The life of Jesus Christ is probably the world's most narrated story, but the 2021 Bach Festival in Leipzig still managed a premiere with its uniquely original presentation. The world-famous St.

Johann Sebastian Bach wrote his St. Matthew Passion for a single purpose—to present the biblical passion story, in music, at Good Friday vesper services. Bach's Passion continues to move audiences ...

J. S. Bach’s music has many lessons to teach us, though they are rarely for the faint-of-heart. Indeed, faintness of heart is one of Bach’s main themes. In this gnarled body of work, weakness and ...

Maundy Thursday is the day on the liturgical calendar when the church celebrates the institution of the Eucharist and the final lead-up to Easter. J. S. Bach began his St. John Passion just afterward, ...

One of Bach's two famous sacred oratorios, this amazing piece was first performed on 11 April 1727 in Leipzig. Good Friday 1727 in Leipzig was a particularly good Good Friday, thanks to the ...

Spring came to Upstate New York with the equinox. The subzero temperatures of mid- March jumped thirty degrees. The snow melted quickly. In the college town of Ithaca in the Finger Lakes region the ...

The Passion is the Biblical narrative of the trial and crucifixion of Jesus Christ, as told in the Gospels of SS Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. In the Catholic tradition, settings of the story were ...