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2025

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Bach: St John Passion (1725 version)

Solomon's Knot

Thomas Herford - Evangelist, Arias, Ensemble

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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

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For more information and tickets, please visit:

https://www.solomonsknot.co.uk/event/2025-02-26-st-john-passion-1725/

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Stainer: Crucifixion

Harrow Choral Society

Sam Evans - Musical Director

Thomas Herford - Tenor

Chris Webb - Bass​

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For more information and tickets, please visit:

https://www.harrowchoral.org.uk/dbpage.php?pg=view&dbase=events&id=242463

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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

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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

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For more information and tickets, please visit:

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/norwich/norwich-cathedral/j-s-bach-st-matthew-passion/e-xlljqg

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Bach Cantatas

Britten Pears Chamber Choir
The Suffolk Ensemble
Alexandra Meier alto
Tom Herford tenor
Francis Brett bass
Ben Parry conductor

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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’)

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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

  • 27 April 2025 - St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

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For more information and tickets, please visit:

https://www.brittenpearsarts.org/events/bach-cantatas-bury-st-edmunds

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Berlioz: L'Enfance du Christ - CD recording

Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg

John Nelson - Musical Director

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  • Sessions taking place in Strasbourg between 12th and 15th May

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Ode to Grief - International tour + CD recording

Solomon's Knot

Thomas Herford - Arias and Ensemble

Sung from memory and without a conductor

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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

  • 7 June 2025 - Regensburg, Germany (Tage alte Music) - Concert recorded for CD release

  • 20 June 2025 - Leipzig, Germany (Bachfest Leipzig)

  • 6 August 2025 - Ansbach, Germany (Bachwoche Ansbach) - programme drawn from both 'Bach's Angels' and 'Ode to Grief'

  • 7 August 2025 - Ansbach, Germany (Bachwoche Ansbach) - programme drawn from both 'Bach's Angels' and 'Ode to Grief'

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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/

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Bach's Angels - International tour 

Solomon's Knot

Thomas Herford - Arias and Ensemble

Sung from memory and without a conductor

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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)

  • 27 or 28 June 2025 (TBC) - Stour Music, Kent, UK

  • 6 August 2025 - Ansbach, Germany (Bachwoche Ansbach) - programme drawn from both 'Bach's Angels' and 'Ode to Grief'

  • 7 August 2025 - Ansbach, Germany (Bachwoche Ansbach) - programme drawn from both 'Bach's Angels' and 'Ode to Grief'

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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/

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