What's that old maxim... no politics or religion at the dinner table? It's a concept that would have made Johann Sebastian Bach scoff. His St. John Passion is 300 years old, and it invites its ...

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, ...

Johann Sebastian Bach’s “St. John Passion,” which had its premiere on Good Friday 1724, doesn’t so much begin as erupt. In the swirling, agitated strings and piercing cries of oboes, we instantly ...

With hymns and solos covering part of the Gospel of John, Johann Sebastian Bach’s “St. John Passion” is a big undertaking. “It’s a huge piece for chorus and orchestra and soloists,” Tom Remenschneider ...

When first performed, Bach’s St John Passion shocked the Church fathers in Leipzig with its intensity and fervour. It is just that intensity that makes it so relevant in today’s highly charged and ...

Nearly 300 years after it was written, J.S. Bach’s “Saint John Passion” remains one of the towering works of the choral repertoire. The composer brought all of his musical and narrative gifts to bear ...

Artistic director James Richman conducts area musicians in the Dallas Bach Society’s performance of Bach's Saint John Passion at Zion Lutheran Church. Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer Among his ...

On Good Friday, pious Lutherans in Bach’s 18th-century Leipzig sat in church for hours. They listened to sermons, sang, prayed and meditated on the Passion of Christ, all punctuated by solemn tolling ...