Music concert

St. Matthew Passion 2026

Bachkoor Holland & B'Rock Orchestra

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Bachkoor Holland & B'Rock Orchestra
directed by Gijs Leenaars
Edward Ross
tenor, Evangelist
Niklaus Kost
bass, Christus
Bobbie Blommesteijn
soprano
Yongbeom Kwon
countertenor
Seil Kim (Delft) & Maximilian Vogler (Lochem)
tenor
Halvor Melien
bass

Bach’s St. Matthew Passion is one of the most powerful and moving expressions of Christ’s passion story. From the first notes to the breathtaking final chorus, Bach has loaded the entire score with numerous subtle symbolic references to the words of the Gospel of Matthew by playing with numbers and harmonizations.

2026 is the first year of a new collaboration between B’Rock Orchestra and Gijs Leenaars’ energetic Bachkoor Holland.

The concert on 3 April will be in two parts with a long break in between. Part 2 starts at 14h30.

Calendar
March 28, 2026 Saturday 19:30
Lochem, NL Grote of St-Gudulakerk
April 2, 2026 Thursday 19:30
Delft, NL Nieuwe Kerk
April 3, 2026 Friday 11:30
Delft, NL Nieuwe Kerk