Bernard Labadie by Winnie Au, Andrew Haji by Veronika Roux, Philippe Sly by Mathieu Sly Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall
New York, Carnegie Hall — Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
About the Event
Experience an unparalleled classical music event at New York's Carnegie Hall with a mesmerizing presentation of St. John Passion, BWV 245 by Johann Sebastian Bach.
The staging of J.S. Bach’s magnificent, choral opus St. John Passion is an occasion of significance. This particular performance is especially meaningful as it commemorates the conclusion of Bernard Labadie's exceptional era as principal conductor.
Program
- Johann Sebastian Bach – St. John Passion, BWV 245
Artists
| Conductor: | Bernard Labadie |
|---|---|
| Tenor: | Samuel Boden |
| Bass: | Philippe Sly |
| Soprano: | Joélle Harvey |
| Bass: | William Thomas |
| Orchestra: | Orchestra of St. Luke's |
| Tenor: | Andrew Haji |
| Countertenor: | Hugh Cutting |
| Choir: | La Chapelle de Québec |
Johann Sebastian Bach
The name Bach and the word musician had long been synonyms in Germany as the world saw 56 musicians from this kin. But it was Johann Sebastian Bach, a genius composer and virtuoso organ player, who shed lustre on his family name. He was born on th 31st of March 1685 in Eisenach, a small town in Thuringia. At the age of 10 he became an orphan and was brought up by his elder brother Johann Christoph, who was an organist in a neighbouring town. His brother was the one to teach music to the young Johann Sebastian. Later he moved to Luneburg where he attended a church school and mastered the techniques of playing violin, viola, piano and organ by the age of 17. Besides that, Bach was a choir singer and later after his voice broke he became a chanter’s assistant. In 1703 Bach was hired as a court musician in the chapel of Duke Johann Ernst III. He earned such a good reputation there that he was later invited to Arnstadt to be an organist at the New Church, where he wrote his best organ works. In 1723 he moved to Leipzig to be a chantor at St. Thomas Church where he stayed until his death of a stroke in 1750. In the year of his death he had undergone unsuccessful eye surgery which lead him to lose his eyesight. During that strenuous time his second wife Anna Magdalena helped him to write his last musical pieces. Bach’s artistic legacy is vast. He created compositions in all genres of the time: oratorias, cantatas, masses, motets, music for organ, piano and violin.
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