Event
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- Title:
- Bach: St John Passion
- When:
- Sun 20 March 2011 7:30pm
- Where:
- Northampton, Cathedral - Northampton
- Category:
- Concert
Description
Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion was written for St Thomas' Leipzig in 1723 or 1724.
He expresses the profound poetry of St John using the full pallette of late baroque instrumental colour and a range of dramatic techniques culled from contemporary opera. Punctuating the passion story with his unique harmonisation of well known chorale tunes, Bach produces one of the musical masterpieces of all time.
This is Fiori's first visit to Northampton Cathedral – a splendid example of Puginist gothic revival artchitecture.
Bach – St John Passion
Grace Davidson soprano, James Bowman countertenor, Thomas Hobbs (pictured above) Evangelist, Simon Birchall bass, Fiori Musicali Choir and Orchestra, Penelope Rapson director
Tickets £10, £15, £20
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Supported by Northamptonshire County Council and Orchestras Live
Venue
- Venue:
- Northampton, Cathedral - Website
- Street:
- Kingsthorpe Road
- Post code:
- NN2 6AG
- City:
- Northampton
- County:
- Northamptonshire
- Country:
-
Description
In 1844, fifteen years after the passing of the Catholic Emancipation Act, Augustus Pugin (architect of the Palace of Westminster) designed a collegiate chapel for the growing Northampton congregation.
But, with the restoration of the Northampton diocese in 1850, the chapel too was outgrown by the numbers wishing to worship, and Pugin's son Edward extended the building to become a cathedral.
Northampton Cathedral, which opened in 1864, is a splendid example of the gothic revival; it is dedicated to Our Lady Immaculate and St Thomas of Canterbury.
The Diocese of Northampton covers the counties of Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and that part of Berkshire (formerly in Buckinghamshire) lying north of the River Thames.
Fiori Musicali are one of the UK’s principal providers of baroque and classical music outside London.
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