Light and sound: Bach's Johannespassion enchants audience

By Monika Neumann: Even 301 years after its creation, Johann Sebastian Bach's St. John Passion remains a work that leaves no one cold. Bach composed the narrative of the trial and crucifixion of Jesus, as it is already passionately portrayed in the Gospel of John, in an operatically dramatic, experimental, onomatopoeic, and extremely expressive way. more...