Friday April 3 at 7:30, the 52-voice Metropolitan Festival Choir and Orchestra is joined by Nicholas Nicolaidis (as Evangelist) #JSBach's #StJohnPassion.  First performed on Good Friday in 1724, it's not only considered one of the most powerful sacred musical works of the Baroque era, but also one of the greatest choral works in Western music history, sung in German, with English surtitles.

Metropolitan United Church
56 Queen Street East
Tickets online or at the door
https://www.rcmusic.com/events-and-performances/music-at-met-presents-st-john-passion

"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."

https://www.dw.com/en/bachs-music-sounds-out-against-war-and-discrimination/a-72939455?maca=en-rss-en-top-1022-rdf

#JSBach #ClassicalMusic #StMatthewPassion #StJohnPassion #Leipzig #Germany

Hope and Mourning: my Guardian review of the annual Good Friday St John Passion at London's St John's Smith Square, with Stephen Layton conducting Polyphony and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

One of the finest performances of the work I've ever heard, with Nick Pritchard truly remarkable as the Evangelist,

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/apr/09/st-john-passion-review-polyphony-oae-st-john-smith-square

@classicalmusic #Bach #StJohnPassion