Program

Anonymous, "O Traurigkeit, O Herzeleid!"

Johann Sebastian Bach, St. John Passion, BWV 245

Part I "Passio Secundum Joannem"

Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata "Sehet, wir geh'n hinauf gen Jerusalem", BWV 159

Johann Sebastian Bach, St. John Passion, Choral BWV 245/II

Part II - Chorus: "Christie, du Lamm Gottes"

Christus: Sacred Trilogy (2/3) — With Raphaël Pichon and the Ensemble Pygmalion

Part II: Passion

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Cast

François-René Martin — Movie director

Bertrand Couderc — Lighting

Julian Prégardien — Evangelist

Huw Montague Rendall — Jesus

Ying Fang — Soprano

Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian — Countertenor

Laurence Kilsby — Tenor

Christian Immler — Bass

Program notes

Join Raphaël Pichon and Ensemble Pygmalion as they tell the Biblical Christmas story through the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Across a triptych of concerts, they celebrate and retrace the life of Christ, guiding the listener from the Nativity to the Passion and onward to the Resurrection…

In this second concert, the two halves of St John’s Passion are framed by liturgical reflections drawn from Cantata BWV 159, a compelling dialogue between the soul and Jesus that foreshadows the events to come.

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