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Epiphany and comfort: Bach’s St Matthew Passion lights up Lucerne
La Scintilla and the Zürcher Sing-Akademie performs Bach at the KKL hall in Lucerne.
A perfect Easter recipe at the Barbican
John Eliot Gardiner assembled the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists for a moving performance of JS Bach's great oratorio.
Prom 36: Festive Bach from Gardiner and his Baroque forces
Friday’s two Proms had a theme running through them: Resurrection, Easter and Ascension. I wasn’t quite sure how I would feel about listening to Bach’s small-scale oratorios after Mahler’s mighty “Resurrection” Symphony, but I needn’t have worried. Compared to Mahler’s angst and doubt in the symphony, Bach’s unwavering Christian faith was reassuring.