Organization

Conductor

Kaspar Zehnder

Singer

Soprano

Zoe Brookshaw

Mezzo-soprano

Kate Symonds-Joy

Contralto

Michał Czerniawski

Tenor

Thomas Herford

Ruairi Bowen

Bass

Alex Ashworth

Jonathan Sells

Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn

Orchestra

Sinfonie Orchester Biel Solothurn

St. John Passion, BWV 245 -  (St John Passion)

Berne

Switzerland

Biel/Bienne

Public

St John Passion

Approved

Bach composed the St. John Passion in 1724 immediately after taking up his position as Leipzig Thomaskantor. Intimately contemplative chorales and dramatic turbae choruses are interwoven into the passion events, as are the haunting arias that comment on the evangelist's biblical texts. Baroque musical splendor is always in the foreground of the solemn Passion oratorio.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble