Name: Baroque Festival: St John Passion
Start: 2024-04-06T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-04-06T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Arts Centre Melbourne

Organization

Conductor

Stephen Layton

Singer

Tenor

Ruairi Bowen

Evangelist

Bass

Christopher Richardson

Jesus

David Greco

Pilate

Soprano

Sara Macliver

Mezzo-soprano

Ashlyn Tymms

Contralto

Others

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

MSO Chorus

Baroque Festival: St John Passion

Southbank

Australia

Arts Centre Melbourne

Hamer Hall

Baroque Festival: St John Passion: St. John Passion, BWV 245 Bach, J. S.

Public

St John Passion

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Countertenor

Bass-baritone

Baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Wrapping up MSO’s Baroque Festival is this special 300th Anniversary performance of Bach’s oratorio of biblical proportions – St John Passion.

Lauded for his ability to amplify a work’s immediacy and drama, Stephen Layton – former Music Director at Trinity College Cambridge and founder of world-leading London consort Polyphony – conducts the orchestra for this historic concert, alongside the mighty MSO chorus and an all-star cast of soloists.

First performed on Good Friday 1724 in Leipzig’s cavernous St Nicholas Church, Bach’s intensely dramatic St John Passion narrates the Easter Passion of Christ, according to the gospel of John.

Compared to his later St Matthew Passion, the St John has a raw, uninhibited sense of tragic momentum. With spitting, bloodthirsty mobs and heartbreaking arias, this spectacular work hurtles towards the inevitable: a showcase not only of Bach’s incredible technicality, but of the immense power of musical storytelling.

English

Baroque Festival: St John Passion by Bach, J. S., Sat 06 Apr 2024, From (2024/2024), Conductor Stephen Layton, Arts Centre Melbourne, Southbank, Australia

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

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Further reading

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