The University of Chicago’s Rockefeller Memorial Chapel will present J.S. Bach’s masterwork, the St. John Passion, in its seldom-heard final form at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 17. Michael Marissen, the ...

Two contemporary adaptations of Bach's St. John Passion address pressing global issues. "QueerPassion" confronts discrimination against LGBTQ+ individuals, drawing parallels between Christ's suffering ...

Johann Sebastian Bach’s “St. John Passion,” which had its premiere on Good Friday 1724, doesn’t so much begin as erupt. In the swirling, agitated strings and piercing cries of oboes, we instantly ...

Johann Sebastian Bach's masterpiece first premiered on Good Friday in 1724. His composition is an unparalleled appeal for more humanity. A 33-year-old man is accused of a crime. He is arrested, ...

Described as a musical masterpiece and immersive experience that speaks to the soul, the newly founded Augustana Bach Collegium invites you to celebrate the intersection of faith and the arts through ...

Cleveland Orchestra Music Director Franz Welser-Mӧst will convene a panel of guest speakers to address the question “Is Bach’s St. John Passion anti-Semitic?”—a lingering claim that surrounds this ...

With hymns and solos covering part of the Gospel of John, Johann Sebastian Bach’s “St. John Passion” is a big undertaking. “It’s a huge piece for chorus and orchestra and soloists,” Tom Remenschneider ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Johann Sebastian Bach was passionate about his Passions. The great Baroque composer, a devout Lutheran, wrote no ...

Violence against LGBTQ+ people and well as war and displacement in Gaza inspire two adaptations of one of Johann Sebastian Bach's works on the story of Christ. "QueerPassion," by author, director and ...

"QueerPassion," by author, director and dramaturge Thomas Höft, opens with a reference to the June 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting targeting the LGBTQ+ community, in which 49 people died and 53 were ...