s St. John Passion anti-Semitic?”—a lingering claim that surrounds this ...

Cantata Collective has been presenting free, world-class Bach Cantata performances in Berkeley since 2017. An enthusiastic community of dedicated listeners and supporters which put down roots during ...