St. John Passion
The passion’s final version in its Icelandic premiere
J.S. Bach
Benedikt Kristjánsson, Evangelist and conductor
María Konráðsdóttir, soprano
Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir, mezzo-soprano
Hrólfur Sæmundsson, Pilate
Tobias Berndt, Jesus
The chamber choir Schola Cantorum
Baroque ensemble Brák and the Finnish Baroque Orchestra
The Summer Concerts in Skálholt celebrate the 50th anniversary of the festival with a performance of one of the most well-known Baroque works in music history: Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. John Passion, in Eldborg in Harpa.
For the first time in Iceland, the 4th version of Bach's St. John Passion will be performed. Bach performed the Passion four times during his career, revising it each time. This final version was performed one year before Bach’s death, in 1749.
Benedikt Kristjánsson is the artistic director and executive manager of the Summer Concerts in Skálholt. He has performed widely outside Iceland, and is also known for creating a special arrangement of the Passion for tenor, harpsichord/organ, and percussion. The work was performed at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig on Good Friday in 2020, at the height of the global pandemic, and the performance was broadcast by Germany’s largest television networks. Kristjánsson received the German music award Opus Klassik for the most innovative concert of the year for this performance.
Duration: 2 h 30 min (incl. intermission)
Tickets 6900/8900/10 900/12 900/14 900 kr: tix.is