St John Passion by Bach, J. S., ma. 03 april 2017, Fra (2017/2017), Dirigent Marc Minkowski, La Halle aux Grains, Toulouse, France

Marc Minkowski returns to the Passion according to Saint John , given in 2010 in Grenoble, Krakow and Paris with Markus Brutscher and Christian Immler. As for the Mass in B in 2008, the Magnificat or the Passion according to Saint Matthew in 2012, the conductor deviates from the traditional interpretation with an enlarged choir: he takes the side of a tight vocal workforce around eight soloists, faithful to the conditions in which the work was probably created in 1724. Accompanied by Les Musiciens du Louvre in a reduced formation, the singers gathered around the Evangelist perform their parts and those of the choir. They take us to the dizzying heights of this immense sacred room.