This Saturday, March 12th, the Seattle Chamber Singers and Orchestra Seattle (OSSCS) will present Johann Sebastian Bach’s ‘St. John Passion’ at First Free Methodist Church at 7:30p.
This performance, called ‘Sacrifice,’ features a work composer Robert Schumann described as “one of the most profound and perfected works of Bach.” According to Bach scholar and conductor John Eliot Gardiner, “it packs a more powerful, dramatic punch than any passion setting before or since,” and “is as bold and complex an amalgam of storytelling and meditation, religion and politics, music and theology as there has ever been.”
Arrive one hour before the performance and hear from OSSCS music director Clinton Smith with ‘Behind The Music’, a free, fun and informative half-hour overview of the music in a historical and cultural context. Learn about what to listen for during the performance, and who and what inspired the composers.
Purchase tickets to this high-quality performance, featuring a stellar roster of vocal soloists including tenor Andrew Stenson, through Brown Paper Tickets.