The St John Passion, performed by the Nederlands Bach Society for All of Bach, was the first Passion Bach had written as cantor in Leipzig. The Passion story as told in the Gospel of John is different from that told by the other three evangelists – Matthew, Luke and Mark. John’s version places the emphasis on Christ’s divine origin. Throughout his suffering, this divine origin still plays a role and nowhere is Jesus as human as in the other gospels.
For this performance, we selected a cast of singers under the age of 35. Apart from the leaders, all the orchestra members are also younger than 35. The concert series was preceded by a course of auditions and masterclasses.
Recorded for the project All of Bach on March 11th 2017 at the Grote Kerk, Naarden. If you want to help us complete All of Bach, please subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/2vhCeFB and consider donating http://bit.ly/2uZuMj5.
For the interview with musicians from the Netherlands Bach Society on the St John Passion go to https://youtu.be/KyHSxv-Y8R0
For the interview with conductor Jos van Veldhoven on leitmotifs in the St John Passion go to https://youtu.be/VIBJ67VqBOs
For the behind-the-scenes of the auditions for the St John Passion go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64h8n4FOSlk
For the behind-the-scenes of the masterclasses for BWV 245 go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHt-bJ3acLY
For the behind-the-scenes of the general rehearsal of BWV 245 go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w9bZOkEZgE
For more information on BWV 245 and this production go to http://allofbach.com/en/bwv/bwv-245/
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Netherlands Bach Society
Jos van Veldhoven, conductor
Soloists
Raphael Höhn, evangelist (tenor)
Myriam Arbouz, soprano
Maria Valdmaa (Maid), soprano
Daniël Elgersma, alto
Marine Fribourg, alto
Gwilym Bowen, tenor
Guy Cutting (Servant), tenor
Felix Schwandtke (Jesus), bass
Drew Santini (Peter), bass
Angus Mc Phee (Pilate), bass