Johann Sebastian Bach’s “St. John Passion,” which had its premiere on Good Friday 1724, doesn’t so much begin as erupt. In the swirling, agitated strings and piercing cries of oboes, we instantly ...

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Johann Sebastian Bach was passionate about his Passions. The great Baroque composer, a devout Lutheran, wrote no fewer than five of them, according to his obituary, which was written by his son, Carl ...

Maundy Thursday is the day on the liturgical calendar when the church celebrates the institution of the Eucharist and the final lead-up to Easter. J. S. Bach began his St. John Passion just afterward, ...

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.

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From Salzburg to Dijon to Paris, a German choreographer adds striking dance to the sacred oratorio. By A.J. Goldmann The first thing we hear in Sasha Waltz’s production of the “St. John Passion” ...

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 ...

This Sunday, the University’s performance of Bach St. John Passion will transport Rockefeller Chapel from modern day Hyde Park to 18th century Leipzig. The Rockefeller Chapel Choir and Orchestra, ...

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 ...