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Ryan Wigglesworth

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BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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James Grossmith

Patrick Barrett

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Elizabeth Watts

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Sarah Connolly

Laurence Kilsby

James Atkinson

Opening Concert: St Matthew Passion

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

Usher Hall

Opening Concert: St Matthew Passion: Matthäus Passion, BWV 244 (arr. Felix Mendelssohn) Bach, Johann Sebastian

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Matthäus Passion, BWV 244 (arr. Felix Mendelssohn)

Sushant Karmakar

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The young Felix Mendelssohn transformed Johann Sebastian Bach’s majestic St Matthew Passion for modern orchestra. His groundbreaking performances of his impassioned arrangement in Berlin (1829) and Leipzig (1841 – the version heard in this concert) changed the course of music history. Without these, the great Bach revival might never have happened.

Mendelssohn’s version foregrounds the urgent narrative and potent emotions of the Passion story, illustrating Christ’s capture, trial and crucifixion.

Join the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, their Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth, the Edinburgh Festival Chorus and six soloists – including ‘star evangelist’ (The Arts Desk) Ed Lyon – as they rekindle an epoch-defining event.

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