📆April 7, 1724 Johann Sebastian Bach's "St John Passion" premieres on Good Friday at #St.NicholasChurch in #Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony (now Germany)

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If it works, I have the final chorale from Bach's St. John Passion queued up. If you're not emotional and not crying when this chorale is performed...then I don't know. #Lutheran #StJohnPassion #Bach #HolyWeek youtu.be/zMf9XDQBAaI?...

Bob Chilcott's 'St John Passion' is fairly traditional for something modern.. I was half expecting it to be Alban Berg-esque. #StJohnPassion #BobChilcott #GoodFriday

REVIEW: St John Passion One week before Easter, at Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment presented St John Passion under the direction of Johanna Soller, which also marked her London debut.

REVIEW: 3.5 stars #StJohnPassion Southbank Centre

'Finely sung with beautiful moments [...] seamlessly dissolved into the instrumental texture.'

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Friday April 3 at 7:30, the 52-voice Metropolitan FestivalChoir & Orchestra w NicholasNicolaidis (Evangelist) #JSBach's #StJohnPassion.  First perf in 1724, powerful sacred Baroque work, sung in German, w English surtitles

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#morninglistening to the #StJohnPassion w/ Pygmalion & Pichon on @harmoniamundi_inter, which is riveting in many places, dazzling in most, overegged in some. A hint of Currentzis, almost.

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Yorkshire Bach Choir, St John Passion Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, Saturday 21 March 2026Conductor Peter Seymour opted for a slower tempo in the opening chorus “Herr, unser Herrscher”. Whilst this had obvious merit – polyphonic transparen...

New review: Bach’s St John Passion — Yorkshire Bach Choir at the Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall, York.
James Gilchrist’s Evangelist drives a performance of urgency, drama, and moments of striking stillness.
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Bach's music sounds out against war and discrimination – DW – 06/17/2025 From the St. John to St. Matthew Passion, contemporary arrangements of Bach masterpieces at the Leipzig Bach Festival highlight oppression and conflict.

"Bach's music sounds out against war and discrimination. From the St. John to St. Matthew Passion, contemporary arrangements of Bach masterpieces at the Leipzig Bach Festival highlight oppression and conflict."

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"The duty of the musician is to move the soul of the listener." ♥️ ~ Laurence Cummings, director of the Academy of Ancient Music

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Today's Top Tune for your well being takes a break today... we go beyond that with:

Bach - St John Passion - performed by the Nederlands Bach Society

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Johannes-Passion, BWV 245, Part 2: XLVIII. Chorale. Ach Herr, laß dein lieb Engelein

open.spotify.com/track/09kvSp... #classicalmusic I do love a good #Bach chorale - this one comes right at the end of the #StJohnPassion. Even if you don’t have a single religious bone in your body you surely can’t fail to respond to this very moving human drama.