St John Passion - Glasgow Chamber Choir & Chamber Orchestra
Glasgow Chamber Choir is delighted to be presenting St John Passion, the first time they have sung this amazing work since 2007, at St Bride's Episcopal Church on March 16th!
About St John Passion - Glasgow Chamber Choir & Chamber Orchestra
Although it is now 300 years since the first performance of JS Bach’s St John Passion in Leipzig in 1724, it has lost none of its power to convey the drama and emotion of the story of the passion of Christ as told in St John’s gospel.
Glasgow Chamber Choir is delighted to be presenting this concert, the first time we have sung this amazing work since 2007.
The narrative is sung by the Evangelist, interspersed with choral items and arias which reflect the action. The choir becomes the crowds of scribes and Pharisees, the public, chief priests and soldiers at different points in the drama, but also sing chorales throughout which reflect on the action and its meaning. There are also eloquent arias for solo voices which appeal directly to the emotions of the listener. The Passion begins and end with monumental choruses reflecting the grief, triumph and timelessness of the Christian message.
Tickets are available in advance online or on the door.
With a current membership of around 30 singers, Glasgow Chamber choir was founded in 1994 and has developed into one of Scotland’s finest amateur choirs. Directed since 2005 by Michael Bawtree, its repertoire spans the Renaissance to the present day and has included the Scottish premieres of works by James Whitbourn, Hans Gál, Jan Dismas Zelenka, Richard Bush and Judith Bingham
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