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St John Passion

Bach Collegium Japan

,Barbican Hall
Masaaki Suzuki

There’s no mightier spiritual or artistic challenge than Bach’s St John Passion – and few living performers are better-equipped to tackle it than Masaaki Suzuki and his Bach Collegium Japan.

The pairing make a keenly awaited return to London with Bach’s transcendent Passion setting. The St John Passion is perhaps the most intensely human of Bach’s great sacred works: perfect for an ensemble that combines supreme refinement with a limitless reverence for this sublime music.

The Barbican hosted the Collegium’s first ever UK residency in 2016; since then, they’ve won global acclaim and their Bach, in the words of Gramophone magazine ‘reaches, you might say, those parts that other performances do not’.

Tagged with: Classical music Barbican Presents Barbican Presents 2019-20

The concert will finish at approximately 10pm and includes a 20 minute interval.

This performance will be surtitled.

Programme

J S Bach St John Passion

Performers

Bach Collegium Japan
Masaaki Suzuki director
James Gilchrist Evangelist
Hana Blažíková soprano
Zachary Wilder tenor
Christian Immler bass

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