This story was originally published by ArtsATL. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus convened Thursday evening at Symphony Hall for a performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s sprawling epic “St.

Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. Matthew Passion speaks as urgently of compassion and hope today as it did 300 years ago—and when Music of the Baroque first performed it in 1974. One of the greatest ...

The “Saint Matthew Passion” by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) is a dramatic oratorio, requiring a double orchestra and chorus, and containing a dozen solo vocal roles (usually handled by five ...

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 ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Bernard Labadie led the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and three choirs, in Bach’s sprawling, meditative masterpiece. By Joshua Barone Of Bach’s two ...

It’s difficult to picture the greatest composer of all time as a harried employee, struggling to haul his magnificent creations up a mountain of bureaucratic indifference. Yet the few letters left ...

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 ...

Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion is widely regarded as one of the greatest masterpieces of classical sacred music. It features a profoundly moving depiction of the final days of Jesus (before his ...

Nowadays if you ask a Bach scholar how many singers per part should be engaged in Bach's cantatas and Passions, you might get a dirty look; and if a debate should ensue, you might get a biff in the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Jaap van Zweden is not known for Bach. But the “St. Matthew Passion” made for one of his finest New York Philharmonic concerts this ...

From a performance of Bach's St. Matthew Passion by the Bach Collegium of Japan, we hear two choruses: "We Sit Down in Tears," the opening chorus, and "Come, ye daughters, help me mourn," which closes ...