| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 27-Mar-2013 Théâtre des Champs-Élysées | Bach's St John Passion receives a passionate reception in Paris |
 Bach’s Passion according to St John the Evangelist is not an easy work. Whilst saying I am a “fan” of Bach is one of the greatest understatements possible, this Passion is nonetheless an intense work for any concert-goer (seasoned or amateur) including myself. Over two hours in length, it is a test on both the audience and, quite obviously, the performers.Read full review... | |
| 8-Mar-2013 St George's Bristol | Bring on the Baroque: The Bristol Baroque Festival begins at St George's with Bach's St John Passion |
 I’ve had the great privilege and even greater joy over the last couple of months to have been totally immersed in Bach: I’ve been researching him, and particularly his Passions, since Christmas. My immense luck only increased, however, when the inaugural concert at the first ever Bristol Baroque Festival of Music at St George’s was set to be a performance of the St John Passion, given by new-kids-on-the-period-instrument-block ensemble La Nuova Musica.Read full review... | |
| 14-Sep-2012 St Mary's Parish Church | Lammermuir Festival: Dunedin Consort's St John Passion |
 The motto of the Lammermuir Festival, now in its third year, is “beautiful music in beautiful places”. Few settings are more striking than St Mary’s Parish Church in Haddington. The scene of John Knox’s ordination as a Catholic priest, some years before he lit the blue touch-paper of Scottish Reformation, it seemed a resonant setting for one of musical history’s Lutheran landmarks: Bach’s St John Passion.
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| 3-Apr-2012 Theater an der Wien | A mixed St. John Passion from Stephen Layton and the OAE |
 They are sadly few in number, but some things in this St. John Passion I can report in mildly positive terms would include Stephen Layton’s hand-selected choir Polyphony, whose members dealt with Bach’s demanding vocal lines capably and sang in clear, idiomatic German; bass-baritone Neal Davies (a perfectly respectable if not overly engaging Christ); and Derek Welton’s robustly sung Pilate.Read full review... | |
