George Frideric Handel Brockes Passion

Yorkshire Bach Choir
Yorkshire Baroque Soloists
Bethany Seymour soprano
Hannah Morrison alto
James Gilchrist tenor
Johnny Herford bass
Owain Gwynfryn baritone
Peter Seymour conductor

After languishing in the margins of musical history, Handel’s only Passion setting (first performed in Hamburg in 1719) is characterised by an extraordinary combination of humanity and beauty. Handel plunges into the narrative of the Passion with consummate dramatic skill using a vivid mixture of chorales, choruses and emotive recitatives in some of his finest music. Yorkshire Bach Choir is joined by the period colour of Yorkshire Baroque Soloists and an outstanding line-up of vocal soloists in the first performance of this major work in the North of England – an opportunity for performers and audience alike to experience this highly dramatic setting of the Passion story.

In association with York Early Music Christmas Festival