St. John Passion - Bach (1724)

In this performance of the most dramatic of all Bach's Passion settings the conductor and the others "attempted to realize Bach's wishes in the most authentic manner possible". That is to say, the singers are all (or almost all?) male. The boy contralto pictured here has a fine voice quite unlike that of any adult male or female; and yet Bach must have heard similar voices throughout his life. Top marks for this performance. How corrupt and other the composer's world is to-day!

Wikipædia page:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John_Passion

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Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish and Chinese

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