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 ...

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 ...

Mark your calendars for March 28 and 29 for two unforgettable performances of Johann Sebastian Bach's St. John Passion, brought to life by the Chœur de Paris. Experience an extraordinary and moving ...

The serpent and the great bass rackett are among the Baroque instruments in the orchestra for the March 15 concert.

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The American Classical Orchestra continues its 40th anniversary season with a ...

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, ...

What's that old maxim... no politics or religion at the dinner table? It's a concept that would have made Johann Sebastian Bach scoff. His St. John Passion is 300 years old, and it invites its ...

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” ...

T.S. Eliot — not to mention Martin Luther and J.S. Bach — might have scolded the Dallas Bach Society for breeding passions out of season. Indeed, it seemed odd to schedule Bach’s St. John Passion, ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Johann Sebastian Bach was passionate about his Passions. The great Baroque composer, a devout Lutheran, wrote no ...

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.

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 ...