Collegium Vocale Gent & Herreweghe

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Image courtesy of Palau de la Musica

After performing the St. Matthew Passion in the 2021-22 season, the Collegium Vocale Gent and Philippe Herreweghe complete a glorious Bach diptych with a performance of the St. John Passion that will certainly live up to the high standards set by his last concert at the Palau. 

Bach’s St. John Passion represents the first Passion of the five written by the Baroque master, and marked the start of a new musical period that began with his appointment as the "Thomaskantor" in Leipzig.

The St. John Passion is a testament to faith, a pivotal work in the history of music in which the idea of love predominates over everything. Shorter, more concentrated, more intimate and with a more structured narrative than the St. Matthew Passion, this is a liturgical work of great dramatic force, with an impressive musical richness, accompanied by rather abstract and philosophical texts.

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