St John Passion

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The Glasshouse International Centre for Music: Sage OneSt Mary's Square Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, North-East, NE8 2JR, United Kingdom

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Programme

Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)

St John Passion, BWV245

Performers

Harry Bicket	Conductor
Louise Alder	Soprano
James Hall	Countertenor
Joshua Ellicott	Tenor
Mark Stone	Baritone
Royal Northern Sinfonia
Chorus of Royal Northern Sinfonia

A Good Friday performance of Bach’s dramatic Passion. Composed for this day in 1724, the St John is the earlier of Bach’s two surviving Passions, blending the theatrical with the devotional in a masterful account of Christ’s betrayal, trial and crucifixion.

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Humanity and eternity in RNS' St John Passion

Jane Shuttleworth, 31st March

Harry Bicket leads Royal Northern Sinfonia and Chorus and a fine line-up of soloists in a performance that moves effortlessly between the human and eternal time lines of Bach's St John Passion.

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