Een Romantische Johannes Passion - AMSTERDAM

Orchestra Lagrandt will be teaming up with the Tangram Chamber Choir to present the Johannes-Passion on 8 March 2026 at 15:00 in the English Reformed Church, Amsterdam (Begijnhof 48, 1012WV).

Seating arrangements are by categories (rangs) and can be viewed here

When the Passions of Johann Sebastian Bach were revived during the 19th-century, musicians often took on the task of adapting them to fit contemporary tastes. The most famous example being Felix Mendelssohn and his 1829 revival of the Matthäus-Passion, which, in many ways, put Bach's music back on the map for the Romantics. In the Netherlands, the passions were revived in the 1870s and have since become a celebrated cultural tradition during the Easter season. These performances explored changes to the instrumentation and performance style to expand the works in a grand context. In our own contribution to this powerful tradition, we are 'reviving' the Johannes-Passion in a late Romantic style with changes inspired by composers like Johannes Brahms and Gustav Mahler's fervent admiration for the music of J. S. Bach.

Soloists:

Ambro Golachowski - Evangelist

Wessel van der Ham - Jesus

Martin Hillberg - Pilatus

Choir soloists:

Laura Pimenta - Soprano

Lucretia Starke - Soprano

Edurne Ruiz Garcia - Alto

Silvija Sūna - Alto

Hugo Maillé - Tenor

Afonso Santos - Tenor

Carlos Figueiredo - Bass

Ian Arthur Plansker - conductor

Tanya Markovska - chorus master

Poster design by Max Shoham