Wednesday 15th January 2025
Location: St. Canice’s Cathedral and Round Tower Coach Road Kilkenny
TIME & LOCATION
Apr 10, 2025, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

St Canice’s Cathedral, Coach Rd, Kilkenny, Ireland

PROGRAMME & PERFORMERS
St. Matthew Passion

BWV 244

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Revived by Felix Mendelssohn in Berlin in 1829 more than eighty years

after its first performance in Leipzig in 1742, Johann Sebastian Bach’s

setting of the St. Matthew Passion is widely regarded as one of the

greatest masterpieces of classical sacred music. Written for double choir,

double orchestra and soloists who represent various characters. e.g.

commentator (soprano), Evangelist (tenor), Christ (bass), Peter (bass),

Judas (bass) – it is almost operatic in form. For this performance the

Olivier Award winning Irish Baroque Orchestra perform on ‘period’

instruments.
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