For a great number of musicians today, all roads lead to Bach. It doesn’t seem to matter what their own area of specialisation is. Bach is a spiritual leader, an explorer and an intellectual giant ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The presentation is a balletic interpretation of Bach's sacred masterpiece ...
A huge musical collaboration is underway in Buffalo right now. In Buffalo, and throughout Western New York. On March 11th, the Chancel Choir from Holy Trinity Lutheran Church here in Buffalo is ...
It needs to be said at the outset that yesterday’s performance wasn’t without incident. Having lost Carolyn Sampson to illness, soprano solos were taken at short notice by Helen-Jane Howells – a ...
The West Australian Symphony Orchestra and St George's Cathedral Consort presents the divine music of Bach's St Matthew Passion, under the direction of Joseph Nolan. With a cast of all Australian or ...
Kicking off its second season, the Colorado Bach Ensemble will present Johann Sebastian Bach’s masterpiece “St. Matthew’s Passion” on June 14 at Griffin Concert Hall in Fort Collins. Dr. James Kim, ...
Christianity's instinct for theater culminates in the ritualized recounting of the last days of Jesus' life. Telling the Passion story can range from the simple recitation of Bible verses to the ...
Reporting from London — Bach’s “St. Matthew” Passion, that most exalted of music’s numinous monuments, was performed Saturday night by the exalted Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by the exalted Simon ...
An excerpt from J.S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion, as performed by the Berlin Philharmonic with stage direction by Peter Sellars. Director Peter Sellars doesn't consider what he's done with Bach's ...
This is the apex not just of the Passion form — but it may just be the summit of all choral music, full stop. It's a work of emotional extremes, immense power and scale and yet also full of moments of ...