{"id":8562,"date":"2024-03-22T15:00:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T14:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/production\/bach-st-john-passion-stage-version\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T10:58:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T09:58:00","slug":"bach-st-john-passion-stage-version","status":"publish","type":"post-concert","link":"https:\/\/cappellamediterranea.com\/en\/production\/bach-st-john-passion-stage-version\/","title":{"rendered":"Bach, St John Passion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The St John Passion<\/em> is an icon of Western music replete with drama and emotion. To celebrate the work\u2019s 300th anniversary, choreographer Sasha Waltz, who is no stranger to choreographed operas, is staging a new version under the musical direction of Leonardo Garc\u00eda Alarc\u00f3n. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

When Johann Sebastian Bach\u2019s Passion<\/em> first premiered in Leipzig in 1724, the composer\u2019s revolutionary approach caused a sensation. An Evangelist narrates the story of Christ, while singers incarnate the most significant moments of his Passion and a choir interprets the chorales, embodying the crowd. Known for her radical aesthetic choices and powerful gestures, Sasha Waltz takes on this extraordinary music where fervour cohabits with an extraordinary theatricality to recount Christ\u2019s final sufferings. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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…s\u2019y ajoutent des exploits collectifs, comme celui du Ch\u0153ur de chambre de Namur et du Ch\u0153ur de l\u2019Op\u00e9ra de Dijon, chantant d\u2019une seule voix malgr\u00e9 l\u2019\u00e9loignement et la constante sollicitation th\u00e9\u00e2trale, ou de la Cappella Mediterranea, coup\u00e9e en deux et pourtant homog\u00e8ne, vivante, chaleureuse et nuanc\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

Sophie Bourdais<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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En plus de ses parties au clavecin, le chef Leonardo Garc\u00eda Alarc\u00f3n se livre \u00e0 une direction brillamment virtuose pour emmener sa Cappella Mediterranea, divis\u00e9e sur les c\u00f4t\u00e9s de la sc\u00e8ne. Sa conduite n’en allie pas moins constamment la fluidit\u00e9 avec la pr\u00e9cision, conduisant aussi bien les sc\u00e8nes d’ensemble qu’il laisse les solistes s’exprimer, tout comme les chants en r\u00e9citatifs.<\/p>\n

Marjorie Cabrol<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Musicalement, c\u2019est une interpr\u00e9tation \u00ab passionn\u00e9e \u00bb que Leonardo Garc\u00eda Alarc\u00f3n propose de la Passion [\u2026] Cappella Mediterranea, emmen\u00e9e par l\u2019autorit\u00e9 de son chef, d\u00e9ploie une opulence sonore tout \u00e0 fait bienvenue, dissipant les craintes qu\u2019aurait pu \u00e9veiller le cadre de l\u2019immense Auditorium de Dijon.<\/p>\n

Laurent Bury<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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[Une] folle exp\u00e9rience, inou\u00efe, port\u00e9e par Leonardo Garc\u00eda Alarc\u00f3n, dont on conna\u00eet l\u2019engagement et la g\u00e9n\u00e9rosit\u00e9. Le souffle qu\u2019il donne \u00e0 tous, la palpitation, la souffrance, l\u2019exaltation, le rayonnement, la jubilation qu\u2019il traduit si bien vont au c\u0153ur du public. <\/p>\n

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Video recording available on ARTE.tv<\/p>\n\n