Event listing: 800th Anniversary of St. Thomas Choir, Leipzig | Bridgewater Hall | Thu 8 Mar 2012 at 19:00

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Bridgewater Hall Manchester, North-West, M2 3WS, United Kingdom

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Performers

Thomanerchor (Leipzig)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Georg Christoph Biller	Conductor
Ute Selbig	Soprano
Thomaner Stefan Kahle	Mezzo-soprano
Christoph Genz	Tenor
Gotthold Schwarz	Bass
Martin Petzold	Tenor	Evangelist
Matthias Weichert	Baritone	Jesus Christ

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Rohan Shotton, 3rd April

Part of the St Thomas Choir Leipzig’s 800th anniversary celebrations, this Manchester concert was a deeply moving evening in which superb musicianship all round seemed almost to bring Bach himself, a Thomaskantor (choir director) in his day, to the Bridgewater Hall.The Passions of J.S. Bach are well described in Paul Kilbey’s recent article. The St.

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