Name: St Matthew Passion Tour 2023
Start: 2023-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-06-12T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Nikolaikirche

Organization

Instrumentalist

Chad Kelly

Organ

Soprano

Clare Lloyd-Griffiths

Contralto

Kate Symonds-Joy

Mezzo-soprano

Tenor

Tom Kelly

Singer

Jonathan Sells

Bass

Solomons Knot

Orchestra

Solomon's Knot

St Matthew Passion Tour 2023

Leipzig

Germany

Nikolaikirche

St Matthew Passion Tour 2023: Matthäus Passion, BWV 244 Bach,JS

Public

St. Matthew Passion

Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 546

Ecce quomodo moritur justus

Approved

Sacred opera or sung sermon? Bach’s Matthäus-Passion balances between these two extremes, its singers switching instantaneously between the retelling of Jesus’ suffering and death, and what that means to each one of us in the here and now. The congregation of listeners are embraced through the universalising power of familiar hymn tunes and texts.

Undertaking this totemic work for the first time as part of its 15th anniversary, Solomon’s Knot does away with both vocal scores and conductor to bring Bach’s masterpiece up- close and personal in an especially intimate and visceral performance.

Working again with director John La Bouchardière (St John Passion, Leipzig 2019) to explore this metaphysical interface, the group pushes the limits of how contemporary audiences interact with a work written to strike into the hearts of listening Saxons 300 years ago.

 

St Matthew Passion Tour 2023
This event is part of a European tour of St Matthew Passion.

Good Friday 7 April WEIMAR
Easter Sunday 9 April SNAPE
12 April CAMBRIDGE
12 June LEIPZIG
17 June STOUR
19 June LONDON

Evangelist Thomas Herford

Chorus I

Soprano Clare Lloyd-Griffiths
Alto Kate Symonds-Joy
Tenor Tom Kelly
Bass/Jesus Jonathan Sells

Violin I George Clifford (leader), Maxim del Mar
Violin II Naomi Burrell, Rebecca Harris
Viola Joanne Miller
Cello/Gamba Jonathan Rees
Double bass Jan Zahourek
Flute I Eva Caballero
Flute II Graham O’Sullivan
Oboe I Daniel Lanthier
Oboe II Robert de Bree
Bassoon Inga Maria Klaucke
Organ Chad Kelly

Chorus II
Soprano Zoë Brookshaw
Alto Michal Czerniawski
Tenor Rory Carver
Bass Alex Ashworth

Violin I Magdalena Loth-Hill (leader), Andrej Kapor
Violin II Sijie Chen, Will McGahon
Viola Jim O’Toole
Cello Gavin Kibble
Double bass Jonny Gee
Flute I Lisete Bull
Flute II Aimée Taylor
Oboe I Geoffrey Coates
Oboe II Andrés Villalobos Lépiz
Contrabassoon Ester van der Veen
Harpsichord William Whitehead

Dramatisation John La Bouchardière

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble