| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 17-Mar-2013 Queen's Hall, Edinburgh | Dunedin Consort present the St Matthew Passion at Queen's Hall, Edinburgh |
 Passion is not for the faint-hearted. This performance of Bach’s St Matthew Passion weighed in at three hours (excluding interval). However, my attention did not waver, and this seemed true of the rest of enraptured audience. When digesting Dunedin Consort director John Butt’s scholarly yet very readable programme notes beforehand, I was staggered to learn that, at just about the time our audience would be stretching its legs, the congregation at the 1727 première, would have remained seated for the pivotal part of the event: the sermon.
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| 29-Jan-2013 Kings Place: Hall One | The St Matthew Passion with the AAM and the Choir of King's College, Cambridge |
 With such a star-studded line-up at a concert that had been sold out for weeks, this was always going to be an evening to remember. Bach’s St Matthew Passion is one of those iconic pieces that never gets old, and every time I hear the throbbing bass of the opening chorus, I still get a tingle of excitement.Read full review... | |
| 22-Oct-2012 Caird Hall | Illuminations: New innovations from the Scottish Ensemble in Dundee |
 The Scottish Ensemble has been resident in Dundee for four days, really getting under the skin of the city. Amongst a whole raft of activities, including pop-up concerts, performing a film score live at a screening at Dundee Contemporary Arts, the Ensemble has been working with string players from Dundee Schools Orchestra and Dundee Symphony Orchestra.
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| 3-Mar-2012 Sage: Hall One | Newcastle Bach Choir offer a St. John Passion for Lent |
 A year after the first performance of his St John Passion, Bach made several significant alterations that divert the emphasis of the work away from Christ’s final triumph over death, focusing instead on human sinfulness. Nowadays, the first version, of 1724, is the one most commonly performed, but appropriately enough – given that we are in the depths of the penitential time of Lent – tonight’s performance by the Newcastle Bach Choir under Eric Cross included some of the 1725 numbers.Read full review... | |
