Bach’s St Matthew Passion – music for Easter

Fiori Musicali Performing at the APOH last April where the acoustics are a dream and the audiences always so warm’.

11th Mar 2025

At 3pm on Saturday April 12th and 1pm on Passion Sunday the 13th April (the week before Easter), 60 Armidale singers and instrumentalists will be joined by professional singers from Sydney to perform Bach’s sublime St Matthew Passion.
The performances will be held at the Australian Poetry Hall of Fame in Guyra and at Saints Mary and Joseph Cathedral in Armidale.
This monumental work is scored for two orchestras, three choirs and six soloists and is considered a pinnacle of western sacred music. Due to its complexity and the resources required the work is rarely performed outside our capital cities and so is a rare treat for a regional area like Armidale.
The Passion (meaning ‘suffering’ or ‘endurance’ in the context of the crucifixion story) tells of Jesus’ betrayal, arrest, judgment and crucifixion in highly dramatic and musical language.
The Passion story is told by the Evangelist (Kent McIntosh – well known to Armidale audiences) and the part of Jesus sung by the outstanding bass baritone Aiden O’Donnell. Various other characters in the story are sung by members of local chamber choir Fiori Musicali. The Passion will be sung in English
Fiori Musicali has been preparing the music since the new year under the direction of Bruce Menzies and will be joined by a chorus of girls from PLC Armidale under Constance Dunham. The two chamber orchestras comprise some of Armidale’s most outstanding instrumentalists.
Tickets for the St Matthew Passion in Armidale (and in Guyra the day before, 12 April) are available at trybooking

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