2025
Bach: St John Passion (1725 version)
Solomon's Knot
Thomas Herford - Evangelist, Arias, Ensemble
Solomon’s Knot returns to the Wigmore Hall – our London home – with a performance of JS Bach’s Johannes-Passion, 300 years since its composition.
We perform this rarely-heard 1725 (second) version, on its 300th anniversary as part of our long-running BACH300 series tracking Bach’s Leipzig career.
This monumental work, steeped in profound spirituality and dramatic intensity, transports us through the final hours of Christ’s life with dramatic and emotional depth.
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26 February 2025 - Wigmore Hall, London
For more information and tickets, please visit:
https://www.solomonsknot.co.uk/event/2025-02-26-st-john-passion-1725/
Handel: Esther
English Concert
Peter Whelan
Israelite: Thomas Herford
Esther: Carolyn Sampson
Assuerus: Xavier Hetherington
Mordecai: Hugo Hymas
Priest: Hugh Cutting
Haman: Matthew Brook
all soloists also sing as part of the ensemble
This performance features Carolyn Sampson portraying the Jewish queen, Esther, Xavier Hetherington as the mercurial Ahasuerus, Matthew Brook as the vindictive and cruel Haman, Hugo Hymas as the courageous Mordecai, and Hugh Cutting as the Priest. The players of The English Concert, directed by Peter Whelan, will bring dramatic action and depth to this powerful story.
Bach: St John Passion (1725 version)
Ensemble Passio
dir. James Sherlock
Thomas Herford - Evangelist, Arias, Ensemble
Soprano: Amy Carson, Mari Øyrehagen
Alto: Nanna Ipsen, Stephen Yeseta
Tenor: Ruairi Bowen, Thomas Herford, John Bowen
Bass: Tim Dickinson, David Wijkman
In March 2025, we give four performances on the 300th anniversary of Bach’s Johannes Passion (1725 version), with a tour of Jutland followed by a performance in Gentofte Kirke in Copenhagen.
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27 March 2025 - Ribe Domkirke 7.30pm
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28 March 2025 - Silkeborg Kirke 7.30pm
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29 March 2025 - Randers 4pm
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30 March 2025 - Gentofte, Copenhagen 4pm
For more information and tickets, please visit:
https://www.ensemblepassio.com/
Stainer: Crucifixion
Harrow Choral Society
Sam Evans - Musical Director
Thomas Herford - Tenor
Chris Webb - Bass
For more information and tickets, please visit:
https://www.harrowchoral.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=events&id=242463
Bach: St Matthew Passion (Arias)
Norwich Cathedral Choir
Norwich Baroque
David de Winter Evangelist
Jonathan Brown Christus
Hilary Cronin Soprano
Thomas Herford Tenor
Edward Grint Bass
Ashley Grote Conductor
Join Norwich Cathedral Choir and a cast of internationally-acclaimed soloists for this performance of Bach's monumental setting of the Passion according to St Matthew.
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12 April 2025 - Norwich Cathedral
For more information and tickets, please visit:
Bach Cantatas
Britten Pears Chamber Choir
The Suffolk Ensemble
Alexandra Meier alto
Tom Herford tenor
Francis Brett bass
Ben Parry conductor
J.S. Bach: Ouverture, from Orchestral Suite No.1 in C, BWV 1066 (6’)
J.S. Bach: Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, BWV 66 (32’)
J.S. Bach: Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229 (8’)
J.S. Bach: Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden, BWV 6 (20’)
J.S. Bach: Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226 (8’)
An enlivening programme of magnificent choral and orchestral music for Eastertide.
This concert features music by ‘one of the greatest composers of all time’, Johann Sebastian Bach. Performed by the Britten Pears Chamber Choir, outstanding soloists who are alumni of the Britten Pears Young Artist Programme, and the Suffolk Ensemble, it follows the memorable sold-out Messiah in Snape Maltings Concert Hall by artists with Suffolk connections.
The two uplifting cantatas, written by Bach for particular Sundays of the church’s year, are miniature epics, each telling a part of the Easter story through a combination of arias, choruses, and recitative. They are complemented by two 8-part motets and a rousing orchestral overture. Staged in the spectacular surroundings of Blythburgh Church in the week after Easter, this will be an evening not to be missed.
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26 April 2025 - Blythburgh Church, Suffolk
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27 April 2025 - St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
For more information and tickets, please visit:
https://www.brittenpearsarts.org/events/bach-cantatas-bury-st-edmunds
Ode to Grief - International tour + CD recording
Solomon's Knot
Thomas Herford - Arias and Ensemble
Sung from memory and without a conductor
JS Bach - Trauerode: Lass, Fürstin, lass noch einen Strahl BWV 198
JS Bach - Köthener Trauermusik: Klagt, Kinder, klagt es aller Welt BWV 1143 / 244a [reconstruction by Chad Kelly]
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8 May 2025 - Wigmore Hall, London
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7 June 2025 - Regensburg, Germany (Tage alte Music) - Concert recorded for CD release
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20 June 2025 - Leipzig, Germany (Bachfest Leipzig)
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6 August 2025 - Ansbach, Germany (Bachwoche Ansbach) - programme drawn from both 'Bach's Angels' and 'Ode to Grief'
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7 August 2025 - Ansbach, Germany (Bachwoche Ansbach) - programme drawn from both 'Bach's Angels' and 'Ode to Grief'
For more information and tickets, please visit:
https://www.solomonsknot.co.uk/event/2024-05-08-ode-to-grief/
https://www.solomonsknot.co.uk/event/2025-05-08-ode-to-grief/
https://www.solomonsknot.co.uk/event/2025-06-20-ode-to-grief/
Bach's Angels - International tour
Solomon's Knot
Thomas Herford - Arias and Ensemble
Sung from memory and without a conductor
JS Bach - Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft BWV 50
JS Bach - Es erhub sich ein Streit BWV 19
JS Bach - Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir BWV 130
JS Bach - Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg BWV 149
Johann Christoph Bach - Es erhub sich ein Streit
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22 June 2025 - Leipzig, Germany (Bachfest Leipzig)
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27 or 28 June 2025 (TBC) - Stour Music, Kent, UK
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6 August 2025 - Ansbach, Germany (Bachwoche Ansbach) - programme drawn from both 'Bach's Angels' and 'Ode to Grief'
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7 August 2025 - Ansbach, Germany (Bachwoche Ansbach) - programme drawn from both 'Bach's Angels' and 'Ode to Grief'
For more information and tickets, please visit:
https://www.solomonsknot.co.uk/event/2025-06-22-bachs-angels/
https://www.solomonsknot.co.uk/event/2025-08-06-bachs-angels/
https://www.solomonsknot.co.uk/event/2025-08-07-bachs-angels/