Organization

Admin

Academy of Ancient Music

Barbican Centre

Conductor

Laurence Cummings

Singer

Soprano

Anna Dennis

Contralto

Tim Mead

Mezzo-soprano

Tenor

Nicholas Mulroy

Bass

George Humphreys

Mhairí Lawson

Magid El-Bushra

Paul Hopwood

Rodney Earl Clarke

Orchestra

Bach's St Matthew Passion

London

United Kingdom

Matthäus Passion, BWV 244 Bach, J. S.

Public

St. Matthew Passion

Approved

On Good Friday, AAM returns to a masterpiece that never grows old: Bach’s St Matthew Passion, stripped back to its essentials and performed with absolute commitment.
Filled with wonder and sorrow, a survivor tells his tale. As other voices tell their stories, the chorus becomes an accusing crowd, and an ancient tragedy comes startlingly alive. This is Bach’s St Matthew Passion, in an intimate and powerful performance from Academy of Ancient Music and a consort cast of acclaimed soloists.

The St Matthew Passion has become a Good Friday tradition, but this year AAM gets back to the music’s roots, using a chamber-scaled orchestra that Bach himself might have recognised and solo singers who step out of the ensemble to share their testimony. Performed like this, the emotion feels even more intense, and as ever, no religious belief is required: just a readiness to experience one of western music’s most beautiful – and transforming – masterpieces.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble