Chamber Choir and Court Chapel Stuttgart

Soloists: Miriam Feuersinger, soprano; Elvira Bill, alto; Patrick Grahl, tenor; Jonas Müller, bass; Gotthold Schwarz, Jesus

Programme: 
Johann S. Bach, St Matthew Passion¸ BWV 244

One of the most challenging and daring creations of the Western musical tradition, the culmination of Baroque sacred music as a whole, and one of the greatest musical manifestations of religious creed and human devotion. The deeply spiritual theological and mystical symbolism, dramatic biblical themes and psychological insights of Bach's masterpiece transcend the roots of 18th-century Lutheran liturgical music to create a timeless musical meditation of epic proportions. 

The stellar soloists joined by the pillars of Stuttgart's musical life – the virtuosic Chamber Choir and historically informed Court Chapel, under the baton of their founder, Frieder Bernius, a stylistically versatile conductor committed to authentic performance – promise a convincing delivery of this biblical tale about conscience, compassion, courage, acceptance and hope.