J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion

The greatest monument of composition - Cantores Minores, soloists and the Finnish Baroque Orchestra perform master composer J.S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion.

Cantores Minores has become famous as a performer of Bach's great works of church music. This traditional boys' choir brings the concert audience to listen to the St. Matthew Passion and the St. John Passion every year on Good Friday, which are undeniably among the richest treasures of classical music of all time.

This spring's Silent Week is the turn of the St. Matthew Passion, which the Cantores Minores will perform in the traditional way with the Finnish Baroque Orchestra on Good Friday. In this extraordinary musical drama, multi-layered symbolism, vocal and instrumental timbres, and skillful musical narration combine into a powerful expression of the Easter suffering drama. In the first part of the passion, the Cantores Minores Training Group Choir, coached by Anna Hurme and Timo Pihkanen, also sings.

CM Training Group Choir (coached by A. Hurme and T. Pihkanen)
Heikki Hattunen, evangelist • Jyrki Korhonen, Jesus • Anu Komsi, soprano • Jenny Carlstedt, alto • Tuomas Miettola, tenor • Toni Hintsala, baritone
Finnish Baroque Orchestra
Conductor Professor Hannu Norjanen

Cathedral
29.3.2024

Doors at 17.00, concert 18.00-21.15, incl. intermission

Tickets 15-65€ from Ticketmaster incl. Ticketmaster processing costs and brochure; numbered places

NOTE! Due to the facade renovation of the cathedral, the entrance to the church is ONLY through its south door (the door facing Senate Square).

St, John Passion will be performed exceptionally on 7.4.2024 in the Cathedral