Pasja wg św. Jana. I Ty musisz cierpieć by Various, dom. 11 sep 2016, De (2016/2016), Director Andreas Spering, NFM (Narodowe Forum Muzyki), Breslavia, Polonia

When the pain, both physical and mental, becomes so unbearable that the question of meaning arises, we speak of suffering. Suffering is the central problem of the history of salvation, considered every year for two thousand years. Learning the meaning of Christ's sacrifice is the essence of the Gospel, it is the essence of passion considerations. Today's world is full of suffering and violence, which is why the question of meaning is repeated over and over again. Meaning seems to be a relative concept, it reveals itself fully only in the face of unwavering faith. But this was given only to Christ. Man doubts and asks, like Peter and Pilate in the Passion according to St. John. What is the truth? asks Pilate. Does it legitimize all actions? – we wonder as we watch reports of more tragedies taking place in the 21st century from New York to Islamabad, from Brussels to Abuja. The clash of Christ's unwavering faith and Pilate's doubtful faith is the crux of the para-theatrical staging of Bach's masterpiece co-produced with Klarafestival. Passion is surrounded by a commentary on the stage action, a video installation, as well as contemporary compositions, giving the Baroque work a contemporary context. The prologue is by the leading Belgian composer Annelies Van Parys, and in place of the sermon - between the first and the second part of the work - there will be a piece by Israeli-Palestinian composer Samir Odeh-Tamimi L'Apokalypse Arabe Ito the text of the Lebanese poet Etel Adnan, who wrote her innovative poem under the influence of the civil war in her country. The conflicts raging in the region have not died out, which is why the poem remains painfully relevant after almost forty years. All the layers of the performance, the rich religious and civilizational contexts, remind us that none of the contemporary civilizations has gotten rid of prejudice, hatred, religious intolerance and racism. It is an artistic manifesto against religious fanaticism.