Name: The Bach Choir: St Matthew Passion
Start: 2023-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
Location: South Bank Centre

Organization

Singer

Bass

Gareth Brynmor John

Conductor

David Hill

Tenor

Ed Lyon

Evangelist

Simon Shibambu

Jesus

Soprano

Julia Doyle

Nicky Spence

Contralto

Jennifer Johnston

Mezzo-soprano

Southbank Centre

Others

The Bach Choir

Orchestra

Florilegium

St Albans Cathedral Girls Choir

Guildford Cathedral Choir

Southwark Cathedral Girls Choir

The Girl Choristers of Guildford Cathedral Choir

English

The Bach Choir: St Matthew Passion

London

United Kingdom

Royal Festival Hall

The Bach Choir: St Matthew Passion: Matthäus-Passion

Public

St. Matthew Passion

Approved

South Bank Centre

St Matthew Passion: Matthäus-Passion

Here's a rehearsal video of The Bach Choir singing 'Be near me, Lord, when dying' from JS Bach's St Matthew Passion. Every year we perform this masterpiece on Palm Sunday - to find out more and get tickets to our next performance

St Matthew Passion: Matthäus Passion, BWV 244 Bach,JS

The Bach Choir’s annual performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion, sung in English, is a much-anticipated fixture in London's musical calendar.
The St Matthew Passion is a dramatic telling of the Passion of Christ, which features some of Bach's most beautiful and poignant chorales, alongside rousing and striking choruses.

This is a work that The Bach Choir is renowned for performing annually to an exceptionally high standard.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble

Co-Producer